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The Black Guards of Odom - Desert Town Prison

P.+ · Kagura Games · 2023-12-15

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Dec 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You just joined the guards in Odom, a border town full of merchants, travelers, and shady individuals. Soon enough, you'll start climbing the ranks and getting the many perks of a successful career. How far will your ambitions take you?

67%
positive of 194 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

You just joined the guards in Odom, a border town full of merchants, travelers, and shady individuals. However, it doesn't take long for the skilled and talented to rise above the rest. A bit of elbow grease will allow you to quickly climb the ranks and unlock the many perks that come with promotions. Your initial main task as a foot soldier will be to patrol the districts, where you'll scan the alleyways for suspicious individuals and search them for illicit goods. Like many guards in many towns, even the sentinels of Odom are corrupt... Will you choose to fine the criminals and pocket some (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (88 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 194 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-09-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 35 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320232026Week of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$7.992026-09-112026-10-152026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $7.992026-09-17 — best price $7.992026-09-18 — best price $7.992026-09-19 — best price $7.992026-09-20 — best price $7.992026-09-21 — best price $7.992026-09-22 — best price $7.992026-09-23 — best price $7.992026-09-24 — best price $7.992026-09-25 — best price $7.992026-09-26 — best price $7.992026-09-27 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-09-29 — best price $7.992026-09-30 — best price $7.992026-10-01 — best price $7.992026-10-02 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-04 — best price $7.992026-10-05 — best price $7.992026-10-06 — best price $7.992026-10-07 — best price $7.992026-10-08 — best price $7.992026-10-09 — best price $7.992026-10-10 — best price $7.992026-10-11 — best price $7.992026-10-12 — best price $7.992026-10-13 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGNSFWAnimeIndieHentaiMatureNudityRPGMaker

Census log

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

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