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The Hand of Merlin

Room-C Games · Versus Evil · 2022-06-14

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: TBD (Mac), TBD (Linux), Jun 14, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jun 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

The Hand of Merlin is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 361 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 361 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.59★
PlayStation Store rating (64 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (73 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 361 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.25-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 93 of 119 observed days · $2.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720212026Week of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992021-05-112026-10-142021-05-11 — best price $17.192021-06-05 — best price $24.992021-07-28 — best price $14.992021-09-27 — best price $19.992021-11-04 — best price $16.492021-12-03 — best price $19.992022-01-24 — best price $14.992022-03-15 — best price $24.992022-05-02 — best price $21.032022-06-17 — best price $24.992022-07-30 — best price $24.992022-09-13 — best price $19.882022-11-03 — best price $20.992022-12-12 — best price $9.992023-01-20 — best price $10.002023-03-03 — best price $10.002023-04-07 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $10.622023-07-17 — best price $8.492023-08-25 — best price $18.362023-10-11 — best price $19.882023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-23 — best price $18.362024-05-06 — best price $8.502024-06-27 — best price $5.002024-08-15 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992025-01-11 — best price $24.992025-04-25 — best price $24.992025-08-11 — best price $10.622025-10-07 — best price $12.492026-01-03 — best price $24.992026-04-03 — best price $6.492026-05-18 — best price $24.992026-07-17 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $6.252026-09-20 — best price $6.252026-10-06 — best price $6.252026-10-14 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
48%
earned "Matters of France"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4181%54
PS5 (PlayStation)709%55
Xbox One (Xbox)220%54
PS4 (PlayStation)150%55
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

RPGSci-fiFantasyStrategyTacticalDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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