SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Fair · RPG · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 14.7h
- Value
- $1.70/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 748 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
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!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.24. That was November 2024. 73 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gordian Quest ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Roguebook ($24.99, scores 60).
Of the 488 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 127 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 14.7 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
81% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
19 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 03:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great introductory card battler. The game is easy, features good presentation, and has basic story. I really enjoyed it and finished it on multiple platforms.
Cards clash, robots fight A hand of fate turns the tide Quest calls through the steam
its a deck building RPG plays similarly to Slay the Spire, but with a party and level ups, plus its not a roguelite frankly i prefer this to StS, i didnt feel the roguelite structure benefited StS particularly well
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/804010/steamworld-quest-hand-of-gilgamechReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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