Games like Message Quest
If Message Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fire: Ungh’s Quest, Little Briar Rose and Lost in Play — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its humor is consistently praised, short but satisfying playthrough and simple puzzles are accessible. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Message Quest: Message Quest is a tiny stained-glass point-n-click adventure about laziness and her herald. Imagine yourself as the main hero’s conscience, the one that must make him work when all he wants to do is sleep.
Players who liked Message Quest also play
Steam players who put hours into Message Quest also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Fire: Ungh’s Quest
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and a lighthearted mood with Message Quest.
Top pick for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
FIRE is an exploration-adventure with intuitive puzzle design. Without losing many words it tells a savagely hilarious story. Journey into the Stone Age and face the most challenging task of this era: The search for fire!
Little Briar Rose
WHY THIS
Shares hint system, point and click and a chill mood with Message Quest.
Second-strongest match for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Little Briar Rose is a very special, stained glass-styled adventure game inspired by the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.
Lost in Play
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Message Quest.
Third-strongest match for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
Donut County
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Message Quest.
Ranked #4 for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Journey of a Roach
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Message Quest.
Ranked #5 for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands.Lifeless? Not so much!Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world.Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface.
The Tiny Bang Story
WHY THIS
Shares hint system and a cozy mood with Message Quest.
Ranked #6 for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
Gorogoa
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Machinarium
WHY THIS
Shares point and click with Message Quest.
Ranked #8 for Message Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Zoombinis
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Message Quest.
Reviewers of Message Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
In the entertaining and educational game Zoombinis, players guide the little blue creatures through fun and increasingly challenging puzzles on their way to a new home.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Message Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Message Quest.
Reviewers of Message Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
Mariole
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Message Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play.
MARIOLE is a narrative management game inspired by the traditional culture of the south of France. Take on the role of a young travelling merchant named Mariole, as she journeys through medieval/post-collapse landscapes in search of her friend, a missing ‘Trobairitz’ (a troubadour woman).
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Message Quest at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Landlord of the Woods
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
LoveChoice
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
The Vagrant
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Message Quest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Lost in Play
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Message Quest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
Donut County
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Message Quest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Journey of a Roach
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Message Quest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands.Lifeless? Not so much!Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world.Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface.
Gorogoa
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Machinarium
WHY THIS
Shares point and click with Message Quest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Message Quest.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Frequently asked about Message Quest
- How much does Message Quest cost?
- Message Quest is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Message Quest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Message Quest are Fire: Ungh’s Quest, Little Briar Rose, Lost in Play.
- Who developed Message Quest?
- Message Quest was developed by Royal Troupe.
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