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The Hand of Glory

Madit Entertainment · 2020-06-09

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

The Hand of Glory is an Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $18.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 220 reviews).

4
playing now
94%
positive of 220 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 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 28% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 220 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 8 of 16 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

1102026-09-15 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 21Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-03-14 (Steam store data)

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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