Idle Guardians

About

Recruit heroes and idle your way to glory! Fight in dungeons, defeat powerful raid bosses and find legendary items!

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

46%

Audience ScoreBased on 39 reviews

monetization5 negative mentions

The game is easy to play and has a catchy aesthetic that appeals to idle game fans.
It features an interesting Guardian mechanic that adds some depth to the gameplay.
The game is free to play, making it accessible for those who enjoy idle games without financial commitment.

The game suffers from significant bugs, including missing essential buttons and poor screen resolution options.
Progression is extremely slow and feels like a cash grab, with heavy reliance on microtransactions for faster advancement.
The gameplay is shallow and repetitive, lacking meaningful content or updates from the developer.

monetization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
83%
The monetization of the game is widely criticized as a blatant cash grab, with users noting its origins as a mobile app that has been poorly ported to Steam. Players express frustration over the lack of updates, essential settings, and the reliance on microtransactions for progression, suggesting that the developer prioritized quick profits over quality and player experience.
- “As the developer has not made any updates on the game, I can only assume this game was released to be a lazy cash grab.”
- “Idle Guardians is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab.”
- “Right now this game has some important bugs and feels like a major cash grab due to slow progression and microtransactions for progression boosters.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
Gameplay is criticized for being simplistic and repetitive, primarily involving clicking to increase numbers with minimal interaction. While there is an interesting guardian mechanic, many players feel that the overall experience lacks depth, often leading to a monotonous cycle of upgrades.
- “It has an interesting guardian mechanic.”
- “I recommend those that want to support the devs to buy the permanent boost for not having to spend gems to improve their gameplay.”
- “It's common to only receive half the shards listed when renewing, and the game mechanics themselves feel rudimentary.”
- “There's no gameplay, just clicking to make the numbers go up, repeating endlessly, punctuated by buying occasional upgrades to speed up the rate at which your numbers go up.”
- “I recommend those who want to support the devs to buy the permanent boost to avoid spending gems to improve their gameplay.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
The game's graphics feature a retro pixel art style that some find charming, complemented by a variety of heroes, enemies, and items. However, the resolution and controls are fixed, limiting customization and detracting from the overall visual experience, which feels generic and grind-heavy.
- “The game has a charming aesthetic, but other than that, it's the generic idle game experience.”
- “The graphics are charming, and there is a nice variety of heroes, enemies, and items.”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “Resolution and controls are locked, and can't be changed or customized to improve the visuals or the control experience.”
- “The game has a charming aesthetic, but other than that, it's just the generic idle game experience.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The game's story is criticized for being shallow and lacking depth, with reviewers noting that it masquerades as an RPG but ultimately offers no meaningful plot or narrative. Instead, it focuses on repetitive tasks and progression through numerical gains, leaving players feeling unrewarded.
- “This is masquerading as an RPG but should not be confused as one; it's significantly more shallow and unrewarding, and lacks any story or plot, just endless empty number climbing under the guise of 'progression'.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game enjoyable, particularly in leveling up heroes and farming gems, but some feel it can become tedious, especially early on. While unique item stacks provide motivation to continue grinding, comparisons to other games suggest there are more engaging options available. Overall, improvements to reduce grindiness could enhance the experience.
- “There are better options out there for this type of game (Soda Dungeon comes to mind), and unless the game gets updated to improve things and make it less grindy (early on at the very least), I just cannot recommend it.”
- “Unique item stacks add to stats much like ranks for heroes; this gives a good reason to continue farming dungeons aside from the additional gems from reset.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is criticized for being excessively loud by default, and the lack of an in-game music slider forces players to adjust the volume through their system settings or turn it off entirely.
- “The music is very loud by default, and there is no music slider, so you have to either turn it off or adjust it in your volume mixer.”
- “The music is very loud by default, and there is no music slider, so you have to either turn it off or adjust it in your volume mixer.”