Underplayed Gems

GUARDS! (2024)

GUARDS! cover
Developer
WYLDERZONE, Lowkey GameDev
Publisher
WYLDERZONE
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
3.5 of 5, 495 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

a frantic, teamwork-reliant brawler where you and your friends improvise weapons to brutally subdue waves of criminals in a gritty medieval fantasy city.

intensechaoticcooperativefast-paceddifficultcombativeimprovisationalatmospheric

What players say

Players mostly praise the single-player and the janky co-op chaos, but nearly all multiplayer buyers warn that desync and lag make the game unplayable for anyone who is not the host. Reviewers are split on whether the netcode is fixed, updates through 2026 have not satisfied most.

Screenshots

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