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Stoneguard

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78%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
80% User Score Based on 49 reviews

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Stoneguard is a single player and multiplayer open world management game with horror, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Thorn Spire Games and was released on July 30, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Stoneguard is an immersive strategy game set in a grim medieval apocalypse, where you must defend the magical Lifestone.  Protect the Lifestone You start with nothing but the will to survive in an apocalyptic world. You protect humanity's only source of magic, the lifestone, from falling into the wrong hands. To defend the last glimpse of hope: Craft walls, build towers and fortify. …

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80%Audience ScoreBased on 49 reviews
humor1 positive mentions
stability3 negative mentions
  • Unique blend of survival, city-building, and action combat with a compelling medieval fantasy setting.
  • Engaging combat system featuring realistic injuries and strategic positioning, adding depth beyond typical hack-and-slash mechanics.
  • Active developer support and promising roadmap with regular updates, showing dedication despite being a small team.
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues including UI scaling problems, unreliable NPC behavior, and inconsistent game mechanics reduce playability.
  • Balancing problems with game pacing, resource gathering speed, building and research functionality, leading to frustration during escalating enemy waves.
  • Limited content and short gameplay duration in current early access state, with some features incomplete or missing such as effective defenses and stable multiplayer.

  • gameplay

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    16% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a solid foundation with a focus on strategic combat, meaningful settlement management, and an engaging preparation-survival cycle, though building mechanics and smoothness need improvement typical of its early access state. Players appreciate the intense, thoughtful combat and day-night cycle but note limited content and gameplay length at current release. Overall, it provides an enjoyable and addictive experience with room for growth.

    • “The gameplay revolves around an effective cycle of preparation and survival.”
    • “The day-and-night cycle serves more than a visual purpose, naturally dividing gameplay into periods of preparation and desperate defense.”
    • “Its emphasis on active participation during combat, meaningful settlement management, brutal injury mechanics, and monster-based crafting helps distinguish it from many conventional survival strategy games.”
    • “Building mechanics need work; there's no need for anything other than houses, crafting buildings, storage areas (windmill, lumbermill, stone storage), and the healing place.”
    • “Lot of other games out right now with that mechanic and do it better.”
    • “Spoiler: game has only 13 days of in-game gameplay at the time of this release, totaling about 4 to 5 hours.”

  • stability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is hindered by buggy NPC pathing and formation placement, causing units to get stuck on terrain or buildings. Additionally, some save files may trigger glitches upon loading, impacting overall gameplay smoothness.

    • “The pathing for the NPCs seems buggy; sometimes they get stuck on the floor or buildings, and you have to push them out.”
    • “The formations' NPC placement gets buggy when buildings or other objects are in the way.”
    • “I wanted to do a quick video for YouTube but ran into a few fairly rough glitches when loading a save.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game shows some room for performance optimization but generally runs well, with developers actively addressing feedback. Despite minor issues, players find it enjoyable and worthwhile, especially given its low price.

    • “There could be some performance optimizing but it looks like the devs are listening to feedback and for a £5 game I had a lot of fun and will be coming back to it.”
    • “Characters can lose arms or legs, permanently affecting their combat performance and overall effectiveness until they receive healing.”

  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story in its current state is basic and somewhat jarring, with an unusual setting involving a spaceship. While the game focuses on core mechanics and survival content now, future updates aim to expand the story and overall narrative depth.

    • “The current version delivers the core mechanics along with endless survival content and an initial progression path, while the development roadmap promises additional bosses, enemy varieties, buildings, siege equipment, expanded customization, improved artificial intelligence, story content, tutorials, and quality-of-life improvements.”
    • “Monsters are strange - story is basic and jarring (spaceship...)”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is lighthearted and enjoyable, with moments like the first boss fight delivering both laughs and rewarding gameplay elements.

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music in the game is highly praised for enhancing the overall ambience, contributing to an immersive and enjoyable experience.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game currently offers 13 day/night cycles, providing ample variety and activities that contribute to high replayability. The upcoming endless mode is expected to further enhance this by allowing continuous play.

    • “There are only 13 day/night cycles at the moment, but there's so much to try out that it easily has a high replay value (until endless mode comes out and you can just carry on!)”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere effectively enhances its survival theme through dark medieval settings, eerie monster designs, and a continual feeling of looming threat.

    • “The game's atmosphere reinforces its survival-focused design with dark medieval environments, unsettling monster designs, and a constant sense of impending danger.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users find the grinding aspect tedious and unengaging, often viewing it as a meaningless or unnecessary middle-step in gameplay progression.

  • graphics

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users report issues with graphic settings changing automatically, indicating potential stability or configuration problems in the game's graphics system.

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Play Times

8h Median play time
7h Average play time
5-9h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Stoneguard is a open world management game with horror, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Stoneguard include indie, crafting, third person, early access, building and others.

Stoneguard is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing Stoneguard.

Stoneguard was released on July 30, 2026.

Stoneguard was developed by Thorn Spire Games.

Stoneguard has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Stoneguard for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Stoneguard is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Night of the Dead, Aska, Noble Legacy, Age of Darkness Final Stand, Colony Survival and others.