The Hand of Merlin

The Hand of Merlin

Steam Deck Verified

Room-C Games · Turn-Based Strategy · Jun 14, 2022

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $23.92.

71%
Mostly Positive
360 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 105 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 360 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 258 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters I've unlocked so far feel very similar to the original cast.
105 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Fourth point: it's too short and therefore has a limited joy-span, even though the replayability is quite high.
59 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The story and setting are fun and compelling, the art style is great, and the music is really fun to listen to.
26 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Excellent voice acting.
7 of 258 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters105 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics26 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat89 reviews
76%
Difficulty39 reviews
77%
Interface8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes16 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $23.92 (−19%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $23.92

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
54
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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