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Garbanzo Quest

Garbanzo Quest

zagawee · released Sep 3, 2024

ActionAdventureIndiePC

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

88
VGC Score
Decliningmedium confidence

anchored at patch: “Small Content Update + SUPER DEBT Kickstarter Fully Funded!” (4mo ago)

90%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
94%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews98%94342
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)94%8991
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.7, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 688 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Apr 13, 2026) · 88 reviews sampled · 91 total reviews in window · weighted 55.6 up / 3.4 down · computed 6h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Small Content Update + SUPER DEBT Kickstarter Fully Funded!
    Apr 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. v.1.2.10 Steam Deck Performance Improvements + Misc. Bug Fixes
    Oct 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. v.1.2.7 small bug fixes
    May 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. v1.2.6 Smarter SaveData Migration + More FPS Options
    Apr 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  5. v1.2.5
    Apr 21, 2025
  6. v1.2.3 is out!
    Apr 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Updated Demo + New v1.2.3 Test branch build
    Apr 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Bug fixes (v1.1.1)
    Sep 16, 2024
  9. Some cool stuff and lots of bug fixes! (v1.1.0)
    Sep 16, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  10. Speedrun Mode & Bug Fixes (0.7.5_348)
    Feb 12, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  11. Tough Guy Mode + Bug Fixes (0.7.3_344)
    Feb 7, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  12. Sound Check + Window Scale Multiplier Option + Bug Fixes (0.7.2_338)
    Feb 5, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  13. Just some small bug fixes (0.7.1_333)
    Feb 4, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  14. Early Access Version 0.7 is OUT NOW!
    Feb 2, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  15. Early Access Version 0.6.0 is out now!
    Jan 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window