The Game Census
The Guise cover art

The Guise

Rasul Mono · GameNet · 2020-10-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.

69%
positive of 62 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 22,217 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020202026Week of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DActionHorrorDifficultHand-drawnPlatformerRogue-likeRoguevaniaSouls-likeStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

CatmazeMonster Sanctuary3000th DuelRogue Legacy 2Vernal EdgeDrova - Forsaken KinMandragora: Whispers of the Witch TreeMina the Hollower

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗