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Idol Hands

Idol Hands

Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.

Released Feb 18, 2015 Developer Pocket Games, Fluid Games, GodSpeed Games Publisher Green Man Gaming Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategySimulationGod GameSandboxCasual
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

43.3%positive187 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“unplayable. like for real. you get 1 fps even during the intro. IDK what they did to this game because I remember liking it(ish) back in the day but now I cant even get in a game.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

863all-time peak
0 25 50 2016 2018 2020 2022 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 24 avg · Jun 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
5.7%median completion
2.0%rarest: Tree Expert
20.5% of players 14.3% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 11.5% of players 8.5% of players 7.6% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 20.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
20.5%Let's Get Started — Play the game for the first time
14.3%Mine Iron Ore — Expose your first iron ore
14.0%Completed 1st Tutorial — Finish "In the Beginning...", the first tutorial level
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Tree Expert — Collect 10,000 units of wood
2.1%Food Rations — Complete level 5 onwards with only 6 farmers
3.0%Religious Conversion — Your priests have converted 20 enemy soldiers

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 11, 2016
Trading Cards are here!

http://i.imgur.com/c409HIq.jpg Hello everyone! We've just added trading cards, emoticons, backgrounds and badges to the game! Show off your godly powers to your friends in chat, get the full set of ca

Oct 11, 2016
Trading Cards are here!

http://i.imgur.com/c409HIq.jpg Hello everyone! We've just added trading cards, emoticons, backgrounds and badges to the game! Show off your godly powers to your friends in chat, get the full set of ca

Dec 11, 2015
Idol Hands – Updates, Mac and Linux support!

Pocket Games is extremely excited to bring new platform support and an update of major improvements to Idol Hands. We are committed to optimising the game for our players and are working hard on new c

Dec 11, 2015
Idol Hands – Updates, Mac and Linux support!

Pocket Games is extremely excited to bring new platform support and an update of major improvements to Idol Hands. We are committed to optimising the game for our players and are working hard on new c

May 19, 2015
Delivering you another bounty of new updates!

You'd be forgiven for thinking that we truly have godly powers as we've been working the land, night and day, to deliver you another bounty of new updates for Idol Hands! Health bars on buildings - ba

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · God Game · Sandbox · Casual · Open World · Indie (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.pocketgamesinc.com/idol-hands/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 540 MB available space