Depression Quest overview

Overview

Depression Quest comes from The Quinnspiracy, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler and is published by The Quinnspiracy. It arrived on Steam on Aug 11, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Depression Quest's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 22 September 2026 - 08:36:58 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 61% positive across 3,933 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Depression Quest is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Depression Quest has sold up to 182,000 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Depression Quest overview details

Depression Quest combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the depths of what it can do to people. Over 40k words of interactive fiction. Playthroughs are short enough to be done in one day, but long enough for the game to have gotten it's point across. About 150 unique encounters. Based on your depression levels, different choices open and close off to you. Content generated based on your decisions. The choices you make have a real effect on how your playthrough turns out. Multiple endings. See how your choices affected the game's world, and how well you've managed your depression. Audio and visuals react to your depression. Listen as the music gets glitchier and see how much stronger the static gets. Watch the color get sucked out of how you see the world.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Depression Quest is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Free To Play, Indie, RPG, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 22 September 2026 - 08:36:58 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 61% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ShortIndieFree to PlayInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerVisual NovelPsychologicalText-BasedVillain ProtagonistPsychological HorrorEmotionalRealisticDarkMultiple Endings

Support and legal notes

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