Underhand
August 01, 2024
More About Underhand
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THRILLING
Whether you're facing a treacherous obstacle or encountering an unexpected boon, every decision you make has tangible consequences manifesting as the current state of your hand. Underhand will have you on the edge of your seat as you walk the tightrope between having too many resources and not enough.
IMMERSIVE
With stunning, almost eerie visuals and sound, the stage is set for the perfect atmospheric experience. Every now and then, the in-game radio will react to your choices and broadcast the game-world's current state of affairs as affected by you, mastermind cult leader supreme-- all so you can keep up with the latest happenings and make more happenings... well, happen.
UNPARALLELED
Do you know any other games that let you run a cult? How about ones that also let you summon unfathomably monstrous deities? Or ones that let you do both of those packaged into one wholesome, sleek, mobile card game experience? Whatever else you want to say about Underhand, it's irrefutably the first of its kind. Play now, so you can proudly proclaim that you were into it well before it amassed a cult following!
Latest Version
1.0
August 01, 2024
Spoopy Squad
Strategy
Android
1,821,529
Free
edu.cornell.gdiac.underhand
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User Reviews
A Google user
5 years ago
So this is a really great game. I've noticed that for whatever reason, my model of phone has a blue tint over the while playing. This tint doesn't show up in screenshots or while viewing open apps. Because this only seems to happen on LG g7 Thinq phones, I don't believe it's a game bug and more likely some issue with the phone. I find this game to be extremely enjoyable despite the blue, though I do wish the natural colors were showing as the blue is an eyestrain.
A Google user
5 years ago
This game is a cut above the rest. Addicting, interesting gameplay, with no ads or microtransactions. Really in depth strategy too for such a simple system. It does have a few flaws though. 1. There's a bug in the game when you look at the 3 upcoming cards if there's not three cards in the deck. It wont show you the next cards and just reshuffles. Sometimes you have to pay for these effects so you feel ripped off, since there's no remaining card counter to know when this will happen. 2. You can't preview card choices and effects. This means you'll have to play blind for a bit and memorize cards. This can ruin some runs which wastes up to 30min. 3. Each run has a random set of cards. This is good since it lends some variance and means you have to adapt to RNG. However there's maybe 30 cards an you'll be seeing mostly familiar ones with only 10 or so benched from a run by chance. This sometimes meant I couldn't memorize decks during runs and didn't have a way to track them besides using pen and paper. 4. There are certain win condition quests that have RNG to them in a tally annoying way. When it takes several minutes to go though a deck only to see the quest isn't advancing for the third turn in a row, it gets real old. Still a good game and totally free.
Chelsea Utecht
1 year ago
Quick finite game (which is exactly what I wanted). So fun that I tried to find more by this publisher (none yet, I guess). Small glitch where if you use foresight right before the deck is shuffled, it will freeze. If you go to the main screen and resume, it'll just pick up where you left off though you won't be able to use foresight. Didn't take away from my enjoyment much though. Highly recommend.
A Google user
5 years ago
The only major drawback is its relative short gameplay - I need several trials and some luck to summon the evil god and there are seven of them, but after that I don't have a strong reason to replay. Everything else - the system design, the art and the sound - is great. Considering it is a free game without any ads, it definitely worth a five star.
A Google user
5 years ago
I really enjoyed this game. Unlocking gods was a really fun challenge! My only criticism is that once you've completed the game, there's not much reason to play. I would suggest adding something like a stats counter, maybe tracking things like sacrifices, 'lost' cards, greed, longest game, etc. There's also a small bug involving foresight at the end of the deck, where no cards show up and you must enter and leave the pause menu to even make the X button show up. I'm putting this aside for now, but I'm looking forward to any content updates that may be coming!
A Google user
5 years ago
Excellent game, but very short once you have each god's requisites figured out. Only one bug; when using Forsight without three cards left in the deck, it reshuffles and doesn't show anything. To get past this and continue, just play a card and bring it back to your hand or tap the gear in the top right, then resume game to exit the Forsight overlay.
A Google user
5 years ago
I enjoyed the game from what I've played, but I couldn't play for long because of a bug that tinted everything a bright blue, which hurt my eyes to look at. When I pressed the home button, it was fixed for a bit just before my phone sent me to the home screen, but if I went back to it(even after restarting my phone) the blue was immidiately back.
A Google user
5 years ago
very fun game! starts easy, gets very challenging. there's a definite amount of luck involved, because each game you don't have the same cards in the deck -- and you can't predict which cards will show up when you're picking an elder god to focus on summoning, so if that's not your cup of tea, then move on. even given a perfect setup though, you really do need strategy to win. I'd love to see replay value added for when you've summoned all the gods, though. I'm uninstalling for now, as it is.
A Google user
5 years ago
Monetization: This game has no cost and no ads. The cost is reflected in the amount of content and lack of updates. However it is not an incomplete buggy product. Aesthetics: The game has very clear visual style and cohesive theme present in all aspects of the game. Gameplay: A very novel card game. Medium learning curve for learning strategy and memorizing card event options. Each god poses a different challenge matching their theme. Lacks post-game challenge and or fanfare for final god.
A Google user
5 years ago
Cool art and fun to play. The game is very short, I beat it in a few hours, but it's free and I've never seen an ad I can remember while playing. Great app Two bugs I found: If you use foresight when you only have 2 or 1 cards left in the deck, you can't see the upcoming cards and have to pause, resume, and hit the x to escape. The other is if you exit the app RIGHT as cards are bring consumed you can keep your cards even after they are "used", they even stay all burnt looking
A Google user
5 years ago
Quality game overall, lots of pros and only a few cons. Unique concept, geat artwork, simple to understand, and easy to pull out and play when you have a few minutes of downtime. Only issues are the foresight bug (but everyone is complaining about that so if that isn't fixed soon I'll be surprised) and the blue filter. I play on Galaxy s9, and there is a constant blue light filter on the screen, its really obnoxious and distracts from the great artwork of the game. It's still playable, but annoying enough that I can't give a 5 star review until it's fixed. Still a fantastic game though, I've already recommended it to a few friends.
A Google user
5 years ago
A very unique experience! The concept is amazing and it provides a great balance of challenge and progress. The difficulty is basically perfect! My only problem is the slight repetitivness... If there were a few more cards, it might provide a greater variance, which would make this game virtually perfect! Other than that, fantastic game! Beautiful art, by the way!
Jason Forhelp
1 year ago
Great game, I was happily surprised. It's complex enough to be challenging, but simple enough to understand and learn from mistakes. The only thing I would change is the "Greed" event. It seems to have a pretty high draw rate, and it always takes every relic each time. Doesn't feel like it discards "randomly" at that point, which is frustrating because those take some effort to get. Other than that the artwork is nice and consistent, the radio guy can be pretty funny, and it's a fun challenge.
A Google user
5 years ago
This is an incredibly unique and fun game! I only have a few complaints. One, if you try to read the future when the deck has fewer than three cards, you get stuck in reshuffling and have to exit out to continue. You don't lose any progress, but you can't see the next cards. Second, I have been unable to progress the tea shop questline. At a certain point, both choices result in the card being reshuffled, even though one of them should give you the next card.
A Google user
5 years ago
So this game is absolutely great, and I would rate it 5 but for a few crash-based issues that affect gameplay. Whenever I leave the window, the game basically just breaks. Unfortunately, that means that I have to finish a full round in one sitting or lose all the progress I have made. I've all but won the round on 2 very specific occasions and lost it because I got a call or message that I had to address. I have left a report on this issue to the developer as well within the default crash report form. If this issue is fixed, my rating will be as well, because, except for that, this game deserves all 5 stars.
austin araujo
6 months ago
I love this game! It is very nice looking, dispite having a few minor bugs that do need ironing out. I also wish it had a mechanic that gave you a little more information to be able to properly strategize such as a deck builder mechanic, where you pick from some cards that are randomly selected rather than a random deck every time. More cards would be nice, as well as a card collection book to see what cards you've found. Overall, GIVE US MORE CONTENT!!
Isaiah Flannery
2 months ago
When the game is fun, it's fun. The theming ties into the decisions, which ties into the gameplay. The biggest downfall is that sometimes you just won't get a God to show up (the way to win a game) for several passes through the deck, at which point youre just rotating your resources until you eventually lose.
Ben Allen
2 months ago
Great game, but game-breaking bug. After summoning the second god (Rhybaax) I'm unable to summon the rest. The event chain for summoning Rhybaax keeps popping up in all of my games. I've tried resetting my progress in-game and uninstalling and redownloading the game but I still have the same problem. Other than the bug, this is a spectacular game and I would love to see a DLC or sequel with the same mechanics but in a different setting. Definitely 5 stars if I didn't have the bug.
Daniel Williams
3 months ago
Wonderfully crafted game. The artwork is stylish and unique, the gameplay is fun and challenging, I LOVE the background music, and the radio is a perfect touch. Holds up for me since 2017. I only have one note: I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but I'll be the million and first: a patch for when the foretell cards are at the end of a deck cycle. I've long since accepted it as part of the game, but it can be a bit annoying at times. At least an acknowledgement of it would be nice.
Toytl King
2 months ago
Overall great game. Difficulty is at a good level most of the time but there are some particular gods that are really hard to summon with the boons you have. Relics are absurdly unbalanced. It is near impossible to get them at times. For example, the "backup ending", Windigoo, requires a relic to summon. However, it is not possible to get a relic in every game, and therefore sometimes impossible to win a given game. Also there are tons of bugs but few of them are severe or happen accidentally.
