God Hand was released as a downloadable game for the PlayStation Network US on October 4, 2011. God Hand is a brawler that draws much of its inspiration from games of the same genre from the 16 bit era, while still putting its own unique twist on the genre. Players can assign any combination of the game's 100 fighting moves into a four attack combo (though it eventually can become a string of five or six attacks with upgrades) mashing the square button fires off these attacks in the order assigned. While seemingly simplistic, the player must consider the speed, fluidity, power, number of hits, and other special benefits of attacks such as the ability to launch an opponent or fill the Tension Gauge. X, Triangle, Down + X, Down + Triangle and Down + Square can also be assigned their own singular attacks, though those attacks cannot be strung together like a combo. Rather than be able to block, the player is only able to dodge or evade enemy attacks. The right joystick on the dual shock controller is dedicated only to evading, with up doing a quick duck, left and right sidestepping, and back doing a back-flip. Dodges can also be used to cancel out of attack animations, which is useful for moves with long recovery time.
Unlike Gene, the enemies are able to block attacks. Enemies can start to block during the player's combo, requiring the player to either wait for the enemy to stop blocking or use a move that breaks their guard. When an enemy's guard is broken, they are thrown into their broken guard animation, allowing the player several hits before the enemy is able to guard again.
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