Adventure · October 14, 2011
Costume Quest (2011)
Costume Quest is a Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions. In this charming role-playing game, choose your hero and trick-or-treat through three beautiful environments full of Double Fine humor and story. Complete quests, build your party, and collect costumes along the way that allow you to transform into powerful champions and take down the evil Repugians. This heroic holiday tale will capture the imaginations of kids and kids-at-heart. Continue the Costume Quest adventure with the Grubbins on Ice DLC pack, included free in the PC version! Face new enemies while collecting additional quests, costumes, battle stamps and creepy treat cards. Help the monsters overthrow Araxia to bring peace back to Repugia!
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- RPG · 246
- Adventure · 198
- Comedy · 152
- Casual · 136
- Singleplayer · 127
- Family Friendly · 124
- Turn-Based · 117
- Cute · 109
- Indie · 75
- Funny · 51
- Short · 45
- Turn-Based Strategy · 33
- Turn-Based Combat · 32
- Female Protagonist · 31
- Puzzle · 26
Peer Adventure titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 3.9k Steam reviews | Top 58% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 94% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 34% |
| Metacritic | 77/100 | Genre average 77 — top 59% of Adventure titles |
| Engagement hours | 5 h average | Top 56% for session depth among Adventure |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
94%Very Positive · 3.9k reviews
3.7k positive · 234 negative
Metacritic
77/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.0/10
Curator recommendations
2.5k
Adventure releases from 2011
8 Adventure titles launched in 2011 — top 6 by review volume.
More from Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions has 7 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 14, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Double Fine Productions |
| Base price | $1.49 -85% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
5h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
Achievements
21
Steam unlocks available
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (5)
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish - Spain
Editions & Packages
Buy Costume Quest