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The Hand of Glory

Madit Entertainment · 2020-06-09

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.

17
playing now
95%
positive of 211 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$18.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–9.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 211 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.79 at Steam (2025-04-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120202026Week of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$3.792020-06-092026-08-192020-06-09 — best price $17.092020-09-21 — best price $16.142020-11-16 — best price $15.192020-12-22 — best price $15.192021-02-11 — best price $14.242021-05-10 — best price $11.392021-07-19 — best price $10.442021-10-28 — best price $9.492021-11-24 — best price $9.492022-01-17 — best price $8.542022-05-09 — best price $8.542022-08-01 — best price $7.592022-10-17 — best price $7.592022-12-12 — best price $7.592023-02-20 — best price $6.642023-05-22 — best price $6.642023-12-21 — best price $5.692024-03-04 — best price $5.692024-04-15 — best price $4.742024-06-27 — best price $4.742024-09-09 — best price $4.742024-11-27 — best price $4.742025-01-13 — best price $4.742025-03-13 — best price $4.742025-05-19 — best price $3.792025-07-14 — best price $3.792025-11-03 — best price $3.792026-01-12 — best price $3.792026-03-30 — best price $3.792026-07-13 — best price $3.792026-08-19 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
75.8%
earned "Soplete"
36.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11917%56
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleMysteryRelaxingThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericDark Comedy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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