Pesterquest
Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe. Find all the answers you're looking for as you zap…
Pesterquest is an adventure developed by What Pumpkin Games, released 4 September 2019 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Linux.
What Pesterquest is
Pesterquest is an adventure game developed by What Pumpkin Games and released in 2019. It was published by Fellow Traveller. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe. Find all the answers you're looking for as you zap between Earth and Alternia making friends as you go.
How it plays
Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Homestuck series
Pesterquest is the third of 4 entries we hold in the Homestuck series. It arrived a year after Hiveswap Friendsim. The next entry was Hiveswap: Act 2 in 2020.
What it launched against
Pesterquest launched on 4 September 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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