SteamWorld Quest

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a turn-based role-playing game and deck-building game hybrid that is part of the SteamWorld series of video games. It was developed by Image & Form and published by Thunderful Publishing. The game was released for Nintendo Switch on April 25, 2019, released for PC on May 31, 2019, and Stadia on March 3, 2020.[1]

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Developer(s)Image & Form
Publisher(s)Thunderful Publishing
SeriesSteamWorld
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Stadia
ReleaseNintendo Switch
  • WW: April 25, 2019
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
  • WW: May 31, 2019
Stadia
  • WW: March 3, 2020
Genre(s)Role-playing, deck-building
Mode(s)Single-player

The game follows a team of sentient steam-powered humanoid robots as they travel across a steampunk fantasy world fighting evil.[2] It received generally positive reviews, with critics citing the graphics and gameplay as strong points.

Plot

SteamWorld Quest is presented as a fairy tale told within the otherwise science fiction universe of SteamWorld Heist and is not directly linked story-wise to the previous games.[3] It follows Armilly and Copernica, two friends who set out on a journey that spirals into a much larger one.[2]

Gameplay

SteamWorld Quest is a side-scrolling video game and is separated into small explorable areas that the player is encouraged to loot for treasure. The player may encounter enemies and become engaged in battle. Attacks are performed by collecting punch cards that the robots can use to execute programs. The game uses role-playing game elements with the exception of steam pressure representing mana. The player must build their own deck of attacks using character-specific cards.[2]

Reception

SteamWorld Quest received an aggregate score of 81 on Metacritic.[4] Matt Masem of RPGamer rated the game 4.5/5, calling it an "excellent adventure" with "beautiful" animation, and calling the story "wonderfully executed" despite being "standard RPG fare".[2] Tom Marks of IGN rated the game 86/100, saying the combat system offers an "insane amount of choice".[6] Nadia Oxford of USgamer rated the game 80/100, criticizing the game as "light on character and worldbuilding" but calling it a "fun, airy RPG".[3]

References
  1. Aguilos, Pia (March 3, 2020). "Two SteamWorld Games Are Now Available On Stadia". whatoplay. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. Masem, Matt. "SteamWorld Quest Review". RPGamer. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. Oxford, Nadia (2019-04-23). "SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech Review". USgamer. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. "SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. Madnani, Mikhail (2021-01-20). "'SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech' Review – Essential but Not Flawless". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. Marks, Tom (2019-04-23). "SteamWorld Quest Review". IGN. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
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