Shadowhand Reviews

Shadowhand is ranked in the -1th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6.5 / 10.0
Jan 5, 2018

Shadowhand's gold is its card gameplay. Play it accordingly.

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65 / 100
Dec 12, 2017

An ambitious game but one which exposes and compounds the weaknesses of solitaire.

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8 / 10.0
Dec 16, 2017

ShadowHand takes an old game with a reputation for dullness, and dresses it up in an elegant Victorian English RPG coat. Somehow miraculously, it works really well.

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8.3 / 10.0
Dec 15, 2017

Assuming you can imagine using solitaire as the combat mechanic this is actually quite good and imaginative. Nice loot, good RPG progression and it's all intertwined with the solitaire game. Strange but makes the time pass.

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Unscored
Dec 6, 2017
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Unscored
Dec 18, 2017

Shadowhand is built entirely on a foundation of muddy luck. Sometimes the cards come up in such a way that you can combo twenty or more in a row. Sometimes you have to pass your turn over and over again, waiting for a useful 7 or 5 to show itself. That's why I find it unsatisfying.

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Eurogamer
Top Critic
Recommended
Dec 8, 2017

Blending solitaire with role-playing, combat and a racy, buccaneering plot, Shadowhand is a delight - and a true British eccentric.

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