PictoQuest
Fair · Short indie · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $1.19. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.8h 10h to 100%
- Value
- $0.14/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 620 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Logic puzzles with a light RPG twist, here comes PictoQuest!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 62 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $1.19 at 85 percent off still sits 51 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Chinatris ($1.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Osmos ($9.99, scores 59).
More about PictoQuest
Of the 361 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 8.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
98% start to 33% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 03:52 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Lovely little gem for all ages. The adventure theme makes it addictive and the trophies just make it perfect. I really loved it and I can recommend it for anyone.
1 more review, not recommended
On a rating scale, this game is probably a 5 out of 10. It's one of the most mediocre games I've ever played. The RPG elements are almost non-existent, aside from a health bar, and the ability to get items (cheats, basically) using gold. You're on a timer, which may or may not appeal. I have enough nonogram experience in my gaming background that the timer was only a problem on the final boss, and I still won on the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
PictoQuest scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1014040/pictoquestReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.