Fit check
Is Bonesaw worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who enjoy short turn-based duels with tactical attacks and luck
- Friends seeking a local or Steam Remote Play strategy game
- Strategy players who want card effects and changing hand states within a match
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking large-scale campaigns, exploration, or persistent armies rather than compact hand-to-hand matches
- Players who want outcomes determined mainly by planning, without a saw mechanic and luck affecting turns
- Solo players looking for more than 3 listed game modes
Our take on Bonesaw
The game trades broad strategic scope for a focused duel built around hand counts, special abilities, and saw activation. That concentration keeps each decision tied to the current round, but leaves little room for the large maps, units, or campaign structures found in wider strategy games.
What is Bonesaw?
Bonesaw is a turn-based strategy game built around duels with the Devil and other opponents.
Players attack hands by adding fingers from the attacking hand, while exceeding a target's count resets it and carries over the remainder. Attacks can also activate a saw that may sever an active hand at the end of a turn. Chips, power cards, item combinations, and special abilities add tactical choices, while a skeleton can be eliminated to earn a power card. A round goes to the first player who removes both opposing hands, and the match goes to the first player with 3 points. Solo play includes 3 game modes, with local multiplayer and Steam Remote Play also available.
How Bonesaw plays
- 01Hand-Based Combat
- Attacks add fingers to an opposing hand, with excess totals resetting the count and carrying the remainder forward.
- 02Saw Activation
- Bell attacks move the blade between active hands, and the saw may sever one at the end of a turn.
- 03Power Cards
- Removing the skeleton awards a card that grants a distinct ability.
- 04Solo And Multiplayer
- The game includes 3 solo modes plus local multiplayer and online play through Steam Remote Play.
Bonesaw compared to similar games
Bonesaw centers on two-player hand elimination, card effects, and a saw that can alter a turn. Shogun Showdown instead uses positioning, attack-tile upgrades, skill selection, and roguelike progression before confronting the Shogun.
Bonesaw: platforms & release
Is Bonesaw worth it?
It is worth it if: players who enjoy short turn-based duels with tactical attacks and luck. Skip it if: players seeking large-scale campaigns, exploration, or persistent armies rather than compact hand-to-hand matches.
Where can I download Bonesaw?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Bonesaw's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Bonesaw on?
Windows only.
