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GUARDS!

69% positive · 495 Steam reviews · released Mar 1, 2024 · by WYLDERZONE, Lowkey GameDev

Online Co-OpCo-opFirst-PersonFantasyPvEActionDungeon CrawlerHack and Slash

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~18,785 (P10–P90: 7,514 – 41,327)

Gross revenue: ~$153,883 ($61,553 – $338,543)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Multiplayer & community72% positive · 69 mentions
“People claiming this game is dead are wrong. The game is super fun and playable as it is! This isn't a crazy expensive game, and not all games need to forever be in development. The reason people are upset is because they enjoyed the game…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 6 h played
Gameplay & mechanics52% positive · 46 mentions
“This game is way more fun than it has any right to be, and is a steal at the sub-five-dollar price point. This is an excellent ultra-indie take on the coop mission genre, where you play as totally-not-corrupt and maximally-zealous medieval…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 7 h played
Price & value45% positive · 40 mentions
“This game is way more fun than it has any right to be, and is a steal at the sub-five-dollar price point. This is an excellent ultra-indie take on the coop mission genre, where you play as totally-not-corrupt and maximally-zealous medieval…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 7 h played
Content & longevity39% positive · 28 mentions
“This game is way more fun than it has any right to be, and is a steal at the sub-five-dollar price point. This is an excellent ultra-indie take on the coop mission genre, where you play as totally-not-corrupt and maximally-zealous medieval…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 7 h played
Performance & stability37% positive · 27 mentions
“This game is great! Having so much fun finding new weapons, going on missions, and beating up thugs with friend. Still a little glitchy but I'm sure as the creators come out with patches and updates this game will just get better and…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 5 h played
Difficulty & balance72% positive · 25 mentions
“GUARDS feels better as a friend party game full of strategy that quickly melts into instinctive chaos for one reason or another. Older versions of the game were rough in more ways than one, with originally having timers on all missions, no…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 41 h played
Visuals & audio50% positive · 12 mentions
“I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF BUT AFTER PLAYING THIS GAME I FINALLY FEEL JOY. THERE IS NO BUGS OR GLITCHES AT ALL IT HAS VERY GOOD GRAPHICS AND IS SUPER NICE AND FUN.”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2025 · 3 h played

299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

First-personThird-person

Setting

FantasyMedieval

Structure

Procedural

Mood & themes

Atmospheric

How you play together

MultiplayerCo-opOnline co-op

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller support

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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