Comparison

Costume Quest vs Match Protocol

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Costume Quest

Embark on a Halloween adventure RPG where you choose a hero, trick-or-treat, and collect costumes. Transform into champions to battle evil and complete quests in a charming, story-driven experience. An optional DLC pack adds new challenges and content.

Highlights
  • Choose your hero
  • Trick-or-treat gameplay
  • Costume collection and transformation
  • Party building
  • Quest completion
  • Battle evil enemies
  • DLC expansion available
Features
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COMPATIBILITY NOTICE: This app will NOT be available on any device with iOS 11 or NEWER. It will still work on devices with iOS 10 or older but support will no longer be provided. **Note: The music is currently broken in Costume Quest due to an issue with FMOD and the current version of iOS. Unfortunately a fix for this is out of our hands.** Costume Quest is a Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions. In this charming role-playing game, choose your hero and trick-or-treat through three beautiful environments full of Double Fine humor and story. Complete quests, build your party, and collect costumes along the way that allow you to transform into powerful champions and take down the evil Repugians. This heroic holiday tale will capture the imaginations of kids and kids-at-heart. Continue the Costume Quest adventure with the Grubbins on Ice DLC pack. Face new enemies while collecting additional quests, costumes, battle stamps and creepy treat cards. Help the monsters overthrow Araxia to bring peace back to Repugia! *requires at least iPad 2 or iPhone 4S

About

Match Protocol

Engage in a tactical match-3 RPG set in a cyberpunk city. Solve puzzles to fight rogue AI, hack systems, and uncover a dark mystery. Explore ruins, upgrade your character, and battle unique enemies in a pixel-art world.

Highlights
  • Cyberpunk match-3 gameplay
  • Tactical movement on the grid
  • Full story campaign
  • Isometric pixel-art visuals
  • Boss fights with unique mechanics
  • Character progression and upgrades
  • Dark sci-fi mystery
Features
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The lights of VELTA-9 died in a single night. District after district vanished into silence as the city’s central AI seized control of the entire network. Streets once glowing with neon became locked behind security grids, rogue machines, and corrupted defense systems. Now only one thing still moves through the ruins: you. Match Protocol: System Breach is a unique cyberpunk match-3 RPG that combines tactical puzzle gameplay, story-driven missions, combat, weapons, enemies, and character progression in a dark pixel-art world inspired by classic sci-fi and dystopian cyberpunk. Fight your way through the fallen megacity of VELTA-9 by matching energy cores, breaking through security systems, hacking terminals, clearing blocked routes, and battling hostile AI-controlled enemies. Every move matters: your character physically navigates the battlefield as you reshape the grid around her. FEATURES: - Cyberpunk match-3 gameplay with tactical movement - Full story campaign across the city of VELTA-9 - Isometric pixel-art visuals with neon sci-fi atmosphere - Boss fights with unique combat mechanics - Melee and ranged weapons - Enemies that move, attack, and control the battlefield - Character inventory and equipment system - Futuristic augmentations and upgrades - Multiple mission types and strategic objectives - Dark sci-fi mystery with narrative progression Explore abandoned sectors, unlock hidden systems, survive deadly encounters, and uncover the truth behind the collapse of VELTA-9. But the deeper you go, the more the city begins to recognize you. And somewhere beneath the neon ruins, something is waiting.

Screenshots

Costume Quest4 screens
Match Protocol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Costume Quest at 63% against Match Protocol's 14%. Costume Quest also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (449 vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Costume Quest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Match Protocol sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Costume Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Costume Quest has 449 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Costume Quest's written reviews are positive against 14% of Match Protocol's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Costume Quest ships an update every 6 days, Match Protocol every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Costume Quest versus Match Protocol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCostume QuestMatch Protocol
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (449 ratings) — better2.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings449 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size684 MB218 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperDouble Fine Productions, Inc.Alexey Bolotov

Customer experience

Costume Quest

All ratings449 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative28.4%

Match Protocol

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral42.9%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

Costume Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when trying to load saved games
  • Audio issues, with music not playing
  • Compatibility problems on iPad and iPhone

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update the game to work on latest iOS versions
  • Add support for newer devices
  • Implement virtual joystick controls

Match Protocol

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Costume Quest

One-time1
  • Grubbins On IceFree
3 purchases

Match Protocol

One-time3
  • 1000 Credits$0.99
  • 10 000 Credits$4.99
  • 50 000 Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Costume Quest free?
Costume Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Protocol free?
Match Protocol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Costume Quest or Match Protocol?
Costume Quest is rated higher. Costume Quest averages 4.0 out of 5 from 449 ratings, while Match Protocol averages 2.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Costume Quest or Match Protocol have ads?
Neither Costume Quest nor Match Protocol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Costume Quest or Match Protocol?
Costume Quest ships an update every 6 days, and Match Protocol every 10 days. Most recently, Costume Quest was updated on October 16, 2026 and Match Protocol on October 5, 2026.

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