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Hand Simulator

HFM Games · 2017-07-18

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2017 (SteamVR)

There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.

Hand Simulator is a Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 36215 reviews).

3
playing now
84%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Hand Simulator trailer thumbnail

Official Trailer Hand Simulator: Survival

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 258 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,958 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 16,643 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 905k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2019-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 13 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 965 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,750 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,399 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3112026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k3Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 24Oct 2017 — avg 32 · peak 166Jan 2018 — avg 880 · peak 2,024Apr 2018 — avg 221 · peak 414Jul 2018 — avg 225 · peak 657Oct 2018 — avg 129 · peak 355Jan 2019 — avg 215 · peak 454Apr 2019 — avg 116 · peak 305Jul 2019 — avg 238 · peak 688Oct 2019 — avg 114 · peak 329Jan 2020 — avg 333 · peak 950Apr 2020 — avg 243 · peak 443Jul 2020 — avg 255 · peak 633Oct 2020 — avg 123 · peak 287Jan 2021 — avg 300 · peak 847Apr 2021 — avg 144 · peak 266Jul 2021 — avg 223 · peak 569Oct 2021 — avg 122 · peak 553Jan 2022 — avg 164 · peak 397Apr 2022 — avg 114 · peak 340Jul 2022 — avg 109 · peak 279Oct 2022 — avg 68 · peak 174Jan 2023 — avg 97 · peak 254Apr 2023 — avg 73 · peak 205Jul 2023 — avg 91 · peak 225Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 144Jan 2024 — avg 81 · peak 183Apr 2024 — avg 46 · peak 123Jul 2024 — avg 48 · peak 116Oct 2024 — avg 49 · peak 152Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 115Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 89Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 72Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 107Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 77Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 80Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.592017-07-192026-08-242017-07-19 — best price $1.192017-11-22 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-08-20 — best price $1.392018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.692019-10-28 — best price $0.592019-12-19 — best price $0.592020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-05-27 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-05-16 — best price $1.992022-11-14 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-09-25 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-25 — best price $1.492024-06-17 — best price $1.492024-07-29 — best price $1.492024-10-21 — best price $1.492024-12-09 — best price $1.492025-01-20 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-20 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-05-25 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "Dead Hero"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37,9800%72

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

VRFPSFunnyMemesActionComedyHorrorNudityDifficultSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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