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The Quest for the BIG KEY

hOSHI · 2018-05-15

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 30, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Quest for the BIG KEY is highly inspired by NES classics that you will no doubt recognize. It focuses more on the exploring part. It comes completely without Enemies and Battles. So if you like finding secret passages and collecting items that allow you to progress in different parts of the map, ...

The Quest for the BIG KEY is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Positive (83% of 24 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

83%
positive of 24 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 25,255 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182025Week of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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