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Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.

Lil' Guardsman is a adventure, casual and point & click game developed by Hilltop Studios and published by Versus Evil and tinyBuild.
Released on January 23rd 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 971 reviews of which 922 were positive and 49 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Lil' Guardsman into these genres:

Adventure Casual Point & Click Comedy Indie 2D Puzzle Female Protagonist Family Friendly Singleplayer Political Story Rich Conversation Multiple Endings Choices Matter Cute Funny Linear Colorful Hand-drawn

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10, 11
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or Radeon RX 460
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.15
  • Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core, 2.7 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 660 / RX 460
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
The developer's Mom pitched me this game on a flight back to Puerto Vallarta. The game is as charming as the pitch.
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March 2025
You'll probably like Lil' Guardsman if (but not only if!): You want to play a game like Papers, Please, but less grim and more cute -- but while still having a nice amount of story depth and strategy!
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Dec. 2024
This game was a big surprise. It was much darker than I expected from what it looked like, and definitely targeted at adult audience. It's very story-rich, the writing is excellent, and there's not that much at stake (I mean, the future of the whole kingdom depends on you, but the game is quite forgiving), so it's a really cozy experience. Under the cartoony, fairy-tale-like graphics, world, and story, it touches on many serious social, political, and economic matters, but often in an unserious way, making it not too heavy, but still thought-provoking. The gameplay is simple and pleasant, yet diverse enough not to be boring. Works great on steamdeck.
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Oct. 2024
This was such a good game, I enjoyed every bit! In case you're wondering, the game has different locations you can go to, you're not stuck at your guardsman post the whole time. Before buying, I expected it to be repetitive and was worried it would get boring pretty quick... I did not expect that I would want to repeat entire chapters and enjoy them each time! The story is fun and so is the art, and I particularly liked the sweet parent-child interactions. I'm looking forward to playing it again :D
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Aug. 2024
Lil Guardsman is a funny but not exactly lighthearted “choices matter” point and click adventure with puzzle-like dialogue encounters. You can make parallels to 3909 LLC’s “Papers, Please” or Crazy Rocks Studios’ “Contraband Police.” But saying that Lil Guardsman is “like” those games is a stretch, which I’ll get into. I would recommend Lil guardsman to those looking for a witty game with thoughtful choices and interesting characters. Lil Guardsman puts you in the boots of Lil, a bushy haired youngster from the Sprawl, the game’s protagonist city state. Lil’s father is a gate guard and after covering one shift for him, you are recruited to work the gate by a trio of characters that represent essentially a shadow government, making policy decisions without the knowledge of the Princess. The trio of shady characters use Lil to keep what they deem as undesirable characters out and let in people they approve of. Sometimes they will pressure you to do something that goes against what is “right,” and sometimes being the good guy costs you wages and approval rating. The dynamic is interesting, if a little underbaked. In between shifts at the guard gate, you can explore locations in the Sprawl, interact with NPCs, and shop. Typically, a level in the game involves a guard shift and then one if not multiple dialogue encounters in which the game’s story plays out. The player makes tons of little decisions that can have a big or small impact on the story, and I can easily see the interested gamer getting 3 playthroughs out of the game, especially with all its branching stories and encounter resolutions. The strength of the game is its writing and voice acting. I laughed out loud at some points. I liked many of the characters and the wit and humor is evident. I would not call the game lighthearted though, as much of the humor is very dark, people die because of the player’s actions and others are relegated to lives of misery. I enjoyed with fully voiced cast, and think it contributed much to the game. As I mentioned before, the game is different from “Papers, Please.” or “Contraband Police” because although the gate guard aspect is present, the game is much more than a bureaucracy sim. Unlike those games, you’re not looking for discrepancies in paperwork or searching cars for contraband, its more of a social puzzle. You can use certain items to gain information on a visitor and make decisions that impact the greater story. Each person that visits has a purpose and most impact the grand scheme in some way. There is also way more to do than just the guard gate, much of the game is spent away from the guard booth. My only gripe is that the game is tragically short. But for what you pay, I think it is a fair amount of content. I enjoyed my time with Lil Guardsman, and I think you will too.
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Lil' Guardsman is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Lil' Guardsman is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Lil' Guardsman received 922 positive votes out of a total of 971 achieving a rating of 8.93.
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Lil' Guardsman was developed by Hilltop Studios and published by Versus Evil and tinyBuild.

Lil' Guardsman is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Lil' Guardsman is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Lil' Guardsman is not playable on Linux.

Lil' Guardsman is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Lil' Guardsman. Explore additional content available for Lil' Guardsman on Steam.

Lil' Guardsman does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Lil' Guardsman does not support Steam Remote Play.

Lil' Guardsman is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Lil' Guardsman
19.50€
8.9
922
49
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Developer
Hilltop Studios
Publisher
Versus Evil , tinyBuild
Release 23 Jan 2024
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