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ValeGuard

Lost Tower Games · 2018-08-23

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 11, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.

ValeGuard is a 2018 Casual, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game priced at $4.99, with a Mixed sentiment (68% of 173 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 173 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 173 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182025Week of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
120May 2018Apr 2023May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 51Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2018 — avg 10 · peak 91Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Nov 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Apr 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.992018-05-122026-07-092018-05-12 — best price $11.692018-07-05 — best price $12.992018-09-08 — best price $12.992018-10-31 — best price $10.392018-11-21 — best price $6.492018-11-30 — best price $5.872019-01-04 — best price $12.992019-05-09 — best price $9.742019-05-30 — best price $9.992019-07-27 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $6.992020-01-11 — best price $7.992020-01-16 — best price $7.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-31 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $2.492023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992026-04-20 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
72.1%
earned "ValeGuard 101"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-05-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DRTSIndieBuildingMedievalStrategyTop-DownManagementRogue-likeTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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