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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

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!

Released May 31, 2019 Developer Image & Form Games Publisher Thunderful Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Card BattlerTurn-BasedCard GameParty-Based RPGRPG
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.8%positive2,059 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“SWQHoG is just as lovingly produced as the other Steam World games. The card play is satisfying. yet the story is remarkably unimaginative for a fantasy game. All the other heroes gave up their heroics, so hey let's beat up multiple dragons and mean robots. Tere are two things I…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Enjoyable RPG card battler. The story is pretty basic (the characters are fun, though), but playing them cards feels pretty good.”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Very small rpg using cards as essentially commands. The environments are static and bland. The cards are neat, and there is minor exploration and hidden items to find which is the main fun. The battles are fairly boring despite the card aspects. The story is not serious and it…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

8playing at last check
1024-hour peak
667all-time peak
0 100 200 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 154 avg · Jun 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

44achievements
24.8%median completion
1.7%rarest: Feeling the Rapture Grow
81.0% of players 75.4% of players 74.6% of players 64.8% of players 60.8% of players 57.8% of players 55.6% of players 55.3% of players 51.3% of players 48.1% of players 46.3% of players 41.2% of players 40.9% of players 37.8% of players 35.9% of players 35.1% of players 32.7% of players 30.3% of players 29.4% of players 28.3% of players 25.7% of players 25.7% of players 24.8% of players 23.8% of players 21.7% of players 20.9% of players 19.8% of players 19.4% of players 17.8% of players 17.1% of players 9.5% of players 9.0% of players 8.9% of players 8.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.9% of players 3.7% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.7% of players 81.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.0%Grow Locally, Save the Environment — Hidden achievement
75.4%Play Around — Change a hero's deck.
74.6%Fresh Buns Anyone? — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Feeling the Rapture Grow — Deal 20,000 or more damage with a single hit.
2.1%Little Ripped Riding Hood — Raise a hero's Strength bonus to +7 grades or more.
2.1%Tears of Gold — Complete the Midas Grand Prix.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US4.99 USD−80%
EU4.99 EUR−80%
UK4.49 GBP−80%
Australia7.19 AUD−80%
Canada5.79 CAD−80%
Japan514 JPY−80%
Brazil9.49 BRL−80%
China16.00 CNY−80%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

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SteamWorld Quest Soundtrack - Now Available on Major Streaming Platforms!

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Oct 15, 2024
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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, RPG
Player tagsCard Battler · Turn-Based · Card Game · Party-Based RPG · RPG · 2D · Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Combat · Steampunk · Cartoony · Colorful · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements44
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.imageform.se/game/steamworld-quest/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2 GHz, SSE2 support Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.1-compatible, 512 MB video memory, framebuffer object support. E.g. Intel HD 4600 or better. Storage: 750 MB available space Additional Notes: You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support.