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Trash Quest cover art

Trash Quest

Francis Vace · 2021-04-26

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 10, 2021 (Xbox One), Apr 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

93%
positive of 122 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

The crew of the space station Deliverance has just settled into their cryopods in preparation for the long journey to Tau Ceti. The AI has been activated, and is running a cursory systems check. Engines: fine. Navigation: fine. Unexpected lifeforms: ... one. A lifeform that doesn't care about the mission. A lifeform that doesn't care about the sophisticated defence systems. A lifeform that only cares about getting its grubby hands on the station's trash. A raccoon.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 21,666 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 122 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 3 of 4 observed days · $8.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320212026Week of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$0.802021-04-262026-09-302021-04-26 — best price $2.542021-05-03 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.002022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.002022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-02-19 — best price $1.792022-03-05 — best price $2.992022-05-03 — best price $1.492022-05-17 — best price $2.992022-06-24 — best price $1.492022-07-07 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $0.802024-07-11 — best price $2.992025-07-02 — best price $0.802025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $0.802025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.802026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-09-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
90.2%
earned "It Runs On Dreams"
28.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCuteRetroActionSci-fiStylizedControllerMinimalistPlatformerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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