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Patch Quest

Lychee Game Labs · Curve Games · 2023-03-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!

Patch Quest is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 2789 reviews).

4
playing now
94%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3
Nexus mods (44 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (779 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 56k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,789 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.31-85%
IndieGala$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
WinGameStore$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-07-19) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 146 of 180 observed days · $0.82 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
72572520212026Week of 2021-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1932026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4593May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 25 · peak 118Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 37Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 42May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 459 · peak 2,333May 2023 — avg 44 · peak 131Jul 2023 — avg 40 · peak 159Sep 2023 — avg 58 · peak 138Nov 2023 — avg 31 · peak 94Jan 2024 — avg 31 · peak 61Mar 2024 — avg 36 · peak 92May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 49Jul 2024 — avg 53 · peak 351Sep 2024 — avg 26 · peak 70Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 35Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 41May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 41Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492021-05-072026-10-112021-05-07 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $13.992023-03-18 — best price $11.142023-04-30 — best price $14.992023-06-16 — best price $7.822023-07-20 — best price $13.192023-08-18 — best price $7.492023-09-20 — best price $8.002023-10-23 — best price $5.752023-11-20 — best price $5.752023-12-20 — best price $7.492024-01-31 — best price $14.992024-03-08 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $14.992024-05-30 — best price $5.092024-07-10 — best price $13.482024-08-10 — best price $12.722024-09-24 — best price $2.892024-11-14 — best price $2.552025-01-02 — best price $2.322025-02-13 — best price $3.742025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-07-26 — best price $2.992025-08-24 — best price $3.672025-09-29 — best price $2.782025-11-21 — best price $2.552026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $2.852026-03-16 — best price $3.002026-04-10 — best price $1.872026-05-23 — best price $3.002026-06-25 — best price $2.372026-07-29 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.662026-09-01 — best price $2.332026-09-20 — best price $2.402026-10-05 — best price $2.312026-10-11 — best price $2.31
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
79.8%
earned "License to Explore"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesSave AnytimeSteam Cloud1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8651%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionArcadePuzzleAdventureRogue-liteBullet HellMetroidvaniaShoot 'Em UpArena Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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