The Unexpected Quest

The Unexpected Quest

Steam Deck Verified

Rionix · Fantasy · Nov 27, 2020

Worth it for the right player.

At $12.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

79%
Mostly Positive
204 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 204 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 98 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
66% of themes are praise17% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
That said, I really like the cute characters and their quest against oddly comic undead.
28 of 98 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I liked the RTS and the graphics, and the building and clearing objects were fun but combat needs a lot of work, It's frustrating building multiple combat units only to find out that they're all deadlocked into 1v1's, and by this I mean if I send my swordsman to fight another unit, that unit HAS to be a swordsman as well, so you can't use archer + swordsman onto one swordsman, and you can't have 2 swordsman fight 1 swordsman.
11 of 98 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I love the strategic gameplay--for everyone who said 'this is too easy', there's someone like me who prefers it on a more laidback level than (e.g.)
10 of 98 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
You also have an inventory that you carry throughout the game that can carry things like level ups for you fighters, items to make gathering resources easier and potions and spells to make combat easier, and if you going for 0 losses, they are a must have.
5 of 98 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters28 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty5 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat8 reviews
88%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $12.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
15
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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