Guardian

Guardian (2022)

Black Banshee Studios · August 17, 2022 · Side Scroller, 2D Platformer, Platformer, Action-Adventure, 2D

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About Guardian

Guardian is a 2D action-platformer set in the fantastic land of Erstwhile for the annual LARP event. Our heroine, Aria, dons the identity of Arcas and sets out on a quest to rescue the Greek Pantheon! With clever platforming and careful upgrades, help Aria achieve her goal and return home.

Guardian — game info

Platforms
Windows
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.

Recommended Jan 17, 2024
Okay so its a very cute, short, and slightly difficult game. It's a great way to just get a fast laugh especially for a free game. I think the dev team could do a few things to smooth out the gameplay loop but if they we hard they could for sure make it a solid game. Overall 7/10 for what it is. I enjoy the quick run and cheesy voices.
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Recommended Jan 14, 2024
So, having completed Guardian: I can say that it is a very nice little game. It has a few issues: hit detection could be a bit wonky, voice acting could be a bit quiet at times and some floor textures had minor issues. But overall, I enjoyed it. I got a few laughs out of it, and as a big fan of Greek mythology: I liked the overall theme. I wish the developers the best of luck going forwards, and hope to see them improve with their work as time goes on.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 11, 2025
"Guardian" is a very poorly made 2D retro pixel platformer/brawler with very little going for it... it's just one of many thousands of these infesting Steam and slightly lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere just by existing. This one has a "LARPer" theme as you pretend to be a great medieval fantasy hero and bash up stuff in dungeons, all while the ugly jaggy pixels hurt your eyes and ask what the point of buying a 4K monitor and spending over a thousand bucks on a 3D video card is if all developers are capable of in 2022 is pixelcrap. Yes, this features really godawful, lazy pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could misl…
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 29, 2024
It's a nice storytelling game. Concept is great and everything is custom voice acted. However, cannot recommend because of atrociously terrible combat. Enjoy getting carpal tunnel from spamming LMB.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 12, 2025
cool and funny dialogs , simple and somehow stupid gameplay! just jump on enemies and the first time they face you(and want to attack you)
Recommended Apr 24, 2024
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