Idle Guardians

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Idle Guardians is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Blade Fire Studios and was released on May 10, 2019. It received neutral reviews from players.

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

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Single-Player

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46%

Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews

monetization5 negative mentions

The game is easy to play and has a catchy aesthetic, making it enjoyable for idle game fans.
It features an interesting Guardian mechanic that adds some depth to the gameplay.
The game is free to play, allowing players to experience it without any upfront cost.

The game suffers from significant bugs, including missing features like the prestige button and issues with screen resolution.
Progression is extremely slow and feels grindy, often leading to frustration without meaningful rewards.
The game is criticized for being a cash grab, with aggressive monetization tactics and a lack of updates or improvements.

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 characterized by a repetitive cycle of clicking to increase numbers, with minimal mechanics beyond this basic interaction. While there is an interesting guardian mechanic, many players feel that the overall experience lacks depth, often leading to frustration over inconsistent rewards. Some recommend purchasing permanent boosts to enhance the experience, particularly for those looking to support the developers.
- “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
75%
75%
The 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, with a nice variety of heroes, enemies, and items.”
- “The graphics are charming and add to the overall experience of the game.”
- “The visuals have a nostalgic appeal that resonates with fans of retro pixel art.”
- “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 users noting that it masquerades as an RPG while offering little in terms of narrative or plot. Instead, it focuses on repetitive mechanics and progression through hero quests and shop boosts, which feel unrewarding and empty.
- “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 for upgrades. However, some feel that the grind can be excessive, especially early on, and suggest that there are better alternatives available. Unique item stacks provide additional motivation to continue grinding, but the overall experience may benefit from updates to reduce the grindiness.
- “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
50%
50%
The music in the game is noted to be excessively loud by default, and the absence of a dedicated 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.”