Games like Guards
If Guards is your kind of game, the closest matches are Etherlords II, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest and Chaos Reborn — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its satisfying puzzle like encounters, chill and contemplative. 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 →About Guards: Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.
Players who liked Guards also play
Steam players who put hours into Guards also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Etherlords II
WHY THIS
Top pick for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Guards.
Second-strongest match for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.
Chaos Reborn
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Guards.
Third-strongest match for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Guards.
Ranked #4 for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
Blackguards
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
Songs of Silence
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Guards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Guards
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Warstone TD
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Guards cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Guards.
Reviewers of Guards cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Guards.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
FINAL FANTASY
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Guards.
Reviewers of Guards cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Guards at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Guards.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Guards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guards.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Sprout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guards.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Guards.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Minion Masters
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
Bloons TD Battles 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
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More from Battlecruiser Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Battlecruiser Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Warstone TD
WHY THIS
Another title from Battlecruiser Games, the studio behind Guards. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
Age of Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Guards.
Another title from Battlecruiser Games, the studio behind Guards. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Age of Defense is a tower defense game full of mind-blowing mayhem. There are tons of monsters and tough defenders in the game each of which fits perfectly into a funny cartoonish setting.
Guards II: Chaos in Hell
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Guards.
Another title from Battlecruiser Games, the studio behind Guards. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world. Battle legions of demons and challenge the Devil himself!
Guards II: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Guards.
Another title from Battlecruiser Games, the studio behind Guards. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Assemble a team of four brave heroes and embark on a nightmarish journey through the circles of Hell, filled with demons and ancient horrors! The free tactical game Guards II: Prologue will immerse you in battles inspired by myths from various cultures. Are you ready to challenge the darkness?
Age of Defense: Prehistory
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Guards.
Another title from Battlecruiser Games, the studio behind Guards. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
The most addicting tower defense game, packed with monsters and tough defenders, all of which fit perfectly into the cartoonish environment. Prehistory is a prologue for the main story Age of Defense.
Frequently asked about Guards
- Does Guards run on Steam Deck?
- Guards is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Guards cost?
- Guards is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Guards?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Guards are Etherlords II, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, Chaos Reborn.
- Who developed Guards?
- Guards was developed by Battlecruiser Games.
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