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Sword of the Guardian cover art

Sword of the Guardian

Billy Chan · Billy Chan Studio · 2018-06-17

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

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

Releases: Sep 18, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sword of the Guardian is an old style Beat'em up game. Offers exhilarating game play experience by featuring command-based combo attacks (such as “↓ → + attack” and “↓ ↑ + attack”) customized for each character, immersive hit feeling and diverse actions such as throwing weapons and using magic.

Sword of the Guardian is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (91% of 43 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-06

91%
positive of 43 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

The story began in Northies, one of the separate kingdoms in the medieval time, where a violent and cruel political coup was happening. Regarded as the fiercest warrior since the beginning of kingdom, Lord Gran was suddenly charged with treason and beheaded when the new young king was crowned and ruled. All his loyal followers and servants were also exiled or assassinated. Posing threats to the kingdom, the conspiracy was believed to be spearheaded by the sadistic leader of the Holy Army, Lord Barnett, who was rising to power in the church and among the nobility, and ultimately, controlling th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 28,216 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020182026Week of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-06-18 (Steam store data)

Census log

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