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Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest

Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest

Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest is an old-school parody role-playing game. Explore a vast fantasy world, complete dozens of weird quests, fight dangerous foes and loot every chest that you'll stumble upon. Maybe you'll even get the opportunity to save the world. Who knows?

Released Dec 2, 2016 Developer Dragon's Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGIndieAdventurePixel Graphics2D
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

93.3%positive149 reviews
Recommended · 68 found this helpful

“Mad Nords: Porbably an Epic Quest is a great and very funny old school RPG. The best part about this game is an unusual (and somewhat absurd) humorous plot. Graphics are a little bit grotesque to my taste, but music and sound effects are very suitable to that dawn of PC gaming…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 78 found this helpful

“Short Version: If Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett had teamed up to make Skyrim for the Super Nintendo waaay back in the 1990s, the end result would have been... well, probably terrible, as neither of them were game developers. Luckily they never tried, so the developers of Mad…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Mixed. There is no tutorial, but it does not take too long to figure out how to play (I did not know movement was mouse-based and was quite confused at first). Once the early confusion wanes, the game becomes quite fun. The text can be hard to read due some broken English as…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

21achievements
4.1%median completion
3.2%rarest: Upgrade Completed
15.1% of players 5.1% of players 5.1% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 15.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
15.1%Piece Of Cake — First little victory
5.1%Special Delivery — Finished Act 1
5.1%Deal With It — It was inevitable
Rarest badges of honor
3.2%Upgrade Completed — Acquired every permanent stat bonus
3.4%Gourmet — Hidden achievement
3.4%It’s Me! Federico! — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 12, 2019
Mac Compatibility

Hello, friends! We were aware about the compatibility issues on some versions of Mac OS for a while. Unfortunately it took much longer to fix this issue than we expected... However, this day has come!

Oct 26, 2017
Now available on Mac!

Hello, friends! We're proud to announce that Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest is now available on Mac. Also there are only few days left till Halloween. How can we celebrate this event? With the gene

Oct 26, 2017
Now available on Mac!

Hello, friends! We're proud to announce that Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest is now available on Mac. Also there are only few days left till Halloween. How can we celebrate this event? With the gene

Jul 17, 2017
New patch and 50% off!

Hello, friends! We're proud to present a new patch for Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest ! So what have changed you might ask? Here you go: completely rebalanced nyctomancer's skills fixed reward in t

Jul 17, 2017
New patch and 50% off!

Hello, friends! We're proud to present a new patch for Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest ! So what have changed you might ask? Here you go: completely rebalanced nyctomancer's skills fixed reward in t

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Indie · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Funny · Open World · Retro · Parody · Story Rich · Exploration · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Ukrainian
Achievements21
Official sitehttp://dragonsgames.net/games/mad-nords/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.4GHz processor or faster Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics should be fine DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 512 MB available space