Patch Quest

Patch Quest

Steam Deck Verified

Lychee Game Labs · Adventure · Mar 2, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.99.

94%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
82% of themes are praise18% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I love how in every run, there's usually one big discovery along with a handful of smaller things that always feel like some progression toward the endgame is being made.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
In your first half hour with Patch Quest, you’d be forgiven for assuming that this adorable little 2D monster-tamer game is nothing more than some easy-going fun that’s maybe even a tad repetitive.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Finally, Patch Quest is stuffed full of stylistic charm, as it sports vibrant and varied top-down 2D visuals, a quirky, fun soundtrack with songs that reflect both the current environment and level of intensity, and truly captivating sound design that both delights the ears and imparts invaluable information to the player who’s often already pushed to the brink of what they can visually comprehend.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
In a world generally lacking in good online co-op games that aren't shooters/MOBAs, Patch Quest is an excellent and really fun option.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Finally, Patch Quest is stuffed full of stylistic charm, as it sports vibrant and varied top-down 2D visuals, a quirky, fun soundtrack with songs that reflect both the current environment and level of intensity, and truly captivating sound design that both delights the ears and imparts invaluable information to the player who’s often already pushed to the brink of what they can visually comprehend.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
And while I said it's a ripoff of Binding of Isaac, which is true, it's got a lot of differentiating factors, like slightly better graphics, co-op play, crappy console peasant controller prompts, and tameable critters (in fact that's part of the core combat mechanism of this Binding of Isaac clone).
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love9 themes
Gameplay86 reviews
Story and characters72 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Co-op26 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Controls15 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Multiplayer7 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty46 reviews
87%
Combat20 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $2.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.