The Hand of Merlin

Buy71%

Mostly Positive · 361 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

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

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Price
$24.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
54
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy The Hand of Merlin?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 361 player reviews · updated

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
60% of themes are praise20% are divided20% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
83 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
This is the best game I've played in 2022 because I love the story at every node on the map that can include decisions you make, the increasingly difficult turn-based combat, and the replay value.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
81 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
The story and setting are fun and compelling, the art style is great, and the music is really fun to listen to.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
79 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Fourth point: it's too short and therefore has a limited joy-span, even though the replayability is quite high.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
25 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Great Rogue lite with cards and mixed in Xcom style fights, along with character development with skills, abilities, armor and weapons.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
That's all I can think of right now, the graphics ingame are great, i'd love a bit more work on the characters themselves, mobs are mostly varied, hopefully these are evolved and further varied to keep things fresh.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 258 sampled reviews raised it
Heavily underrated game, I enjoy the depth in the tactical combat a lot and the soundtrack from Old Sorcery is a masterpiece.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat83 reviews
Story81 reviews
Gameplay79 reviews
Characters25 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
71% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
79% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Near all-time low
$24.99

The lowest we've tracked is $23.92.

8 points recordedtoday · $24.99

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