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Hand of Fate

Defiant Development · 2015-02-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 17, 2015 (Xbox One), Feb 17, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 17, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Feb 17, 2015 (Linux), Feb 17, 2015 (Mac)

Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Hand of Fate is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 10,681 reviews).

9
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (5,004 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Hand of Fate is an action role-playing roguelike deck-building game developed and published by Australian studio Defiant Development for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, released via early access on 7 July 2014, and then in the full release on 17 February 2015. A PlayStation Vita version was announced but ultimately cancelled due to development issues.

Trailer

Hand of Fate trailer thumbnail

Hand of Fate - Launch Trailer

≈638,264 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 267k–641k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,688 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

WinGameStore$2.99-88%
GOG$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 52 of 83 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3212026-09-15 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3856Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 15 · peak 62Nov 2014 — avg 31 · peak 189Mar 2015 — avg 214 · peak 960Jul 2015 — avg 99 · peak 239Nov 2015 — avg 75 · peak 392Mar 2016 — avg 113 · peak 751Jul 2016 — avg 181 · peak 724Nov 2016 — avg 103 · peak 378Mar 2017 — avg 69 · peak 139Jul 2017 — avg 139 · peak 515Nov 2017 — avg 245 · peak 520Mar 2018 — avg 54 · peak 118Jul 2018 — avg 47 · peak 94Nov 2018 — avg 29 · peak 79Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 51Jul 2019 — avg 42 · peak 133Nov 2019 — avg 36 · peak 108Mar 2020 — avg 31 · peak 93Jul 2020 — avg 22 · peak 54Nov 2020 — avg 25 · peak 101Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 37Jul 2021 — avg 21 · peak 58Nov 2021 — avg 20 · peak 41Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 11 · peak 34Mar 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 49Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $22.492015-07-03 — best price $14.992015-10-29 — best price $12.492015-12-22 — best price $9.992016-03-30 — best price $12.492016-11-03 — best price $8.292017-01-16 — best price $9.992017-04-17 — best price $5.992017-07-03 — best price $6.242017-11-16 — best price $7.992018-02-27 — best price $24.992018-10-30 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-10 — best price $19.992019-12-11 — best price $6.292020-10-09 — best price $24.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-09-13 — best price $4.992022-01-24 — best price $6.242022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-04-24 — best price $24.992023-09-18 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-05-23 — best price $24.992024-09-16 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $3.992025-08-26 — best price $4.992025-11-11 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4592026-05-29 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 27 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 23 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 22 pageviews2026-09-30 — 19 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-07 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Squire"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-03-02, latest 2015-04-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26,9281%53
Xbox One (Xbox)18,1831%53
PS4 (PlayStation)5,1922%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionFantasyAdventureCard GameAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteDeckbuilding

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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