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Guards

Guards

Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.

Released Aug 19, 2016 Developer Battlecruiser Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyIndieAdventureTurn-BasedFantasy
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

85.3%positive468 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Stay calm. Play smart. Win more.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“The motto of Ru***an developers: when there’s no real creativity but you still want money—throw together a Unity mobile-style game and keep the content to a bare minimum. Positive reviews? Sure, why not pad those too. And it really shows. The entire gameplay boils down to…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Pure grind game. Many hours of doing the exact same thing over and over and over, to slowly gain currency to upgrade your units. Additionally, winning on the highest difficulty is pure RNG. You can do everything right but get screwed on either the upgrades you are offered or…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
124-hour peak
208all-time peak
0 10 20 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 12 avg · May 2023

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 25, 2025
Play the Epic Sequel – Guards II Is Here!

Hello there, Thank you for staying with us for over 9 years. It's been a long time since we released our first game, and during all this time, we've been hard at work on our new games. And today, we'r

Sep 01, 2023
Guards II News #12. Ability and Status icons

Hello there, We mentioned in previous announcements that all enemies and their abilities have been approved and are technically finished. This week, our artist has completed creating icons for all of

Jul 03, 2023
Guards II News #8. House Menu

Hello there, We are pleased to share that game development is progressing smoothly. This week, we completed the design of the game's menus, and our programmer is now in the process of implementing the

Jun 21, 2023
Guards II News #7. World #3 Bestiary.

Hello, We are excited to share the progress of our game's development. This week, we focused on designing the battle GUI, which was a time-consuming task. However, the result is fantastic, and we will

Jun 01, 2023
Guards II News #6. Mission Menu. Store Page revealed

Hello there, We have finished development of the main campaign. All enemies, heroes and bosses are working while design of all missions is set. Now, Game Designer and Programmer are preparing the stuf

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Indie · Adventure · Turn-Based · Fantasy · Tactical · Puzzle · Tower Defense · Magic · Turn-Based Tactics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Commentary available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian
Achievements15
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bt) and newer Processor: Pentium or AMD 700mhz Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Video Card DX9 128mb DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 263 MB available space