Handshakes
Release date: Jan 13, 2023
Developers: Pet Pumpkin, Damaskino, Trumpetguy
Publishers: Pet Pumpkin
Genres: Casual, Free To Play
Categories: Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play Together
Supported languages: English

Handshakes is a short and sweet puzzler where you must guide two hands towards their goal of a warm, firm handshake. Play by yourself, or share your keyboard/controller with a friend and play through 30 puzzles that are designed to stretch your brain, not strain it. 

Press reviews: “Handshakes is embelic of the hidden gems that make up Steam’s gigantic library. Whilst it isn't overflowing with content, it executes a simple concept flawlessly, boasting an adorably endearing art direction and general game flow to boot.” Through a Console, Darkly “Most importantly, Handshakes is a strand game. Like Death Stranding, it's about making connections between characters. Death Stranding gamified that by tasking Sam Porter Bridges with hauling deliveries across uneven terrain and building infrastructure. In Handshakes, the yellow fellows are the characters and their bodies are the infrastructure facilitating the connection.” The Gamer