Underplayed Gems

Hands up (2026)

Hands up cover
Developer
Ghuvyi
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A slowly paced, narrative-focused adventure where you explore and interact with the world through small but meaningful actions.

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What players say

Players are split on Hands Up: some love its PS1-inspired horror and tense atmosphere, while others find it unplayable due to a missing tutorial and awkward controls. It is a punishing die-and-retry game where every success feels earned, and a single developer keeps releasing meaningful updates.

Screenshots

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More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.