Guards
Turn-based fantasy tactics built around swapping a small hero team
Battlecruiser Games · Released Aug 19, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 301
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Nov 19, 2016
Metacritic: 49/100 (critic reviews)
What is Guards?
In this single-player fantasy strategy game, you choose four of eight heroes to fight monsters across levels and face bosses. Each turn, you swap two heroes: three fight on the front line while the fourth recovers health behind them. Moving the rear hero forward triggers a special attack.
For you if...
- +you like building teams with complementary abilities
- +you want harder difficulty settings after learning the basics
Not for you if...
- −you prefer real-time combat to turn-based decisions
What players say
82% of 301 reviews are positive
Players praise the tactical choices that emerge from simple rules. The main complaint is repetitive grinding for upgrades, while some players also criticize the slow pacing.
Screenshots and trailer
Guards system requirements
Minimum: DX9 128mb, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Guards?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bt) and newer
- Processor
- Pentium or AMD 700mhz
- Graphics
- Video Card DX9 128mb
- Memory
- 1024 MB RAM
- Storage
- 263 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does Guards have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Guards run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, German, Russian.
Does Guards use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
Recent updates
- Nov 19, 2016 · Patch #7 (Final) is here!
- Nov 19, 2016 · Patch #7 (Final) is here!
- Oct 10, 2016 · Patch #6 is released
- Oct 10, 2016 · Patch #6 is released
- Oct 6, 2016 · Patch #5 is here!
