SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

SteamWorld Quest is the roleplaying card game you’ve been waiting for! Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a hand-drawn world and build, craft and upgrade your party’s decks in order to stop an ancient…

80 25 April 2019 from $3.75

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy Science fiction

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is an adventure developed by Image & Form, released 25 April 2019 on Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, iOS and Linux. It currently starts at $3.75 at GOG.

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What SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is an adventure game developed by Image & Form and released in 2019. It was published by Thunderful. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Custom Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Triumph over evil with the hand you’re dealt! SteamWorld Quest is the roleplaying card game you’ve been waiting for! 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 awaits you is a luscious treasure chest filled with gold, dragons, vivid worlds, magic, knights in shining armor as well as XP, turn-based battles and all that good RPG stuff! The game’s humorous mix of traditional fantasy and steampunk robots makes for an unforgettable experience with lots of laughs.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz, SSE2 support, 1024 MB RAM and OpenGL 2.1-compatible, 512 MB video memory, framebuffer object support. E.g. Intel HD 4600 or better.. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $3.75 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech launched on 25 April 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800 and Katana Zero. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800, Katana Zero.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech — frequently asked questions

When did SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech come out?

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech was released on 25 April 2019 for Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

How much does SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech cost?

The cheapest current price for SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is $3.75 at GOG, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.

What are the minimum PC requirements for SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech?

At minimum, SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech needs 2 GHz, SSE2 support, 1024 MB RAM, OpenGL 2.1-compatible, 512 MB video memory, framebuffer object support. E.g. Intel HD 4600 or better. graphics, 750 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech?

The PC version needs about 0.7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("750 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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