One Hand Clapping
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 5.1h
- Value
- $2.94/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Dedicated graphics card with 1+ GB of VRAM, 1.5 GB of storage. Windows only.
One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.
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
The lowest price on record is $0.89, set in November 2024. Its cuts run 67 percent off as a rule. There have been 40 in the 5 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 20 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Wandersong ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians ($9.99, scores 37).
4 of the 439 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2021 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 291 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 33 percent of everything written about it.
At 5.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
69% start to <1% 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
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 08:51 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Can't really recommend this game due to audio and pitch recognition issues. As a standard male baritone, I was literally sitting with a DAW equalizer, comparing every octave in my three-octave range. Not to mention the roughly one-second delay, which I can't overlook. Somehow my C2 became C1 for the game's EQ, and my range isn't that wide when it comes to low notes. I assume the game is trying to mess with the major...
the concept of this game, is great. but it faces a couple issues the tone detection is very off and it can struggle sometimes with getting the correct pitches etc. I double checked this with an EWI (basically a synth) and even though i checked both the options and adjustments, and the pitch of the instrument itself. it started to have some serious issues on the "practice" part, where you're supposed to play specific...
I have dysphonia and was looking for a game to help strengthen my voice and breathing. I have to really work at some of the tasks to accomplish! A few spots I had to get a family member to help me pass a section because of my limited vocal abilities. My hope is that this will help strengthen my lazy vocal cords and breathing. It's fun to use your voice to open flowers! Thanks for making this game, I hope to see more...
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Cite this score
One Hand Clapping scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/893720/one-hand-clappingReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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