- July 30, 2026
- Thorn Spire Games
- 8h median play time
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About Stoneguard
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 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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- Unique blend of survival, crafting, RTS, and base-building with active hero control and strategic combat involving limb damage.
- Engaging gameplay loop with day-time resource management and night-time defense against a variety of clever and challenging monsters including big bosses.
- Developers are responsive and actively updating the game with new content such as endless mode, showing strong potential for future improvements.
- Numerous bugs and technical issues including NPC pathing problems, UI bugs, multiplayer instability, and occasional game crashes affect the experience.
- Game content and mechanics feel incomplete or underdeveloped in early access, with limited building variety, pacing problems, and unfinished boss fights.
- Quality-of-life features need improvement such as inventory management, control responsiveness, graphical settings stability, and clearer tutorials.
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18 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay offers a solid foundation with an engaging cycle of preparation and survival, featuring a detailed combat system that rewards strategy over brute force. While some building mechanics need refinement and content is limited due to its early access state, the game's pacing, progression, and active combat make it enjoyable and addictive. Overall, it shows promise with room for growth in mechanics, content, and quality-of-life improvements.
“The gameplay revolves around an effective cycle of preparation and survival.”
“One of Stoneguard's most distinctive mechanics is its detailed combat system.”
“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.”
“The game has about 13 days of in-game gameplay, roughly 4 to 5 hours of actual playtime, which might not justify the price of $15-20 USD.”
“As an early access project, Stoneguard establishes a strong gameplay foundation but leaves room for substantial growth, indicating many core features are still under development.”
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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 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 The Old War, Perpession, Kopno: Blightfall, Duskveil, Survivalist and others.