Action · November 7, 2017
Hand of Fate 2 (2017)
Hand of Fate 2 is a dungeon crawler set in a world of dark fantasy. Master a living boardgame where every stage of the adventure is drawn from a deck of legendary encounters chosen by you! Choose wisely - your opponent, the enigmatic Dealer, will pull no punches as he shapes you into the instrument of his revenge. The table has changed, but the stakes remain the same: life or death! KEY GAME FEATURES A world transformed - 100 years have passed since the Dealer was usurped and the Game of Life and Death gained a new master. 22 exciting new challenges that will push your deck-building skills to the limit - Hunt fiendish assassins, reunite star-crossed lovers or build up a fortress to withstand a raider assault! Enlist the aid of all new companion characters - team up with them in battle, or have them bend the rules of the boardgame in your favor! Hundreds of new encounters, artifacts and items to earn and upgrade. Enhanced action-RPG combat - shred foes with quick dual-wielded daggers or brutalize them with heavy two-handed hammers. Build up your combo meter to unleash powerful special attacks! Engage new foes united by all-new card suits - Cross swords with disciplined Imperial soldiers, purge corrupted mutants and fend off northern raiders.
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- RPG · 96
- Roguelike Deckbuilder · 89
- Card Game · 89
- Action · 80
- Deckbuilding · 80
- Rogue-lite · 64
- Indie · 58
- Action Roguelike · 58
- Singleplayer · 56
- Board Game · 41
- Fantasy · 34
- Rogue-like · 30
- Dungeon Crawler · 26
- Hack and Slash · 25
- Choices Matter · 17
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 5.7k Steam reviews | Top 56% in Action |
| Positive rating | 84% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 58% |
| Metacritic | 80/100 | Genre average 77 — top 42% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 17 h average | Top 29% for session depth among Action |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese volume_up
- Polish volume_up
Full audio (3)
- English
- Simplified Chinese
- Polish
Reception Metrics
Steam community
84%Mostly Positive · 5.7k reviews
4.8k positive · 909 negative
Metacritic
80/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
7.7/10
Curator recommendations
5.2k
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Press Quotes
“A bigger, better game than its predecessor in almost every respect, and one with a sense of journey and surprise to its gambling, fighting and dying, which makes it feel rather like a card-based, fantasy FTL” Rock Paper Shotgun “Hand of Fate 2 improves upon nearly every aspect of the original, providing diverse new challenges that help build the world around the Game of Life and Death” 8.5 – GameWatcher “The result is a captivating Dungeons & Dragons-style adventure grander…
Release & Availability
| Release date | Nov 7, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Defiant Development |
| Base price | $29.99 |
| DLC / Add-ons | 4 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
17h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
Achievements
99
Steam unlocks available
Editions & Packages
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