Rank 01Why this
Also Crowdfunded and Kickstarter, like Guard Duty.
- $16.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2019
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Players who liked Guard Duty also play
The closest matches to Guard Duty: Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge, Paradigm, Machinarium, and Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares point and click with Guard Duty.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2016
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Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Why this: Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty.
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Four Last Things
Why this: Also Surreal and Medieval, like Guard Duty.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Guard Duty
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Shares point and click with Guard Duty.
- 85% of 84 reviews
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Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty.
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Headware Games
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 31
- 89% of 157 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 73
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Authentic vga style pixel art
- Dual timeline setting is unique
- Nostalgic references to 90s classics
- Atmospheric
- Lighthearted
- Nostalgic
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Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Why this: Same nostalgic mood as Guard Duty.
Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Guard Duty.
Simon the Sorcerer Origins
Why this: Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Guard Duty at current Steam store prices.
Servant of the Lake
Why this: Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty.
The Office Quest
Why this: Shares inventory based puzzles with Guard Duty.
The Procession to Calvary
Why this: Also Surreal and Medieval, like Guard Duty.
Neofeud
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Guard Duty.
The Inner World
Why this: Shares point and click with Guard Duty.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Machinarium
Why this: Shares point and click with Guard Duty.
Four Last Things
Why this: Also Surreal and Medieval, like Guard Duty.
Twilight Oracle
Why this: Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty.
About Guard Duty
The closest matches to Guard Duty: Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge, Paradigm, Machinarium, and Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Guard Duty is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge and Paradigm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, lighthearted and nostalgic, and single out its automatic inventory activation and dialogue heavy exposition. 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.
About Guard Duty: Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.
Is Guard Duty worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 89% of 157 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Authentic vga style pixel art
- Dual timeline setting is unique
- Nostalgic references to 90s classics
- Whimsical tone stands out
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Too much filler dialogue trying to explain the context of things (thank god for the skip dialogue button), even things that dont enrich the plot get a lot of dialogue (like the life story of some NPCs that are inconsecuential). The puzzles…”
People who play it also play: Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge, Paradigm
Frequently asked about Guard Duty
Can I run it?
How much does Guard Duty cost?
Guard Duty is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Guard Duty?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Guard Duty are Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge, Paradigm.
Who developed Guard Duty?
Guard Duty was developed by Headware Games.