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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-11 10:20 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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