Press kit

Grim Hand

A story-rich, dark fantasy roguelike card game by HedgeCat Studios. This page collects everything needed to cover the game: facts, descriptions, screenshots, logos and contact. All assets here may be used freely in articles and videos about Grim Hand.

Fact sheet

Developer	HedgeCat Studios, a small independent studio. Grim Hand is its first title.
Game	Grim Hand
Genre	Roguelike card game, dark fantasy, story-rich, single player
Platforms	Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store). Released 24 September 2026.
Price	A free demo. One single purchase unlocks the full game. No ads, no pay-to-win, no loot boxes, no energy timers.
Modes	Single player, fully playable offline
Language	English, fully narrated
Website	grimhand.com
Press contact	grim.hand.game@gmail.com
Trailer	Landscape · Portrait
Community	Discord · YouTube

Description

One line

A story-rich, dark fantasy roguelike card game: four acts, 65+ foes, your weapon is your deck, and death is permanent.

Short

Grim Hand is a dark fantasy roguelike card game. When the war ends and his forge goes cold, a blacksmith takes up a blade and descends four acts of dungeon for a bounty that could save his family. A free demo, then one purchase unlocks the whole game. No ads, no pay-to-win.

Long

For twenty-five years, Henry forged the blades that won a war. When peace finally came, his services were no longer needed, the forge went cold, and his children went hungry. Then came word of a bounty: the warlord who rules the old dungeon, and a king's purse for his head. So the smith takes up a blade of his own and descends.

Grim Hand plays as a turn-based card game with real tactical depth. Enemies hold front and back ranks, often behind a leader: snipe the back line with a bow, pierce through with a spear, sweep the front with a sword. Your deck is the gear you carry, a weapon paired with a shield, and swapping either changes the whole run. Souls claimed from fallen bosses reshape how you fight. Between battles the dungeon offers branching choices where mercy usually has a price. Death is permanent, runs are procedural, and every fall teaches the dungeon's cruelty a little better.

The tale is told in four fully narrated acts, from torch-lit goblin tunnels to a black wood, each with its own enemies, events, music and mood. It is an ordinary man's story: a desperate bounty and a long descent into the dark, and the deeper you go, the more the story turns.

"Another fool descends into the dark."

Features

Tactical card combat. Enemies hold front and back ranks, often behind a leader. Every threat is telegraphed; every turn is a decision.
65+ hand-crafted foes, no reskins. Spitters, hexers, web-weavers, shield-walls, rally-leaders: each has its own behavior and its own weakness.
Your gear is your deck. Weapon plus shield, each dealing its own hand of cards. Sword, bow, spear, hammer, crossbow: the right pairing locks into real synergies.
Nine souls of fallen bosses. Equip one before a run and it reshapes how you fight, from the unbreakable Juggernaut to the life-draining Lifedrinker.
Old-school roguelike. Permadeath, procedural runs, branching paths. Death is a teacher.
Curious events. Dozens of branching encounters between fights. Some are gifts, some are traps, and mercy usually has a price.
A tale in four acts, fully narrated. From beginning to end, with its own music and mood per act.
Fair by design. Free demo, one purchase for everything, offline-friendly, no ads, no pay-to-win, no loot boxes.

Trailers

Two cuts of the same 63 second trailer, one per frame. Both are on YouTube and can be embedded or downloaded from the channel.

Landscape 16:9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7QXEvUEr8 · for web articles, YouTube embeds and PC
Portrait 9:16	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJIchmJQN0 · for Shorts, TikTok, Reels and phone-first coverage

Screenshots

Portrait 640×1120 captures from the Android build. Click for full size; right-click to save.

Row-based card combat against a snake pit — Row-based combat

An elite shield-wall enemy formation — Elite shield-wall

Weapon-driven card hand in a goblin fight — Weapon-driven hand

The branching run map — Branching run map

A moral choice at a curious event — Curious event

A narrated boss cutscene — Narrated cutscene

Key art & logos

Hero banner 2560×1440

Key art 1200×630

Logo 620×620, transparent

HedgeCat Studios 460×460

Need something specific: device frames, transparent renders, a particular enemy or scene? Email grim.hand.game@gmail.com and we will send it over.

About HedgeCat Studios

HedgeCat Studios is a small independent studio. Grim Hand is its first game: a passion project built to prove that a mobile card game can be fair, story-driven and genuinely tactical, with no ads and no pay-to-win. Some visual art, music, sound and narration were produced with the assistance of AI tools, with every asset reviewed and curated by hand.

Review copies

Grim Hand is out on Google Play and the App Store. The first act up to the mini-boss is free to play on either store. Press and creators who want the full game unlocked: email grim.hand.game@gmail.com with a link to your outlet or channel.