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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

Image & Form Games · released May 31, 2019

AdventureRPGPCNintendo SwitchiOS (iPhone/iPad)

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!

80
VGC Score
Stablemedium confidence
84%
At launch
87%
Steam all-time
81%
Press
82%
Player sentiment
99%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)819
Creator reviews (2 tracked)721
All-time Steam reviews87%811000
Metacritic user ratings8211
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)99%956
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 18 reviews sampled · 18 total reviews in window · weighted 13.3 up / 0.1 down · computed 17m ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (2)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

Patch history

  1. SteamWorld Quest: Free Content Update + 20% Discount
    Aug 7, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  2. Patch notes: June 17th, 2019
    Jun 17, 2019significant · resets scoring window