The Purring Quest

The Purring Quest

Steam Deck Playable

Valhalla Cats · Cats · Nov 12, 2015

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $0.99.

82%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 141 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 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
67% of themes are praise11% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Also, if you play it on TV, be prepared that the dialogue font is quite small and overall the game was designed to be played in front of a monitor.
141 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is gorgeous and you can really see there was care and love put into the assets and the animations of the game.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It could work, but not in the way it was implemented and definitely not with the controller.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: For me it is perfect.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is great as well and really fits the game.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Even the game menu is chock full of cats and cuteness.
19 of 300 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 love6 themes
Story and characters141 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Controls48 reviews
Gameplay47 reviews
Audio43 reviews
Interface19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty33 reviews
82%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat10 reviews
50%
Bugs6 reviews
83%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $0.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $0.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
23
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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