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Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel

Ligia Nunes · 2026-04-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 30, 2026 (Linux), Apr 30, 2026 (Mac), Apr 30, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.

Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel is a Casual game released in 2026, priced at $7.99, with a Positive review sentiment (100% of 25 reviews).

100%
positive of 25 reviews
Positive
steam rating
$7.99
steam price (US)

Mathia's heart has been bleeding since his father, the former King, decided to punish you for his mistakes. As the youngest child of a lesser bourgeois, you were raised in the castle, between the King’s cruelty, the Queen’s friendship, and Mathias’s kindness (or supposed kindness?). Now, more than twenty Carnivals since your arrival, the King is dead and the Queen’s sickness worsens each day. As the azure taint spreads in the kingdom and the Opalean Wars come to an end, it’s Mathias’s time to sit on the throne. Will the docile Prince become a kind King, a violent Monarch, or a ruthless Tyran(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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7720262026Week of 2026-04-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime

1 supported languages: English

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Similarity via IGDB.

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