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En Garde!
En Garde! – the swashbuckler action game! Battle graceless guards and nefarious noblemen in fast-paced fights full of spectacle. Use the environment, your wit and your blade to teach them all a lesson!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
83 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“En Garde! is a focused, compact action game centered on the art of swashbuckling. I like it a lot. While it might prove too demanding for my aging reflexes, if I were to master an action game, I would choose something…”
“Very fun game, lighthearted energy, fun gameplay, music is amazing! (I love the Spanish Guitar). Art style sorta reminds me of Sly Cooper and other animated style games. Vibrant world and great to play if you don't want…”
“This game is really fun! This heroine, Adalia, deserves to have as many adventures as Lara Croft. The combat here is excellent and plays into slapstick, Hollywood physical comedy in a way I haven't seen games do before.…”
32 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It's a good amount of content for it's current 1.99 price for the game that you can finish in 2 hours. I want to like this game, but it disappointed me in many ways. The art style and the gameplay are good, but apart…”
“Very fun game, lighthearted energy, fun gameplay, music is amazing! (I love the Spanish Guitar). Art style sorta reminds me of Sly Cooper and other animated style games. Vibrant world and great to play if you don't want…”
“This game is really fun! This heroine, Adalia, deserves to have as many adventures as Lara Croft. The combat here is excellent and plays into slapstick, Hollywood physical comedy in a way I haven't seen games do before.…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It's a neat little resourceful combat system with a decent variety of enemy types and environmental hazards to play with. and the dialogue and art design and all are designed just right to hit the 1960s swashbuckler…”
“Story is simple but fun, the voice acting does wonders for it. Now, the combat is the cake and the cherry on top, fun, fast, and strategic. More games should have environmental stuff and a kicking button, definitely the…”
“its a pretty fun game but super short (3 hours to finish main story), I do kinda understand it will prob feel a bit boring if it was long since there arent really a ton of mechanics in the game. the dialogues/jokes are…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very fun game, lighthearted energy, fun gameplay, music is amazing! (I love the Spanish Guitar). Art style sorta reminds me of Sly Cooper and other animated style games. Vibrant world and great to play if you don't want…”
“A game that was originally a student project that evolved into a complete and polished game. The game focuses on precise combat; facing more than one enemy is challenging, but by using the environment and positioning…”
“Very fun, sweet, light-hearted and funny game but boy is it hard at times. I really enjoyed the challenge and combat. I loved it!”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It's a good amount of content for it's current 1.99 price for the game that you can finish in 2 hours. I want to like this game, but it disappointed me in many ways. The art style and the gameplay are good, but apart…”
“Fun action platformer, short but sweet. Worth it on a sale.”
“Short but fun game. A bit linear (aside from small areas). It's entirely worth it as it's currently at -90%.”
45 of the 104 reviews raise this · 43 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a good amount of content for it's current 1.99 price for the game that you can finish in 2 hours. I want to like this game, but it disappointed me in many ways. The art style and the gameplay are good, but apart…”
“Solid Combat for being an Indie title but it's way too short. It's a 7.5/10 for me, it could easily have been an 8/10 if there was more content to play through.”
“Fun action platformer, short but sweet. Worth it on a sale.”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a good amount of content for it's current 1.99 price for the game that you can finish in 2 hours. I want to like this game, but it disappointed me in many ways. The art style and the gameplay are good, but apart…”
“Short but fun game. A bit linear (aside from small areas). It's entirely worth it as it's currently at -90%.”
“its a pretty fun game but super short (3 hours to finish main story), I do kinda understand it will prob feel a bit boring if it was long since there arent really a ton of mechanics in the game. the dialogues/jokes are…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“En Garde! is a focused, compact action game centered on the art of swashbuckling. I like it a lot. While it might prove too demanding for my aging reflexes, if I were to master an action game, I would choose something…”
“This game is really fun! This heroine, Adalia, deserves to have as many adventures as Lara Croft. The combat here is excellent and plays into slapstick, Hollywood physical comedy in a way I haven't seen games do before.…”
“Fun and short game, most people can finished it in one sitting. Story is very simple, not much to talk about. The combat has some small hiccups but is solid. The arena mode is a fun time after you finished the story, I…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“8/10 Really fun. Couldn't care for the story, both because it's not the strength of the game, and because the combat is so fun, but I am now hoping for a Pirates of the Caribbean game with a combat system like this one.…”
“Fun and short game, most people can finished it in one sitting. Story is very simple, not much to talk about. The combat has some small hiccups but is solid. The arena mode is a fun time after you finished the story, I…”
“Short and fun swashbuckling adventure. Getting into a flow state felt nice and using the environment to your advantage was always fun. I skipped all the dialogue i didn't care.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has tons of potential to be a fun sandboxy mix of Sekiro and Dark Messiah. But as it stands, there are two major issues. First, the technical performance is absolutely abysmal, with stuttering and dropped…”
“Nice as a demo. Short, easy, vaguely Sekiro-like. Fun environmental interactions. Would recommend for a few bucks. There's the potential for a full game in there. Dislikes: -Enemies lunge/teleport an overly long…”
“Chapter 4 has a bunch of boss fights one after another where if you miss a single input they heal their entire health bar. I want to sword fight, not play a rhythm game to get the perfect score. Extremely annoying. Also…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“It's a good amount of content for it's current 1.99 price. There are some issues here and there but overall nothing really overstays it's welcome. Pick it up on sale and just have a nice indie action game for the price of a bean burrito at taco bell.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“En Garde! is a single-player, indie action-adventure game which combines fast-paced swordplay with third person platforming and an engaging, stylised story containing many comedic elements. This is defined by a strong, charismatic female protagonist (Adalia de Volador!) and…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“TLDR: I would recommend if it's on sale. Gameplay is fun, everything else is pretty meh. It's very short, which is fine since the gameplay is good. However, the gameplay is pretty much the saving grace of the game. The story is pretty much nonexistent, stuff just kind of happens…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New language support: Ukrainian
Greetings, swashbucklers! Exciting news! Today, we introduce Ukrainian to the game! New Ukrainian Fan Translation This translation was made possible by the incredible dedication and talent of our pass
Localization improvement & Credits update
Quick update to let you know we improved both chinese and italian localization in the past few days :) We released a patch to fix Italian localization which didn't was not cooked properly and showed s
New Chinese & Italian Translations + New Gameplay Presentation Video
Greetings, swashbucklers! Today, we introduce Chinese and Italian to the game and release a new gameplay presentation video! Chinese & Italian Translations (Simplified & Traditional) We’re glad to ann
Bundle with Sifu & Upcoming Chinese and Italian Translations
Greetings, swashbucklers! Today, we introduce a new bundle with Sifu and annonce the upcoming Chinese and Italian translations. En Garde! & Sifu: The Action Fighting Bundle We’re deeply honoured to an
Discover En Garde!'s origins with the student game!
🎺En Garde!'s student project is available for download again! En Garde! the student game is a free game demo, created in 2018 as a student graduation project by the co-founders of Fireplace Games! Thr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Swordplay · Female Protagonist · Spectacle fighter · Cartoony · Comedy · Third Person · Action · Beat 'em up · Action-Adventure · Colorful · Family Friendly · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://engarde-game.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 4 Core 2.5GHz (TBC) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1050 or RX 580 (TBC) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space