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En Garde!

Fireplace Games · 2023-08-16

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

En Garde! is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 4914 reviews).

7
playing now
90%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (451 downloads)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

En Garde! is a 2023 third-person action video game developed by Fireplace Games and published by Kepler Interactive. Players play as Adalia de Volador, a swashbuckler in a 17th-century setting. The game was released for Windows on August 16, 2023.

Trailer

En Garde! trailer thumbnail

En Garde! – Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 754 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~94/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 98k–221k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,914 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.31-78%
GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-04-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 172 of 214 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59059020232026Week of 2023-08-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-09-14 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1107Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 110 · peak 424Sep 2023 — avg 27 · peak 108Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 49Nov 2023 — avg 27 · peak 227Dec 2023 — avg 51 · peak 195Jan 2024 — avg 35 · peak 132Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 79Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 83Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 56May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 34 · peak 134Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 34Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 61Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 62Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 35Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 52Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 89Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 53 · peak 241May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 107Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 56Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.692023-08-112026-10-142023-08-11 — best price $19.992023-09-28 — best price $14.992023-11-24 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-02 — best price $10.002024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-17 — best price $15.892024-05-22 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $7.192024-08-01 — best price $16.262024-09-04 — best price $7.192024-10-07 — best price $8.292024-11-25 — best price $8.722024-12-19 — best price $7.192025-01-03 — best price $7.192025-01-30 — best price $8.002025-03-04 — best price $16.262025-04-01 — best price $16.542025-04-18 — best price $6.892025-05-15 — best price $5.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-07-14 — best price $5.272025-08-22 — best price $17.992025-09-17 — best price $19.392025-10-19 — best price $4.902025-11-13 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $3.502026-01-07 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $4.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $4.992026-05-29 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $17.052026-07-26 — best price $14.392026-08-13 — best price $4.182026-08-30 — best price $4.182026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-09-29 — best price $4.362026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2842026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 23 pageviews2026-06-15 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 21 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 15 pageviews2026-09-23 — 26 pageviews2026-09-27 — 7 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Interesting…"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6415%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DFunnyActionComedyCartoonyColorfulStylizedSwordplayBeat 'em upSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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