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Shadowhand: RPG Card Game
Developer Grey Alien Games
Shadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies in 18th Century England with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes! From the Steam store page
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60 of 72 · most liked firstNEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT! Shadowhand Solitaire is coming very soon to Steam and @itch.io Please wishlist and share, thank you! store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/... We're super proud of this swashbuckling solitaire adventure and we think you'll love it!
unlabelledView post →I shipped a game (Shadowhand Solitaire) and this is what my task progress bar looks like. IMAGINE WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE and now try to do it for your game. Good luck!
unlabelledView post →Basically worked on this all year and it's nearly done. Also managed to amass quite a lot of wishlists, though more are always welcome, thanks! store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/... Also: - Lost a bunch of weight - Localised Shadowhand Solitaire and launched on casual portals - Worked with my son
unlabelledView post →Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game. Left: Solitaire on Amiga (1995), Right: Shadowhand Solitaire on PC (2024)
unlabelledView post →if you tried the demo to forbidden solitaire and really liked that, you should play Shadowhand and Ancient Enemy. if you haven't tried the demo to forbidden solitaire, you should do that store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
unlabelledView post →i also HIGHLY recommend you play the demo for and then wishlist Forbidden Solitaire, which has the devs of Shadowhand teaming up with the Home Safety Hotline people to make an incredible looking horror solitaire game that releases next month. store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
unlabelledView post →We've submitted Shadowhand Solitaire to Steam. Wish us luck, or in fact, wishlist the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →Very grateful to past me who made extensive notes on the last game we localised so I can revisit the charming pitfalls for Shadowhand Solitaire. Such delights as non-breaking space, French chevrons, en dash, ellipsis, weird single/double quotation variants etc.
unlabelledView post →Shadowhand it's a fucking solitaire RPG where you're a highwaywoman in the victorian era! it whips ass! no need to get fancy about it, the modifications to solitaire are just fun as hell and the RPG bits are a grand time and not overwhelming. it's just plain fun!
unlabelledView post →In the past week I've updated 4 previous games on Steam *and* our new game Shadowhand Solitaire! 💪💪💪 - Regency Solitaire (2015) - Shadowhand (2017) - Ancient Enemy (2020) - Regency Solitaire II (2024)
unlabelledView post →OMG sales today are so bad on Steam you wouldn't even know we launched a new game. I guess everyone is waiting for the Autumn sale. Well Shadowhand Solitaire is going to retain the 10% launch discount in the sale folks: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →Woo! We are past the "it's 90% done" stage :-) Wishlist our latest game, Shadowhand Solitaire here: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →Our most recent game, Shadowhand Solitaire, is a about an aristocrat turned highwaywoman in 1770! 40% off in the Steam sale, more if you already own both Regency Solitaire games. store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →True story: This game (it's a more casual version of our original Shadowhand game) led to us making Forbidden Solitaire. How? Well @slicknicklives.bsky.social played it and liked it, then contacted us to propose a team-up to make a horror solitaire game! store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →My Playtime: 18h (100% achievement, finished the game) Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (10 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Shadowhand is a solitaire game that is mixed with RPG elements. Although levels use solitaire as their core gameplay, it also has battles where you have to play solitaire in turn and hit each other. It has 22 chapters in total, with most chapters having 8 levels each. Pros: - 3 difficulties to choose from - You need to change…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like I must be missing something. This has the exact same problems Regency Solitaire had, except in many ways it's worse. Ancient Enemy really does feel like it is getting closer to where these games should be, but basically Shadowhand is "roll dice until you win: the game", except it requires you to constantly click stuff to see if the dice rolled in your favor or not, so it's actually worse than that. Yahtzee has more viable strategy and meaningful interaction than you get here, for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We recently launched Shadowhand Solitaire on GameHouse and have got the main capsule! Imagine getting this on Steam for an indie game.
unlabelledView post →You don't have to go back to *that other place* ~ but I'd love to share that people can't wait to get hold of Shadowhand Solitaire when it comes out at 4PM(GTM) today! ▶️ Please wishlist / follow here: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/... ▶️ also on itch :) #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #wishlist
unlabelledView post →Working on Shadowhand Solitaire, I'm reminded of just how good the first game looked (imho):
unlabelledView post →Ladies Gamers gave Shadowhand Solitaire two thumbs up which is the best score you can get: ladiesgamers.com/shadowhand-s...
unlabelledView post →And finished with Forbidden Solitaire, another great game and I think it's interesting to see how the idea of solitaire-based combat has evolved from Shadowhand to this, with how there are so many things that affect the board.
unlabelledView post →It's #ScreenshotSaturday, so here's a lil action from our game due to launch on Steam NEXT WEEK 😱 - ♥️♣️ Shadowhand Solitaire! ♦️♠️ We are a tiny team of 2 ~ so wishlists / follows / shares are hugely appreciated: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/... #gamedev #indiedev #GameDevNews #Steam
unlabelledView post →Yay! We've had a lot of interest in our swashbuckling solitaire game, coming soon to Steam: SHADOWHAND SOLITAIRE Here's the trailer - we'd be super grateful if you wishlist / follow / share our Steam page, too: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/... Thank you! #videogames #indiegame #gamedev
unlabelledView post →Shadowhand Solitaire is coming soon! Be a "land pirate" - a highwaywoman, in 1770 England. This game plays like Regency Solitaire but has a different historical theme. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →Entirely too luck based. Some hands you will not be able to complete even half a round, restart the same encounter and it could be even worse, or you get it done without breaking a sweat or using any abilities. Just too little thinking and too much luck of the draw. I prefer my games tending toward skill and not luck. But to each their own. If you like luck based games and gambling then you might well love this game. Just not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a video of me playing Shadowhand Solitaire and explaining the differences between it and the original Shadowhand game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHWu...
unlabelledView post →NUMBERS! DATA! Postmortem - Shadowhand Solitaire. How did the casual version of our previous Shadowhand game sell? www.patreon.com/posts/145694...
unlabelledView post →Hi, I'm Jake Birkett from Grey Alien Games. Been an indie dev for 20 years and I'm working on Shadowhand Solitaire, a casual version of our 2017 game, Shadowhand. I'm also the guy that made that GDC talk back in 2016 about never having a hit game (still true).
unlabelledView post →I really loved Ancient Evil, a game by the same company, but this just felt incredibly frustrating in comparison. Far too RNG based. It is pure luck if you will get a card that will do nothing and the next card picked up by the AI will give them a 10 streak combo that utterly screws you and leaves you dead in the water. Sure you get tools to switch things around, but they are also often RNG based, so you just get in a loop of randomly hoping you will get that magic card that will give you the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OR! you can get Shadowhand AND two other fantastic solitaire games by the same devs, Regency Solitaire and Ancient Enemy, for just $8.60. all three are great on their own and a total steal as a bundle. store.steampowered.com/bundle/6129/...
unlabelledView post →Just updated the original Shadowhand with quite a big patch for Steam Deck/Cloud, fixes and ability to view enemy stats whilst equipping! details: steamcommunity.com/app/427490/a... game: store.steampowered.com/app/427490/S...
unlabelledView post →Shadowhand Solitaire installed! I merely hope that GreyAlien's work won't kill today's productivity off. Game seems brilliant so far, mind you. Here it is: store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →Just buy Regency Solitaire, this games duel aspect where you have to play solitaire against a bot, with a bunch of added modifiers and RNG, is absolute HELL. It'll literally have you yelling 'NO F***ING WAY' when the AI makes some 10+ card combo after you've been having to draw over and over. The only way to semi-enjoy this is on casual mode but then you're missing out on a huge aspect of the game. ____________________________ edit: over 100 hours in and i still can't recommend it. the more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not to jump on @writnelson.bsky.social 's bandwagon too much, but Puzzle Quest was a direct inspiration for our combat solitaire games Shadowhand and Ancient Enemy. Furthermore our new game may feature something like that... Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing this game!
unlabelledView post →Get cozy with me this morning because I'm streaming Shadowhand Solitaire by the amazing @greyalien.bsky.social. Please go wishlist or grab the game on Steam using the link below! Plus, we have some new emotes 😍✨ Twitch.tv/kez_liquescent
unlabelledView post →For new followers: Hi, I've been an indie dev for 20 years and shipped 15 games, most recently Regency Solitaire II: store.steampowered.com/app/2137470/... Currently working on Shadowhand Solitaire, a casual version of our previous turn-based combat Shadowhand game.
unlabelledView post →Steam was only 50% of our casual game net revenue in 2023 (doesn't include Shadowhand or Ancient Enemy). The other 50% comes from other sites e.g. Big Fish Games, Game House, iWin, and a nice little chunk from our Patreon (thanks!) www.patreon.com/GreyAlien
unlabelledView post →Home Safety Hotline. Shadowhand. Regency Solitaire. Haunted cd. It might as well be titled "Hey Hot Calc, Play This Game"
unlabelledView post →Shadowhand Solitiare reached a sales milestone on Steam, so we've put together a bunch of data about sales, development and next steps on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/124627... #gamedev #steamgames
unlabelledView post →OK, all the text has been edited, unsupported chars replaced, and spreadsheets converted to text files now in the game. This is for Shadowhand Solitaire btw.
unlabelledView post →I played Shadowhand Solitaire first, not realizing this was the original game! While the story is the same for both games, I actually preferred this as an RPG and the game mechanics of this game to Shadowhand Solitaire. And it took me playing this version for me to realize Lady Cornelia is Lady Fleetwood from Regency Solitaire. So I love that this is a fun backstory for her!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is alright to play while you watch something in the background but I can't recommend as a fun experience. I played on hard thinking it would be a nice challenge but in reality about 75% of the game is luck, and the remaining 25% monotonous drudgery
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Fun but very limited and luck dependent. You wouldn't lose much if you stood away but if you are looking for something with a twist and have tried pretty much all the available cardbattlers and somehow missed this one, you may get it. It's a bundled game and available for very reasonable prices, goes often on sale too. If you are purely a solitaire player, I think this is a better option for you than most cardbattler players as this is more solitaire than a cardbattler. There is some good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun and challenging twist on a card-battler + solitaire + RPG mash-up. Much deeper than this dev's other game "Ancient Enemy". The story is a bit deeper and more developed, though don't expect a detailed quest-line or back-story. For a solitaire=based game, it's deeper than most. More RPG elements than most similar games- with a skill tree, a huge variety of weapons and gear to choose from. Like to min/max? You may need to to beat the game in Very Hard Mode (I gave up on Very Hard- I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well haven't played solitaire or similar card games in a while, but Shadowhand was quite pleasant surprise. It did look pretty solid so decided to give it a try. 20 hours later and all gold stars on normal difficulty can say it was quite good time passer. There for sure is more challenge with some levels included as layout of packs and cards can really play ton how it will end, so RNG tends to play it's issues here, but characters skills, items do help quite much to deal with it, so Shadowhand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An enjoyable solitaire game, perfect in small doses. This is an ideal "coffee break" solitaire card game with deceptively simple rules. Long explanation: during play, on your turn, you draw a card, and can play any face-up card on the tableau which is adjacent to that number. The card played becomes your new "active" card and you can continue playing more cards as long as they are adjacent. Example, if you draw a 5, you might play a 4 or a 6 from the tableau. If you played a 6 then you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game. Left: Regency Solitaire on PC/Mac/Later Switch (2015), Right: Shadowhand Solitaire on PC (2024) 🃏♠️♥️♣️♦️
unlabelledView post →Shadowhand may look like some kind of edgy competitor to Slay the Spire, but it's not. It's just a lame solitaire derived card matching game that seems to have been copied, reskinned + pasted onto Steam several times so the developers can get paid for several times for the same game. After all, game development is all about the money, not creating things of value for gamers. There's a few bells and whistles, like a faux inventory system that makes this look like an RPG (but it's far from it)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked "Regency Solitaire" from Grey Alien, as I did, this is even more enjoyable! I have played this all the way through about 4 times now on each difficulty setting, and now I wish I had more games just like it. The unique mix of solitaire, card battling, and story telling are something hard to replicate. You can tell a lot of care was put in to this by the developers. There are 22 levels with something like 150 total hands to play with truly gorgeous art and lovely classical…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →for today's design video, I talked about watching the growth from Shadowhand to Forbidden Solitaire and what it means to iterate on a concept and find a market for it youtu.be/gEf7DMOLxyM #indiegamedev
unlabelledView post →This game is way WAY too RNG based, to the point that RPG elements become completely trivial. The amount of time it takes to play this game to completion is almost entirely based on the amount of time you WASTE pressing "reset hand" because you get a bad start. That, and whenever the AI cheats and constantly give card layouts that give your opponents 10x streaks. Avoid this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great twist on one-up, one-down solitaire making it considerably more challenging than the typical games of this genre. Also a well-done storyline and details. The layouts seem more challenging than many card games, even though only about 25% are turn-based battles. It's the duels with the opponents which made this game really interesting for me, as there's a lot of strategizing involved with picking out your weapons, clothing, gear, and card playing abilities to best arm yourself against…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♣️♥️Check out our new Solitaire game! ♦️♠️ Shadowhand Solitaire is coming VERY soon to Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...
unlabelledView post →This was on my wishlist for a long time. Finally decided to give it a go, and I'm glad that I did. Didn't know I'd end up playing for more than 40 hours. Played it on Very Hard right from the get go, found the difficulty to be fair. Had to restart chapter only twice during the playthrough. RNG can spoil things every now and then, but there are ways to even things out in the form of spare cards, jokers, usable gear, active/passive abilities, etc. Didn't expect this game to be so addictive,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will update later. However the game literally cheats and even tells you by letting you cheat also ... Example I was in a "duel" by points. I got 20 to 0 AI suddenly gets a combo and 20 - 20 now. I gain 32 - 20 AI gets combo 32 - 32. Come on!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know how sometimes people review a game and they say "Eh, get it on a sale, otherwise it's not worth it"? Well, I got this on a sale because the dev pointed it out on Twitter and I thought: I loved Regency Solitaire, I'll give this a try I guess? And now I feel bad I got it on a sale because it's just SO GOOD. I'll start by pointing out I'm not usually all that interested in solitaire games; I first got Regency Solitaire because I was having a really, really bad period after grieving and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting and challenging RPG/Solitaire game set in 18th century England with an attractive young female protagonist who becomes an outlaw to solve crimes. Excellent artwork, the cards remind me a lot of MTG in style and detail, but the gameplay is much simpler since it's just Solitaire. But it's not easy and actually quite challenging. Also has many items & cards to equip and attributes to set when leveling.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be blunt--the game's elements do not support each other and make for a product that doesn't really satisfy either the Deckbuilding crowd or the Solitaire crowd, with minimal crossover appeal to either group. Regency Solitaire, by this dev, worked because it took card solitaire (Mahjongg style) and spiced it up with a few powerups and a light story. Purely casual fare, but a good timekill and pleasantly presented. Similar in many ways to 'Faerie Solitaire' (which I had to check to confirm it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a restart simulator. That is all there is too it. Enemy goes first and gets a massive combo, restart. If the enemy refuses to play a card even though they are able, restart. The thing is perfects require Timed clears. So the enemy always stalling becomes so annoying. Wasting turns for you. And that forces you to restart. I hate this game so much. I do not know what compelled me to play it as long as i did.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Historians will call them friends.
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