Lil' Guardsman

Lil' Guardsman

Hilltop Studios · January 23, 2024 · Adventure, Point & Click, Casual, Comedy, Indie

Buy Lil' Guardsman from Gameseal at $1.36 — the cheapest of 10 stores we compare.

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Very Positive94% · 1,32882Metacritic5playing now
Best price 71 Great deal
$1.36-83%
lowest tracked $1.11
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Where to buy Lil' Guardsman — official stores

GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-60%
$7.99
$19.99
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Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-21%
$15.89
$19.99
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GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.99
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Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.99
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Epic Game Store
Epic Game Store
Standard Edition · Epic Games
$19.99
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Cheapest Lil' Guardsman keys — keyshops

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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.50
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.36
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.47
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-86%
$2.89
$21.29
Buy

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Lil' Guardsman price by region

Lil' Guardsman costs £1.03 in the United Kingdom, €1.15 in Europe (EUR), $1.36 in the United States, zł5.77 in Poland, R$7.84 in Brazil, $7.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$9.75 in Canada, A$11.19 in Australia and NZ$11.96 in New Zealand right now.

Cheapest Lil' Guardsman offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.03 −84% £6.39 £1.03 8
Europe (EUR) €1.15 −86% €7.99 €1.15 11
United Statesyour region $1.36 −83% $7.99 $1.36 10
Poland zł5.77 −82% zł31.19 zł5.77 7
Brazil R$7.84 −60% R$19.79 R$7.84 6
Georgia (USD) $7.99 −60% $7.99 — 5
Canada CA$9.75 −60% CA$9.75 — 6
Australia A$11.19 −60% A$11.19 — 6
New Zealand NZ$11.96 −60% NZ$11.96 — 5

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Lil' Guardsman

✦ AI summary

Lil' Guardsman is a deduction adventure where you play as a 12-year-old guard tasked with interrogating over 100 unique fantasy characters and deciding who enters the kingdom, with your choices directly shaping the story's outcome including royal weddings and sieges. Use deductive reasoning, special tools, and multiple playthroughs to uncover the truth about each visitor and protect the realm from disaster.

In this deduction adventure, you play as Lil - an unlikely 12-year-old hero - covering your dad's shift at the guard shed and are tasked with deciding the fate of over 100 unique characters.

You will question humans, elves, goblins, cyclopes, and other fantasy creatures using your powers of deduction to determine who to admit or deny based on how they respond to your questions and your trusty tools. Sending visitors to jail, inadvertently zapping them to smithereens, or letting them go on their merry way are all part of the job. But be careful: who you let through the castle gates will determine the kingdom's fate.

See the Sprawl and its fantastical & quirky citizens through a royal wedding to one of two kingdoms vying for an alliance, and a subsequent siege by whoever you've angered in the process. Your decisions can determine the fate of the city and its people!

Interrogate 100+ fully voiced characters in just the right way to earn a perfect score.

Spend your hard earned gold wisely on powering up your guardsman toolkit, and strategically deploy these to admit or deny the right people or...goblins?

Use your trusty Chronometer3000 to go back and get a higher score... but be careful not to break space and time in the process.

Lil' Guardsman — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Sep 14, 2026
I tried on several occassions to start and finish this game, but the actual design of the encounters never really interested me and the story honestly just felt too "quirky" for me to gather much enjoyment from. Perhaps the game is better for a younger audience, but when so many things come down to chance, I find it hard to really get into the games core gameplay loop or narrative. I don't recommend this game, but I also wouldn't advocate against playing it for other people. It just wasn't my cup of tea. Wish I could play it without bouncing off of it every time.
Not recommended Sep 13, 2026
Thought it would just be a more light hearted version of Papers Please, but I feel it's more of just a simple linear storybook. Good: Voice acting and character personality are decent Bad: for most of the decisions you have to make, you can't really deduce the best option, it's more luck than anything else. Halfway through the game, I switched to just following a guide, otherwise I'd be missing a lot of the side stories. Overall ok story but not fun as a game.
Recommended Sep 13, 2026
Oh my, this game is so cute and witty. Love the Lil Guardsman and all the side characters. The voice acting is so on point. Spent 40 hours on it with most of it spent trying to chase down all the achievements. No regret.
Recommended Sep 12, 2026
its very fun and stratiegic witch is quite fun
Recommended Sep 12, 2026
This game has absolutely NO right to be so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good. I got it as part of a humble bundle and wasn't expecting much. But full voice-acting, entertaining gameplay, many references and even humour that occasionally made me laugh or smile at how clever it is. Brilliant. And there seems to be an unholy amount of replayability, which I'll probably be checking out.
Recommended Sep 10, 2026
I got this game in a Humble Bundle. And I enjoyed it a lot! Usually I play games with more complex gameplay as I get easily bored from repetitive superficial gameplay. But this one did a great job changing the gameplay just a little bit all the time to not make it repetitive. the changes made where directly linked to the plot. That way you just got guided through and progress the game in quite a natural flow. It's not the most complex game, but the humor is fun, the game doesnt take itself too serious and the story keeps you interested. I actually also felt bad for some characters! yes there are some little things that could be smoother: - the way you have to position the character perfectly to be able to click on stuff gets annoying because getting closer to point doesnt always work. it needs to be the perfect distance - I would also love an option for the text to just automatically progress especially cause there is a voice over But honestly, those are just tiny things that shouldnt stop you from trying the game out. You will enjoy the game if you: - enjoy absurd humor and a little randomness - challenge yourself to get 4 star ratings (perfect with special outcomes) but you…

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