If you're reading this newspaper, chances are pretty good you're a bit too old to trick-or-treat this year (not that that will stop some of you). If you want to recapture the magic of Halloween — while also kicking evil butt along the way — you should check out Costume Quest, now available through Steam for PC.

In Costume Quest, you play a kid who sets out to trick-or-treat with your twin on Halloween. After your twin — dressed up in what is quite possibly one of the worst candy corn costumes ever made — is captured by a candyhunting monster, it's up to you to save him or her.

Along the way, you collect candy, make a couple of friends and slay monsters. Oh yeah, and there's a whole bunch of costume collecting quests as well. The costumes are arguably the best part of the game — while you're walking around, they look like actual costumes you may have worn when you were younger (cardboard box robot, anyone?), but during battle sequences they transform into kick-ass versions of the creatures, each with its own special abilities.

Costume Quest is a role playing game with turn-based combat. Though it may take some getting used to for players unfamiliar with the genre, the controls are fairly easy to understand, and there are prompts every step of the way.

The game is cute, colourful and quirky, with some pretty hilarious dialogue. It will only take you around six hours or so to complete, but there are tons of side quests to keep you entertained as well, including playing hide and seek with neighbourhood kids, bobbing for apples, gathering candy to use as currency with other kids or seeking out pieces for new costumes.

The downloadable chapter, Grubbins On Ice, takes place a couple months after Costume Quest ends. It is now wintertime, and the kids find a portal Repugia, the world the monsters came from in the original game. The monsters capture one of the kids' friends, and the others must don their costumes once again to help save her. Many of the features of Costume Quest carry over to the expansion, and new costumes and abilities are available.

Originally released for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network last year, the game became available for PC earlier this month. Grubbins On Ice is included in the Steam purchase price of $14.99 US.

For more information, visit costumequestgame.com.