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Depression Quest
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“i decided to get a good grade in depression this time around, but honestly i don't think that's a good way to portray the experience. the last time i played it, more options would be in red because it's harder to make good decisions the more depressed you are, but if you make…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Honestly a good training sim for actual depression, applying these skills in real life could save a person. I don't understand the hate, it's a free game.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Set in presumably 2014, Depression Quest is a Twine-engine (HTML) text adventure game that attempts to convey to the player the experience of being depressed, as well as having some anxiety that meshes with that depression. Some of the issues that I have with Depression Quest…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Free To Play, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Short · Indie · Free to Play · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Singleplayer · Visual Novel · Psychological · Text-Based · Villain Protagonist · Psychological Horror · Emotional (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.depressionquest.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Service Pack 2+ Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or later Memory: 512 MB RAM