Idol Hands
Released Feb 2015
Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.
43% positive · 186 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Idol Hands launched on February 18, 2015 and received several feature patches through December 11, 2015, including Mac and Linux platform support. The December 2015 update mentioned the developer was "working hard on new content for the future," and a February 2015 announcement teased "more updates and Idol Hands DLC news coming very soon." However, neither of these promises materialized into any announced or shipped DLC — no DLC is listed on the store, and no further substantive developer communications appeared after December 11, 2015. The last notable store update (adding Steam trading cards) occurred on October 11, 2016, which is a cosmetic addition rather than a content release. There have been no developer communications of any kind since October 2016. Given the complete absence of announced or released DLC, no roadmap, and nearly a decade of developer silence, the game appears to have shipped as a finished product whose post-launch patch support concluded by late 2015.
Evidence
Feature patch adding Mac/Linux support, Steam Cloud, and gameplay improvements. Developer stated they were 'working hard on new content for the future' — no such content ever materialized.
Developer announced an upcoming update and teased 'more updates and Idol Hands DLC news coming very soon'
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Green Man Gaming Publishing
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.
You are a god in a time of many gods. Rather than having direct control over your people’s actions, your people will live their own lives; placing buildings, growing crops, and micro managing themselves.
Without you, your people are directionless!
Your powers will provide them with usable land, protect them from attack, and control nature to their benefit.
With your help they can grow and prosper; allowing them to increase the bounty of their harvests, and learn skills to eventually forming an immense fighting force that you can unleash upon your enemy’s population to wipe them out, leaving any other god powerless and defeated.
Key Features:
- Play God with a nation of followers ready to respond to your command.
- Shape a beautiful and fully-3D land as you see fit, carving out your perfect world.
- Feel the power! Unleash massive natural disasters, striking your enemies down before you.
- Play the game in the way that you want to. Multiple strategies mean that no two games will ever be the same.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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