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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

Image & Form Games · Thunderful Publishing · 2019-05-31

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 01, 2020 (Google Stadia), May 31, 2019 (Linux), May 31, 2019 (Mac), Apr 25, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 10, 2020 (iOS)

Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 2304 reviews).

7
playing now
87%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (179 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a turn-based role-playing game and deck-building game hybrid that is part of the SteamWorld series of video games. It was developed by Image & Form and published by Thunderful Publishing. The game was released for Nintendo Switch on April 25, 2019, for Windows, macOS, and Linux on May 31, 2019, for Stadia on March 3, 2020, and for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 58k–138k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,304 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GOG (2025-12-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 99 of 144 observed days · $3.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26326320192026Week of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2832026-09-14 22:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1548Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 154 · peak 667Sep 2019 — avg 15 · peak 50Dec 2019 — avg 20 · peak 62Mar 2020 — avg 44 · peak 187Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 80Sep 2020 — avg 21 · peak 67Dec 2020 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2021 — avg 14 · peak 50Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 43Dec 2021 — avg 23 · peak 53Mar 2022 — avg 47 · peak 186Jun 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 36Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Jun 2023 — avg 16 · peak 58Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 41Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 47Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 46Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 48Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 22 · peak 55Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 53Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.742019-05-312026-10-142019-05-31 — best price $21.242020-02-24 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $12.492021-03-01 — best price $24.992021-04-18 — best price $19.672021-06-22 — best price $10.992021-08-22 — best price $11.002021-10-29 — best price $19.672022-01-03 — best price $7.492022-03-21 — best price $8.742022-06-17 — best price $24.992022-08-26 — best price $18.362022-12-01 — best price $18.362023-02-10 — best price $7.492023-04-30 — best price $6.252023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-09-26 — best price $24.992023-11-29 — best price $24.992024-02-28 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $7.502024-06-22 — best price $24.992024-08-23 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992025-01-15 — best price $2.242025-03-24 — best price $24.992025-06-03 — best price $3.742025-08-12 — best price $3.742025-10-22 — best price $2.242026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $3.752026-10-14 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2752026-05-31 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 20 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 16 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 17 pageviews2026-09-04 — 17 pageviews2026-09-08 — 13 pageviews2026-09-12 — 18 pageviews2026-09-16 — 15 pageviews2026-09-20 — 26 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 12 pageviews2026-10-10 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
80.9%
earned "Grow Locally, Save the Environment"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-06-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0644%44

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

2DRPGMagicRobotsFantasyCartoonyColorfulCard GameSteampunkTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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