Guardians of the Sanctree

HuCang Studio · 2024-10-03

Action Adventure Indie Simulation Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

75%

positive of 376 reviews

Mostly Positive

steam's rating (official)

20,000–50,000

owners (SteamSpy est.)

Playable

Steam Deck (Valve)

SteamOS: Playable

$19.99

steam price (US)

"Guardians of the Sanctree" is a 2D hand-drawn co-op game featuring cooperative base-building, automation, exploration, and tower defense survival. Players lead as commanders in the avian military government, restoring Sanctree cities, defending against underground insectoid attacks, and establishing solid defenses. Gameplay offers diverse roles for player, from production line designers to elite warriors and intrepid explorers uncovering subterranean wonders. In Sanctree, gather resources to craft tools, weapons, settlements, and strongholds. Use workstations or unlock advanced tech to create(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet

· 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
· Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
· Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (122 reviews).
· Top 23% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Estimated sales: 7.5k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 376 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)

$16.54

-17%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.45 at GameBillet (2025-10-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 63 of 75 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative

Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

achievements tracked

84%

earned "Journey Begins"

24.9%

median achievement earned by

· 84% of players earned Journey Begins
· 24.9% of players earned Slightly Dangerous
· 1.4% of players earned Legend of Birdland

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Russian, German, Japanese, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-11-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

Platform	Players tracked	Completion	Trophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)	123	2%	41

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

Player tags

2D Sandbox Building Strategy Survival Adventure Colony Sim Hand-drawn Simulation City Builder

Census log

2024-10-03First review activity on record (week of 2024-10-03).
2024-10-03Biggest review week on record: 122 reviews (week of 2024-10-03).

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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