Bonesaw

Bonesaw is a competitive game about eliminating your opponents’ hands with attacks, special abilities and a saw. You play against different opponents in single player, or face a friend in local multiplayer or online through Steam Remote Play. The game has three distinct modes.

Win the game

A match is played in rounds. The first player to score 3 points by winning 3 rounds wins the game. To win a round, you must eliminate both of your opponent’s hands. A hand is removed when its total finger count is reached or when the saw severs it.

Take your turn

You can play chips and power cards to gain special abilities, then attack an opponent’s hand. An attack adds the number of fingers on your attacking hand to the targeted hand. If the total exceeds the targeted hand’s finger count, its count resets and the remainder is added.

You can also attack the bell to activate the saw. Further attacks on the bell move the blade clockwise around the active hands, directing it toward another hand. When the saw is active, it has a chance to sever a hand at the end of each turn; a gauge around the bell shows the chance of a cut.

Abilities and the saw

The saw adds an element of luck to the use of skill, and you can ring the bell to unleash it. The skeleton acts as a passive side player: eliminate it first to earn a power card with a unique ability. You can also steal from your opponent or combine items’ effects to gain an advantage. Each lost finger changes the dynamics and strategy of subsequent rounds.