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Message Quest cover art

Message Quest

Royal Troupe · 2015-10-22

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 18, 2018 (iOS), Oct 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2015 (Mac), Oct 22, 2015 (Linux)

Message Quest is a tiny stained-glass point-n-click adventure about laziness and her herald. Imagine yourself as the main hero’s conscience, the one that must make him work when all he wants to do is sleep.

Message Quest is an Adventure game released in 2015, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 875 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 877 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
1h
to beat · completionist 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 877 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420162026Week of 2016-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$1.492015-10-222022-01-052015-10-22 — best price $2.992015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-11-01 — best price $2.992017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Responsibility Stool"
67.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-12-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,19669%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteIndieShortCasualComedyPuzzleFantasyAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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