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Rogue Waters
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GUARDS!
Developer WYLDERZONE, Lowkey GameDev
GUARDS! is an online co-op fantasy FPS that puts you in the underfunded and over-zealous steel boots of the City Watch. Kick down doors, bust criminals and cause excessive property damage as you fight to restore law and order to the corrupt city of New Alestead. From the Steam store page
347 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
105 positive · 58 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 17 | 12 | 149 |
| Steam reviews | 105 | 58 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
285 of 411 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 106 yes, 58 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 164 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (346 of 499 positive).
Players praise the game's hilarious physics-based combat and co-op chaos. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the game for being abandoned and lacking polish. [4][5][6] Several players note the game is best enjoyed with friends, not solo. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [13]
First off, lets get one thing out of the way. "GUARDS!" is not a hard game. I know how arrogant that sounds, but it's so much worse than being hard. There is one way to play this game, weapon and shield. It is quite literally the only viable setup. There is an entire wall of weapons to choose from, but there isn't any reason to take anything except shield and lethal melee unless you're doing an arrest mission. You …
- [4]
was really fun at first, however it got rather repetitive and is very unpolished. while the unpolished part kinda added to the fun, it is disappointing they only updated the game a single time and then left it. I cannot in good faith recommend a game that is abandoned by the devs so early on.
- [1]
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM This is 100% Oblivion guard simulator, the game. It is honestly a great value for the full asking price of $15 USD, and I'm actually surprised this game isn't more popular given that. You have a great, physics based combat system that just bleeds slapstick comedy and tactical objectives/mechanics that are weirdly reminiscent of SWAT 4 (all hail the GOAT) or Ready or Not. Do you bring a …
- [11]
GUARDS feels better as a friend party game full of strategy that quickly melts into instinctive chaos for one reason or another. Older versions of the game were rough in more ways than one, with originally having timers on all missions, no easy way to keep items, and reinforcements appearing after a mission ends, forcing players to run like a bat out of Hell to the starting point or risk losing at the tail end of …
- [2]
On my first mission: - I stole drugs - I got absolutely domed by a witch with a giant hammer - I witnessed the terror of homing fireballs - I got high while trying to fight an archer Case in point? This game is awesome. Oh and I do feel I should mention, all of that happened in a single player lobby. Now imagine how much fun your friend group will have :)
Summarised from 34 of the 253 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
GUARDS! sits at 64% positive across 163 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 347 · most liked firstJust had a chance to recall this amid all the fuss around Stalker 2. Prypyat', the Chornobyl Zone, about ten days to Russia's full-scale invasion, February 2022. Ukraine's National Guards special units had a simulated urban battle in the ruins for us journos. The war game was pretty large.
neutral · AI labelView post →First off, lets get one thing out of the way. "GUARDS!" is not a hard game. I know how arrogant that sounds, but it's so much worse than being hard. There is one way to play this game, weapon and shield. It is quite literally the only viable setup. There is an entire wall of weapons to choose from, but there isn't any reason to take anything except shield and lethal melee unless you're doing an arrest mission. You will die in 2 seconds if you don't have a shield and hold up block constantly.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Toby originally had planned more Royal Guards to appear in game, and thought of "insane evil situations" that would occur when you killed them. One of the ideas Toby told a friend about which did not like it at all, leading him to scrap it, which he says is for the best.
neutral · AI labelView post →MASKS ❌ Police ❌ Sheriff ❌ Judges ❌ Lawyers ❌ Bailiffs ❌ FBI ❌ NSA ❌ Secret Service ❌ Game Wardens ❌ TSA ❌ Mall Cops ❌ Crossing Guards ❌ Hall Monitors ❌ Karens ✔️ ICE
neutral · AI labelView post →Makes sense, her being pretty much the Queen of America at this point. Game respect game. And, by the way, if you can catch a live stream of this, make no mistake: The Coldstream Guards killed on the tune.
neutral · AI labelView post →wake up, Guards fans. infrastructure game day hype video just dropped. 🔊
neutral · AI labelView post →was really fun at first, however it got rather repetitive and is very unpolished. while the unpolished part kinda added to the fun, it is disappointing they only updated the game a single time and then left it. I cannot in good faith recommend a game that is abandoned by the devs so early on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →with sewers and stormwater management in play for game 3, Guards are vying for the ever-important playoff home infrastructure advantage
neutral · AI labelView post →On pre-order next week! Two NEW hard plastic sets! Classic Fantasy Villagers and Guards! wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/i...
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting core concept but the actual game play is incredibly bad, please do not waste any money on this cash grab.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So... Guards... It's certainly an experience. The game lures you in with the look of a funny weird ragdoll time and you expect it to get better as you go through it. Which is one of it's main weaknesses because it doesn't. To start out with, this game is absolutely abandoned as crud. Which surprised me because this is one of the few games I've played that just needs polish rather than more content. But that's irrelevant because this game is definitely NOT going to ever be seeing it. I can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ah crap I took a gummy, forgetting that I already took one 40 minutes ago. WILL I MANAGE TO MAKE IT UNTIL THE END OF THE GUARDS GAME?!?
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s so cool to meet new fans of the game with Oblivion Remastered bringing Lucien, Sheogorath, The Imperial Guards & more back! Hopefully I’ll be invited to meet everyone at a con near you soon. @gunghobookings.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey, guys! The Night Watch, my game about City Guards defending the city against the perils of the night, finally has an English version! Get the game here: felipemuky.itch.io/a-patrulha-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guards for game GUARDS OF TRAITOR’S TOLL from @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social @peachytips.bsky.social your warband minis are so inspiring, I’ve tried to mimic your red one to learn on assembling and painting! I cannot believe how good they look. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent!
neutral · AI labelView post →"Guards of honour when the game is still going on, discuss" says Kelly Cates to Wayne Rooney. "I'd be fuming"
neutral · AI labelView post →Guards for your game anyone? <3
neutral · AI labelView post →And here is my list for tomorrow's #Battletech game! Five mechs, at 12500 points. It's both the first time I play IlKhan era, and the first time I use non standard gunnery and piloting. I just like 4/5 and 3/4 xD The 24th Lyran Guards and its allies will hopefully unleash hell on their enemies!
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the books had a dragon on the cover. My reasoning was fairly straightforward. Dragons are cool. Fantasy stories with dragons in them are epic. In my mind, I was picking out something like Game of Thrones. It was Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
neutral · AI labelView post →Enemies have this lovely ability to spin in circles with heavy weapons, repeatedly doing damage and instantly killing you if you aren't blocking. This attack gives you no time to react to it, so if you're caught in it, you're dead with no way out. This includes if you have the best gear in the game and full health. If you block during the attack, the enemy does not get stunned, and instead permanently stunlocks you until you give up and drop your block so you die. They also slowly push you into…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let 'em cook, may look abandoned, I certainly thought it was until I checked the discussions, but it isn't. Needs love all over, they're currently working on the console port (I believe.) Hopefully it gets on track afterwards, and not do what Payday 2 did with their own console port.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Photo from the game table. A Marauder II from the 13th Donegal Guards stalks the urban battlefield. #AlphaStrike #BattleTech #Mechwarriors
neutral · AI labelView post →Squid Game Guards watching the YouTuber fight the Old Man on Netflix
neutral · AI labelView post →Guards of Traitor's Toll test game at @cgoepa.bsky.social 's!
neutral · AI labelView post →Whew. Obviously I’m biased toward the result (hell yeah go Guards) but that was a fantastic baseball game
neutral · AI labelView post →The game looks fun, is fun and probably would be more fun with friends, IF it got a good polishing. The game has a lot of positives such as being challenging, fun combat and a good premise but needs that polish to performance. The performance of this game is kinda bad to be honest, for the looks of the game it has a lot of jittering to the frame rate and sometimes it just wont go over 50 fps even with a good pc.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to enjoy this game. The concept is great BUT it is so damn flashy (I am epileptic). Why does the entire screen flash red every time you get hit?? It caused headaches for my non-epileptic friends.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Guards just IBB’d JP Crawford to load the bases for Julio Rodriguez with the game on the line wat
neutral · AI labelView post →They will never update this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am the one who arrows you to the knee.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I said my pan was a tool of justice. Not used in anger. Not used for vengeance. But now... Now I'm not so sure. And besides, this isn't my pan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ballgame!!! Took game 3!!! 3-2, Guards!!! #GuardiWins #GuardsBall #TeamPsychos
neutral · AI labelView post →Pros: Cons: plays like a unity asset flip abandoned
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey Devs! It's cool you're working on this one still. It's cool that you have a discord where you are active and planning for more updates. It's not cool that this game is not in early access. This game needs more time. If this is your full release then I'm disappointed, and I am rating it as such. The bugginess and general lack of balance is not justifiable even under the premise of a goofy physics based game. I'd love to see this concept thrive with some more time, but asking this price and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1 like and i’ll go to the Guards game today
neutral · AI labelView post →The game isn't really like what is seen in the gameplay video on the store front. It doesn't play as goofy as it looks in the video. The game is a bunch of stand-alone levels that you're meant to completely clear of all threats and issues, while also moving things all the way back to the start. Combat is frequent but very clunky in ways that feel bad as a player. It's a very small game with almost 'pick-up and play' style ease, like a party game. It also has meta progression and rewards for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM This is 100% Oblivion guard simulator, the game. It is honestly a great value for the full asking price of $15 USD, and I'm actually surprised this game isn't more popular given that. You have a great, physics based combat system that just bleeds slapstick comedy and tactical objectives/mechanics that are weirdly reminiscent of SWAT 4 (all hail the GOAT) or Ready or Not. Do you bring a sword to quickly cut through your foes? Or do you bring a nonlethal club that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply, No. In it's current state i can't recommend this game. Couldn't even bother to write this review till a month or two after i Refunded it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →janky and gameloop gets boring quick. it isn't worth the price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the sense of humor, passion, and ideas are all here. but this is in ROUGH - and i mean ROUGH (HORRIBLE) condition. needs to be better optimized, needs better "hand holding" at the beginning so that you don't have to rely on others teaching you (an unfortunate staple of this 'early access' not labeled as early access type of game). i want to believe the dev team has good intentions, and will make this better over time. given that this is self-published, they should be able to have the funds…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favorite part about this game is it shuts those damn "Guards are gonna get swept by the Rays" White Sox fans up. Dear lord what an insufferable group of people. That being said. WE TOOK ONE IN TAMPA AND JUST NEED TO WIN OUT AT HOME TO GO TO THE FUCKING WORLD SERIES. #GuardsBall
neutral · AI labelView post →Shot through the cart Guards are to blame You just ruined My long game
neutral · AI labelView post →Can anyone identify the game these Discworld character cards come from? (It's not "Guards! Guards!" - I have that one.
neutral · AI labelView post →For the 1st pitch for the Guards/White Sox Game 5, they should have Jose Ramirez punch Tim Anderson, then the benches clear and it starts from there. Need to jump start this thing a little bit. Been feeling lackluster. And no Hagen Smith. We've seen him. Introduce us to new guys. You got plenty
neutral · AI labelView post →Game itself is pretty fun but if you play multiplayer its broken beyond belief constant lag and D sync from everyone except the host and this was a constant issue to the point people didnt even realize they got revived. if they fix the networking id say this game is a solid yes
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BOOK IT. BALL GAME. GUARDS TAKE 2-1 LEAD IN THE ALCS #GUARDSBALL
neutral · AI labelView post →Well it wasn’t looking promising early as #Guardians quickly trailed 2-0 after 1 in a game where they were at a definite pitching disadvantage. But Guards rallied to outscore the Rays 7-1 the rest of the way, as they come into Tampa to steal Game 1 of the ALCS.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ballgame!!! 12-9, Guards!!! Good lawd, this game about killed me lol #GuardsiWWins #GuardsBall
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried multiple times to play the game with friends. I waited months for an update The games made to be played with friends but due to server issues and Desync, even with the best internet avalable. Its unplayable. If i can refund this game after all this time I will. Dont get this game. I have never said this in a review but unless youre a solo, Its not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People claiming this game is dead are wrong. The game is super fun and playable as it is! This isn't a crazy expensive game, and not all games need to forever be in development. The reason people are upset is because they enjoyed the game and just wanted more. So do I! This game is HILARIOUS to play with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weird janky instagib simulator leaving me wondering what even happened.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hell of a game from Drew Rasmussen and the offense was able to come through with enough against this vaunted Guards pitching staff. Won't get any easier tomorrow. Not crazy to think Gavin Williams has 150 in the tank.
neutral · AI labelView post →LFG Guards Game day beer
neutral · AI labelView post →“Sect Leader Jin, Don’t you want to play a game?” One of them asks, her voice high and mocking and the other two answer with equally mocking terrible laughter. “Guards! GUARDS!” Jin Guangshan screams but still no sound comes from beyond the door.
neutral · AI labelView post →As understandable as it is for a game to intentionally be hard, especially for a solo player, it gets overly frustrating when certain enemies can either stunlock you and THEN kill you after X-amount of hits, or insta-kill you even after getting a full set of guard armor at full health? It fully invalidates any grinding you've just did to get a full guard set, which would realistically add up to a +9 in armor, only to get OHK'd by a hammer when certain weapons cannot stagger/stun back? Or just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On Sept. 19, 1926, Mary Pittinger’s parents went to a Cleveland ballgame while courting. Exactly 100 years later, 16 family members reunited at a Guards game. Their letters and love of baseball live on. One more game, one more chance to cheer together. Go Guards!
neutral · AI labelView post →Net code is terrible! lag makes you teleport around the map; we had 4 people in the same state, all on fiber internet only the host had no issues. It would be a fun game, but the multiplayer is barley playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roasting tomatoes & veggies to make a pasta sauce while I go for a run. Then making chicken parm before the Guards game. Getting nervous and can’t sit still ⚾️❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →Guards win! What a game!
neutral · AI labelView post →The networking is totally screwed. Constant de-sync, and lag for long periods. Fun game otherwise, but sucks for multiplayer
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