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The Hand of Merlin

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

1
playing now
71%
positive of 360 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 18,033 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 360 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 56 of 85 observed days · $2.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.742021-05-112026-08-302021-05-11 — best price $17.192021-06-03 — best price $22.392021-07-16 — best price $24.992021-09-06 — best price $24.992021-10-27 — best price $16.492021-11-27 — best price $20.992021-12-30 — best price $14.992022-03-01 — best price $22.892022-04-07 — best price $12.742022-05-26 — best price $17.892022-07-07 — best price $18.362022-08-08 — best price $12.492022-09-24 — best price $18.362022-11-16 — best price $18.362022-12-19 — best price $20.792023-01-26 — best price $24.992023-03-03 — best price $10.002023-04-06 — best price $12.492023-05-18 — best price $12.492023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-08-07 — best price $7.742023-10-03 — best price $18.362023-11-16 — best price $18.362023-12-18 — best price $24.992024-04-10 — best price $9.992024-06-03 — best price $10.622024-07-25 — best price $18.362024-09-05 — best price $10.622024-11-23 — best price $24.992025-01-16 — best price $18.362025-05-15 — best price $10.622025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-07 — best price $12.492025-12-29 — best price $10.622026-03-27 — best price $6.292026-05-09 — best price $18.362026-06-15 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

RPGSci-fiFantasyStrategyTacticalDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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