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Guardians of the Ashes cover art

Guardians of the Ashes

Mature Games · 2020-05-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From a rookie female soldier being lost memory, you incidentally become "The Chosen One" and have to protect the world.

Guardians of the Ashes is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 463 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 463 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (110 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 463 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820202026Week of 2020-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.592020-02-212026-08-032020-02-21 — best price $2.092020-06-25 — best price $1.942020-10-24 — best price $1.462020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-02-09 — best price $2.992021-04-03 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-09-20 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.042022-05-02 — best price $1.192022-10-03 — best price $1.192022-12-22 — best price $1.342023-03-16 — best price $1.192023-06-29 — best price $0.952023-09-25 — best price $1.492023-12-21 — best price $0.952024-02-26 — best price $1.192024-04-08 — best price $1.192024-06-27 — best price $1.192024-08-26 — best price $0.892024-11-18 — best price $1.492024-12-19 — best price $0.892025-03-03 — best price $1.492025-04-14 — best price $0.892025-06-27 — best price $0.892025-09-01 — best price $0.892025-10-13 — best price $1.042025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-03-09 — best price $0.892026-06-08 — best price $0.892026-07-29 — best price $1.192026-08-03 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
62.4%
earned "Isekai"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5166%38

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAction RPGOpen WorldRogue-likeSouls-likeStory RichBullet HellExploration

Census log

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

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