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A Hand With Many Fingers

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.

What works

  • Unique investigative gameplay
  • Immersive and tense atmosphere
  • Real historical conspiracy narrative
  • Intuitive corkboard mechanic
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Short length and abrupt ending
  • Limited replayability
  • Some interface clunkiness
  • Lack of narrative closure
  • Minor technical bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Scene Investigators

  • Lingo 2

  • The Roottrees are Dead

  • The Ratline

  • False Dream

  • FREE DUROV

Less expressive

Games that feels like A Hand With Many Fingers but with less self-expression and customization

  • Amanda the Adventurer 3

  • Sagebrush

  • Tested on Humans: Escape Room

  • Left Alone

  • Dead Secret

  • Born Into Fear

More fantastical

Games that feels like A Hand With Many Fingers but with more imaginative fiction

  • Superliminal

  • The Stanley Parable

  • Abyss School

  • Amanda the Adventurer 2

  • The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

  • I'm on Observation Duty 3

Less social

Games that feels like A Hand With Many Fingers but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Title_Pending

  • Amanda the Adventurer

  • Moral Dilemma: The Interview

  • Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed

  • [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

  • [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル

More intimate

Games that feels like A Hand With Many Fingers but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Timeless Child - Prologue

  • Nocturnals

  • Backfirewall_

  • Eternal Afternoon

  • The Anomaly Project

  • Answer Knot

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

A Hand With Many Fingers: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Story, Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026