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Mess Quest cover art

Mess Quest

Ryan Forrester · 2022-11-09

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short experimental game about arriving at the aftermath of numerous wacky scenarios to clean, mop, and put things back together! Grab a bucket and a mop and get swinging. What’s that green stuff? Where did that bone come from? We don't get paid to ask questions, we get paid to clean!

90%
positive of 189 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 17,493 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.79-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2024-03-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720222026Week of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.792022-11-092026-10-122022-11-09 — best price $4.792022-12-16 — best price $4.792023-01-23 — best price $4.792023-03-06 — best price $4.792023-03-16 — best price $4.192023-04-17 — best price $4.192023-06-05 — best price $4.192023-06-30 — best price $4.192023-07-31 — best price $4.192023-09-11 — best price $4.192023-10-23 — best price $4.192023-11-21 — best price $4.192024-01-15 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-07-29 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-04-07 — best price $3.992025-05-19 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $3.992025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $3.992025-12-15 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-01-26 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $3.992026-09-07 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $2.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Messy master"
52.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCozyFunnyIndieRetroCasualComedyParody PhysicsColorful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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