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PictoQuest cover art

PictoQuest

NanoPiko · PID Games · 2020-02-04

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CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 08, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 04, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), May 04, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 23, 2020 (Android)

Logic puzzles with a light RPG twist, here comes PictoQuest!

0
playing now
83%
positive of 613 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 613 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.41-20%
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at GamersGate (2024-09-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 103 of 142 observed days · $7.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520202026Week of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.532020-02-042026-08-272020-02-04 — best price $5.252020-04-17 — best price $5.992020-06-16 — best price $6.202020-07-23 — best price $5.522020-08-28 — best price $7.992020-10-19 — best price $6.202020-11-26 — best price $5.352021-01-04 — best price $4.012021-02-10 — best price $4.662021-03-23 — best price $3.002021-05-03 — best price $6.202021-06-16 — best price $7.992021-09-01 — best price $3.992021-11-22 — best price $2.882022-01-07 — best price $3.202022-04-21 — best price $7.802022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-09-17 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $1.752023-01-29 — best price $6.452023-04-11 — best price $1.192023-06-12 — best price $1.492023-08-01 — best price $1.492023-10-02 — best price $1.492023-12-07 — best price $7.992024-02-05 — best price $7.992024-04-08 — best price $1.592024-07-01 — best price $0.902024-09-02 — best price $0.792024-11-18 — best price $0.602025-02-17 — best price $0.672025-04-30 — best price $0.802025-07-26 — best price $7.992025-10-09 — best price $0.792025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-02-23 — best price $6.292026-04-18 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-08-18 — best price $7.992026-08-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
97.8%
earned "I'm going on an adventure!"
51.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,70140%26
PS4 (PlayStation)1,05075%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)65553%26
Switch (Nintendo)930%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzlePixel Graphics

Census log

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

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