Trash Quest

$2.99

Release Date:: Apr 26, 2021
Developer:: Francis Vace
Publisher:: Francis Vace
Platforms:: Windows

Indie Adventure Action Steam Achievements Full controller support Family Sharing Single-player Steam Leaderboards

About This Game

The crew of the space station Deliverance has just settled into their cryopods in preparation for the long journey to Tau Ceti.
The AI has been activated, and is running a cursory systems check.
Engines: fine.
Navigation: fine.
Unexpected lifeforms: ...
one.

A lifeform that doesn't care about the mission. A lifeform that doesn't care about the sophisticated defence systems. A lifeform that only cares about getting its grubby hands on the station's trash.
A raccoon.

Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with zero checkpoints, run and gun action and tight platforming.
Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

A metroidvania with no checkpoints?

Progress in Trash Quest saves automatically, and the level is tightly packed around one single spawn location. Each time you die you'll be sent back to that one spot in the middle, but any powerups, abilities, or shortcuts you've unlocked remain.

Promotional art by ShyShyOctavia

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User Reviews

Mixed

2 user reviews

50%

Positive

User #073836 english

1 hrs at review

Not Recommended

I would refund but it was 86 cents. No checkpoints; keybinds are AWFUL and you can't change without 3rd party tools. Instructional diagrams imply dpad controls but apparently are supposed to be actual ABXY buttons. Good luck precision platforming back through 20 rooms to get back to where you died... again. Otherwise it is fun when you nail one of the platforming challenges or finally get an upgrade, but I am not interested in brute-forcing my way through a section 25 times.