Games like Highguard
If Highguard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overwatch®, FragPunk and Paladins® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hero ability variety, challenging and competitive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Highguard is a free-to-play competitive first-person hero shooter set in a mythical fantasy continent where players assume the role of Wardens, arcane gunslingers who ride, build, and raid across a sandbox-style battlefield. The game centers on base-breaking and base-building mechanics, combining class-specialized heroes with substantial build variety to create dynamically shifting combat scenarios. Players describe the combat as fresh and rewarding, with fast-paced and engaging rounds that emphasize intense, tense decision-making. Reviewers highlight the hero ability variety and innovative gameplay design as particularly notable aspects, and some observers see potential for grassroots esports development. The 47% positive rating from nearly 30,000 Steam reviews reflects a player base with divided opinions on the overall experience.
About Highguard: Highguard is a PvP raid shooter where players will ride, fight, and raid as Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent.
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Overwatch®
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Shares competitive multiplayer, team coordination, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Highguard.
Top pick for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
FragPunk
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Shares competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Highguard.
Second-strongest match for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
FragPunk is a thrilling 5v5 hero shooter where Shard Cards allow you to break the rules of combat and ensure that no two rounds are ever the same. Get ready to unleash your skills!
Paladins®
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Highguard.
Third-strongest match for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Highguard.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Larcenauts
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Shares an intense mood with Highguard.
Ranked #4 for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Highguard.
Choose from 9 different Specialists each with unique weapons and skills to compete in thrilling 6v6 matches. Game modes include Refuel, Uplink, Team Deathmatch, and Heist across 5 different maps. Advance your characters through a deep progression system and cosmetic upgrades.
Midnight Ghost Hunt
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Ranked #5 for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Highguard.
The chaotic multiplayer hide-and-seek game. Possess seemingly harmless objects as Ghosts or chase them down as Hunters before the clock strikes midnight!
Titanfall™
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Shares an intense mood with Highguard.
Ranked #6 for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Highguard.
Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Apex Legends™
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Highguard.
Ranked #7 for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.
Rogue Company
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Shares a competitive mood with Highguard.
Ranked #8 for Highguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Join 20+ million players in Rogue Company, the ultimate third-person tactical action shooter! Become an agent of Rogue Company and wield powerful weapons, high-tech gadgets, and game-changing abilities. Accept the mission and jump into a variety of 4v4 and 6v6 game modes. Play FREE today!
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Apex Legends™
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Shares a competitive mood with Highguard.
Reviewers of Highguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.
Call of Duty®
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Shares a tense mood with Highguard.
Reviewers of Highguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Highguard.
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Concord™
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Shares competitive multiplayer, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Highguard.
Reviewers of Highguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Highguard.
JOIN THE CREW OF THE NORTHSTAR. Assemble your crew of Freegunner space outlaws and team up with friends online on PlayStation®5 and PC* in Concord.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Highguard.
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The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Free To Play with Highguard.
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DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Highguard.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Frequently asked about Highguard
- Does Highguard work on Steam Deck?
- Highguard is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Does Highguard have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Highguard supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Highguard?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Highguard are Overwatch®, FragPunk, Paladins®.
- Who developed Highguard?
- Highguard was developed by Wildlight Entertainment, Inc..
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