Handmancers

Handmancers is a first-person deckbuilding roguelike built around Rock, Paper, Scissors-style duels. Choose a Sign to counter opponents, bait their moves and create combos, while cards change how your Signs behave and interact. Shape your hand by collecting, upgrading and combining cards, and choose a faction to guide your approach: Scissors for heavy damage, Rock for defense or Paper for buffs. Powerful moves build cramps that restrict your options until you recover, while corruption offers tempting rewards and makes the dangers you face more challenging.

Gameplay and features

• Sign-based duels: Choose Rock, Paper or Scissors to counter opponents, punish the right target and set up combos through baiting and countering.
• Build and customize your hand: Collect, upgrade and combine cards that alter how Signs behave. Each card can have up to three modifiers.
• Manage cramps: Heavy moves increase cramps and reduce your available options until you recover, making each powerful play a tradeoff.
• Choose a faction and face corruption: Scissors focuses on damage, Rock on defense and Paper on buffs. Corruption offers potent rewards while twisting the dangers you encounter.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of game is Handmancers?

It is a first-person deckbuilding roguelike centered on tactical Rock, Paper, Scissors-style combat.

How does combat work?

Choose a Sign to counter an opponent, target the right enemy and capitalize on mistakes. Baiting and countering can lead to combos.

How do cards affect gameplay?

Cards change how Signs behave and interact. You can collect, upgrade and combine them, and each card can have up to three modifiers.

What happens when you use heavy moves?

Heavy plays increase cramps, which limit your options until you recover. You must weigh a powerful move now against conserving your strength.

What does corruption do?

Corruption offers potent rewards at a cost and twists the dangers you face. Artifacts can also bend the rules in unexpected ways.