DLC Quest

What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.

DLC Quest is a platformer, indie and satire game developed and published by Going Loud Studios.
Released on March 18th 2013 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 6,252 reviews of which 5,518 were positive and 734 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified DLC Quest into these genres:

Platformer Indie Satire Comedy Short Parody Pixel Graphics 2D Singleplayer Funny Retro Casual Adventure Side Scroller Exploration Metroidvania Action Memes Zombies Dark Comedy

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *:Windows XP
Processor:1.6 GHz
Memory:512 MB RAM
Graphics:DirectX 9, Shader Model 2.0, 128MB
Hard Drive:200 MB HD space

MacOS

WARNING: This game is 32-bit and will NOT work on OS X 10.15 Catalina or newer.

OS:10.6.8 - 10.14
Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz
Memory:512 MB RAM
Graphics:Shader Model 2.0, 128MB
Hard Drive:100 MB HD space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Aug. 2024

A great parody of what went wrong in gaming industry, DLC that people hate aren't the DLC that adds new content like the old expansion packs . It's the ones that are nothing more than micro-transaction cash-grabs designed not to satisfy us as customers but to milk as much money out of our wallets as possible . Pay-to-win consumables, day one gameplay enhancements, and overpriced cosmetics to name a few. Therefore, this new normal is, unfortunately.

July 2024

Funny, wholesome and quite cynical view on DLCs in the gaming industry. Still, the metroidvania concept holds up and it's a nice little title to finish within a few hours Oh, and don't be afraid... you won't have to actually buy "real money" DLCs in this game. That's the point actually. :D

June 2024

It's rare to find a game that's legitimately funny. It's rarer still to find a game that's legitimately funny which doesn't wear out it's welcome. So is DLC Quest one of these? Well I did enjoy the jokes, I did enjoy the commentary on gaming culture and the short nature of the game means the game doesn't wear out it's welcome. But on the other hand, DLC Quest isn't something I see myself returning to. Yes DLC Quest was entertaining but once you've seen all the jokes there isn't really that much in the way of staying power. Still DLC Quest works as an afternoon occupier. And I'll give it that much Original post: https://gametumour.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-new-quest.html?m=0

May 2024

This game is a joke about gaming industry in a year of 2013. Its still pretty funny but is outdated due to gaming industry going even further than we could imagine. (not in a good way)

May 2024

I think this was the first game I bought on Steam, took me years of building up to it to finally finish it.

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2.99€

8.6

5,518

734

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Developer

Going Loud Studios

Publisher

Going Loud Studios

Release 18 Mar 2013

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