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The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“Do you know that feeling? Keep playing games, extend your library and hoping for that one game that brings all your gaming wishes together? I have that often. Sometimes I see myself browsing the Steam library for hours just to find that one game that fits all my demands. Last…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“So where to start. If you like turn based strategy games in fantasy settings then this could be for you. I see some negative postings and the ones that I read seem to buy games and expect to not have to think. The guy that says that you can't save at anytime - yes you can unless…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“It has it's moments, but suffers from being way too repetitive, with almost no tactics/strategy in combat. Almost every encounter plops you down right in front of the enemy group, and you just rush in and start using cooldowns. During my playtime I only saw 2 fights that didn't…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Announcing New Game
We are excited to announce that we are working on a new game that will enter Early Access in the fall of 2022. We are building on the strengths of The Storm Guard, but adding significant new gameplay
Update #19 brings the Gnome Mage & German Localization
2018-05-08 Update 19 is now out of beta and available to everbody. New Hero The latest update brings a new hero, the Gnome Mage. He is a master of earth, fire and ice spells, many of them being AoE sp
Update #18 brings Bug Fixes and Balance Changes
Update #18 2017-02-23 Gameplay Change New animation for assassin's shadowstep skill. Casters will now use buffs more frequently. Balance Changes Warrior's "Hamstring" cooldown reduced to 2 (down from
Update #18 brings Bug Fixes and Balance Changes
Update #18 2017-02-23 Gameplay Change New animation for assassin's shadowstep skill. Casters will now use buffs more frequently. Balance Changes Warrior's "Hamstring" cooldown reduced to 2 (down from
Update #17 brings a new hero, the Amazon.
Update #17 2016-12-29 Gameplay Change New player hero added: the Amazon. The Amazon is a hybrid ranged/melee character that can throw Javelins from a distance, then follow up with adrenaline-based mel
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Strategy · Rogue-lite · Turn-Based Tactics · Perma Death · Fantasy · Turn-Based Strategy · Dark Fantasy · RPG · Party-Based RPG · Strategy RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://tsg.bitmen-studios.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ 64 bit Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9+ Compliant, 512MB, 720p DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 4 GB available space