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Revision as of 22:51, 14 June 2022

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The Hand of Merlin
The Hand of Merlin cover
Developers
Room-C Games
Croteam
Publishers
Versus Evil
Engines
Serious Engine[1]
Release dates
Windows June 14, 2022
macOS (OS X) June 14, 2022
Linux June 14, 2022
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres TBS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Europe, Fantasy, Lovecraftian, Medieval, Middle East
The Hand of Merlin on IGDB
The Hand of Merlin on MobyGames

General information

Official Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All macOS and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\UserData\Merlin.ini[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Input

Audio

Sound settings
Sound settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Selectable in-game.
Vulkan
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1 with Platform Update
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 1030
AMD Radeon RX 550
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.13
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) SteamOS 3.0, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Croteam - The Hand of Merlin is Alive and Kicking - last accessed on 2021-05-11
    "Spoiler alert – The Hand of Merlin is now being built in the Serious Engine!"
  2. Verified by User:Rose on 2021-05-15
    Screenshots taken at 1920x1080, 2560x1080 and 3840x1080, then compared.
  3. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2021-05-24
    Referenced GPU presets found in <path-to-game>\Content\Merlin\Config