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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

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

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

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!

5
playing now
87%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 5 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 20% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–138k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,298 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GOG (2025-12-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 115 observed days · $4.25 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

2402026-08-07 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.02$0.992019-05-312026-08-302019-05-31 — best price $21.242020-01-23 — best price $17.492020-08-31 — best price $24.992021-02-02 — best price $24.992021-03-10 — best price $24.992021-04-18 — best price $19.672021-06-07 — best price $24.992021-07-27 — best price $22.392021-09-23 — best price $24.992021-11-10 — best price $8.742022-01-03 — best price $7.492022-03-01 — best price $19.672022-05-17 — best price $24.992022-07-22 — best price $7.252022-09-18 — best price $19.882022-12-01 — best price $18.362023-01-23 — best price $6.242023-04-07 — best price $7.492023-05-24 — best price $6.002023-07-21 — best price $6.002023-09-26 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $22.492024-01-28 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-09 — best price $24.992024-06-22 — best price $24.992024-08-12 — best price $3.752024-10-01 — best price $24.992024-11-26 — best price $1.742025-01-27 — best price $20.242025-03-24 — best price $24.992025-05-17 — best price $24.992025-07-15 — best price $2.492025-09-12 — best price $2.492025-10-29 — best price $24.992026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-03-11 — best price $2.492026-05-23 — best price $18.362026-08-03 — best price $4.122026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3052026-05-31 — 23 pageviews2026-06-03 — 15 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-12 — 16 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-27 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 20 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 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

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.

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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