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The Quest

Redshift Games · 2016-02-19

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2016 (Android), Dec 21, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (iOS)

The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!

The Quest is a 2016 Adventure, Indie and RPG title priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 539 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 539 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Quest is a role-playing video game developed by Hungarian studio Redshift for PDAs in 2006. The game was ported to modern mobile devices three years later, and a remastered version was released in 2016. The remastered version added support for Microsoft Windows and macOS.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 539 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2017-03-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 60 of 91 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
312Dec 2015May 2026Dec 2015 — avg 31 · peak 66Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 34Aug 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2017 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.74$4.992015-12-212026-10-152015-12-21 — best price $12.742016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-06-12 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-03-25 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-06-07 — best price $4.992021-10-18 — best price $4.992021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-03-21 — best price $4.992022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-03-15 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-24 — best price $9.992024-04-08 — best price $4.992024-06-19 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $4.992024-11-12 — best price $4.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-04-11 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-08-13 — best price $4.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $5.002026-05-16 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-13 — best price $4.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $4.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3852026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 11 pageviews2026-09-03 — 12 pageviews2026-09-07 — 23 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 9 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
41.7%
earned "Battle-Hardened"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-02-19, latest 2016-04-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7492%60

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieRetroFantasyAdventureOld SchoolOpen WorldTurn-BasedFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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