# Handmancers

> Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist where clear tactical choices meet deck-building depth. Craft your deck, enhance your cards, equip tricky artifacts and face powerful enemies in strategic fights

## Game facts

- Developer: 58BLADES
- Publisher: 58BLADES
- Release status: Released
- Release date: May 6, 2026
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC
- Genres: CardBattler, Card, DungeonCrawler, RPG, Strategy, TradingCardGame, Turn-BasedStrategy
- Steam Deck: Playable (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423290/)
- Languages: Interface: American English, Italian (Italy), European Spanish, French (France), German (Germany), Chinese (China), Korean (South Korea), Japanese (Japan), Russian (Russia), Czech (Czechia), Ukrainian (Ukraine), Polish (Poland), Brazilian Portuguese, Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hungarian (Hungary), Norwegian Bokmål (Norway), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish (Türkiye), Vietnamese (Vietnam), European Portuguese; Subtitles: European Spanish, French (France), German (Germany), Chinese (China), Korean (South Korea), Japanese (Japan), Russian (Russia), Czech (Czechia), Ukrainian (Ukraine), Polish (Poland), Brazilian Portuguese, Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hungarian (Hungary), Norwegian Bokmål (Norway), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish (Türkiye), Vietnamese (Vietnam), European Portuguese (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/handmancers)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Sep 2, 2026

### Strengths

- An original and easy-to-understand combat system combining rock-paper-scissors with card deck-building
- Deep build-crafting through card cycling, probability manipulation, gem upgrades, and artifact combinations
- Short, smooth combat flow with an addictive loop that encourages repeated play

### Weaknesses

- The overall amount of content is small and is considered not much different from the demo
- There are few playable characters and bosses, and the characters lack distinct identities
- Upgrade unlocks are slow, and rewards do not translate well into meaningful stat improvements

## Links

- [Handmancers on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/2807)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/2807/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-09T17:01:06.736Z