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halloween video game
Costume Quest
By Double Fine, released 1 Jan 2010
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- PlayStation 3
- macOS
- role-playing video game
- adventure video game
What it is
Costume Quest is a 2010 Halloween adventure from Double Fine Productions that blends role-playing and exploration. Choose a hero, trick-or-treat through three environments, complete quests, build a party, and collect costumes that transform characters into powerful champions. The story follows a fight against the Repugians, with humor and a holiday setting aimed at kids and adults. The PC version includes the Grubbins on Ice DLC at no extra charge; that content adds enemies, quests, costumes, battle stamps, and treat cards while your party helps overthrow Araxia. Steam lists single-player play, Achievements, Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. The game is available on Windows, Linux, PlayStation 3, and macOS, with the Steam release supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux. Double Fine made and published it. Its Steam genres are Adventure, Casual, and RPG, and its Steam release date is October 14, 2011.
What players like, and what they don't
- Three environments to explore
- Costumes transform party members
- Grubbins on Ice included on PC
- Steam Cloud support
- Family Sharing available
- Only partial controller support
- Single-player only
- Steam release is from 2011
Who it suits
It suits players who want a story-led Halloween adventure with party building, quests, and costume-based transformations. Families and solo players may appreciate its single-player format and Family Sharing support.
Costume Quest centers its role-playing systems on costumes, quests, and a seasonal story. The included PC DLC adds another set of enemies and collectibles for players who want more of the same adventure.
