The Upper Hand
Brain Syringe Studios LLC · 2025 · 2D Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, Deckbuilding, Card Game, Parkour
PC
6 user reviews100% · 6
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About The Upper Hand
The Upper Hand is a Deck-Building, Platformer that tests the players adaptability as Gen-0 ascends in pursuit of the parts required to rebuild his space ship, all to an original sound track. Platforming Embrace the art of bouldering as you climb ever higher clinging hand and foot to different holds. As you progress take into consideration unique environmental holds and learn the limitations of each one. Challenge yourself to improve and pursue new abilities and customized apparel.Adaptability Experience distinct biomes and adapt to their unique environmental challenges. Find freedom in the variety of possible solutions to each challenge. Carve your own path and pursue ever more efficient routes and times to score points to use in the shop. DeckBuilding Your future is in your hands as you craft your playstyle using a wide array of cards’ poses and abilities to quickly and successfully conquer each challenge. Using the points collected by accomplishing level achievements and spending them at the shop you can acquire new powers for gen-0 to use in his pursuit of the top. Gen-0 Gen-0 has been captured and needs your help! Gen-0 is Stuck in a foreign world and longs for home. Help him climb through different worlds to collect the parts of his ship needed to get back home.Music Our original composer Ricky Hess has poured his heart and soul into our original soundtrack. It features elements of Jazz, City pop, synth-hop and a variety of other inspirations. The upbeat tracks are sure to invigorate your pursuit of the peak.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Played some of the introductory levels of The Upper Hand; I came away with these thoughts: -The mechanics of grabbing and leaning are pretty interesting, and having cards with different poses and effects seems really cool. -The music is pretty banging! -Great that there are restart buttons and a way to reorient your angle, but (unless I missed it in the tutorial) these aren't explicitly noted within the tutorial itself. -It began to make sense when I got to Learning the Ropes, but I didn't like that looking at the map is also counted in the time to complete a stage (also another function that I'm not sure is noted in the tutorial) Overall, it's a fun game; maybe it won't feel like this in the future, but it sometimes feels like I'm arbitrarily choosing poses to hop with to land with the end pose I want. One thing that could be cool is an advanced tutorial or a beginning world that goes into some of the more effective techniques and how the card effects work (or even what they do), as well as deciding what poses would suit particular situations best; this could be an entirely optional thing in the case that players want to figure things out themselves instead. Overall, a very fun…7 found this helpful
Playing the game felt kind of launching a new grounds game back in the 2000s. The music, atmosphere and game play were cute and fair for the price. I would recommend the game for someone looking for a different take on the platforming genre.5 found this helpful
Jumping and flipping through the levels on each hold is super fun and interesting. The types of maneuvers and extraordinary powers that you have access to really allows you to fully customize how you traverse through the level in a satisfying way. Each world has it's own unique theme and introduces new hold types and challenges to overcome. Overall, a fun experience!!4 found this helpful
Game is very challenging and addictive! the art and music was very good too.3 found this helpful
Great music, great art, and great gameplay. Fun and unique !3 found this helpful
I was a little confused at first but once I got the hang of it it was pretty fun. The mechanics are interesting and it's fun to hunt all the challenges. I think it would be even better if there were leaderboards for each level. The game seems to take a lot of inspiration from bouldering and is sort of like a platformer but also with a deckbuilding element which is cool. The physics of the game feel natural and result in a lot of interesting interactions happening that give you new ideas on how to solve levels. While some of the levels feel kind of same-y, there are also some unique levels that stand out, and the progression of new mechanics in each world flows nicely.2 found this helpful
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