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Guard Duty

Headware Games · 2019-05-02

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Franchise: Half-Life · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 24, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 02, 2019 (Mac), May 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4), May 15, 2020 (PlayStation Vita), May 02, 2019 (Linux), May 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.

Guard Duty is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (92% of 260 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 260 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (119 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (54 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 260 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 55 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920192026Week of 2019-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992019-05-032026-10-142019-05-03 — best price $9.992019-08-02 — best price $7.492019-11-25 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $5.992020-03-26 — best price $8.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $3.392021-10-18 — best price $9.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-01-24 — best price $2.492022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-11-03 — best price $2.492022-11-30 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-08-08 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-01-25 — best price $2.492024-05-17 — best price $9.992024-07-30 — best price $1.992024-11-11 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Airborne"
50.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-05-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)63581%20
PS4 (PlayStation)63092%21
PS Vita (PlayStation)60096%21
PS Vita (PlayStation)51593%21
PS4 (PlayStation)44190%21
PS Vita (PlayStation)38298%21
Steam (Steam)30662%20
PS4 (PlayStation)21998%21
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieSci-fiFantasySurrealColorfulMedievalRelaxingAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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