Out Of Hands Steam Charts & Stats

i got to stab a street light. goty

a weird and wacky cheese fest that's surprisingly spooky at times! Fun and surprisingly deep gameplay, a compelling (if bewildering) story with a great sense of humour and commitment to B-horror tropes I reccomend this to anyone who, like me, enjoys the "idea" of horror but in practice rarely enjoys it. I don't feel any particular compulsion to play again to unlock the other endings, but if you're the sort of person who likes that playstyle then this is good for that too

The story can be summarized as a surreal, dream-like descent into a person's unraveling, revolving around themes of obsession, grief, and loss. What stood out the most to me was the game’s visuals, art direction, and overall presentation. It’s a chaotic but cohesive blend of different mediums—stop motion, collage-style photos, rough 2D drawings for the maps, and more. My personal favorites are the small, gif-like animations for your artifacts, eyes, and mouths. It's also interesting that it's like body horrer but in an kind of quirky, almost goofy way. The game also stands out with its unique take on card-based combat. For example, it uses a familiar three energy per turn combat system, but the twist is that the energy is used to arm yourself, not attack. That way you can hold onto some of the artifacts (which I guess you can say are like the cards) for the right moment or you can use them immediately. The enemy system is something I haven’t seen in other games too. The "Main enemies" sit in the upper row with the actual boss being the one in the middle. They spawn "emotions," smaller enemies in the middle row that are linked to the main ones. This usually blocks you from targeting the top directly, and adds a nice layer of strategy to go about defeating them. You can use ranged attacks to take out the main threats, which also clears their mid-tier connections, or focus on the mid-row enemies, which in some cases can do things like transfer excess damage up to their source. It's also really satisfying defeating the boss while all the others enemies remain as it creates a bit of a small chain reaction as its defeated. I also like the creativity on the unique effects on some artifacts, like the scissors being able to flip between open for a sweeping (aoe) attack and closed for an ranged attack. I also like that the nightmare level and the matches mechanic allows you to make the more challenging when you feel like it without any frustration as you can turn it down when it gets too hard. Also, the game has multiple endings, but I appreciate that the dev made it very easy to switch to doing other endings without having to play the whole game over again. I do want to address something some others have mentioned—the use of AI in the game. From what I’ve heard, AI was only used in very small, specific areas. Personally, I do think it's a bit of a shame that it does. I think the dev was more than capable enough to create the assets themselves. But considering this entire game was made by a single indie developer, it’s honestly impressive how much was accomplished, and it’s understandable there might have been some challenges that led them to decide to use AI. That said, I also feel like the usage was so very minimal that it shouldn't deter you from enjoying all the great things the game has to offer. There’s genuine quality and dedication in this game, such as the entire claymation set that was hand-made for the main menu. It's so well done I keep forgetting it is the main menu and not some hub world. So please don’t let the use of AI subtract from all the merits the game has.

Weird, Distorting, and Satisfying. That's how I describe this game from how much I've played it so far. The combat is very nice with what combos you can come up with and how you can mix-match your face to make either a defensive machine or a ruthless powerhouse. I respect the creator for putting up with 14 years of development. Truly a gem.