Lil' Guardsman

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In this deduction adventure, you play as Lil - an unlikely 12-year-old hero - covering your dad's shift at the guard shed and are tasked with deciding the fate of over 100 unique characters. You will question humans, elves, goblins, cyclopes, and other fantasy creatures using your powers of deduction to determine who to admit or deny based on how they respond to your questions and your trusty tools.

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Release date:
23 January 2024
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (800)
User tags*:AdventureColorfulHand-drawnFemale ProtagonistStory Rich

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Description

In this deduction adventure, you play as Lil - an unlikely 12-year-old hero - covering your dad's shift at the guard shed and are tasked with deciding the fate of over 100 unique characters.

You will question humans, elves, goblins, cyclopes, and other fantasy creatures using your powers of deduction to determine who to admit or deny based on how they respond to your questions and your trusty tools. Sending visitors to jail, inadvertently zapping them to smithereens, or letting them go on their merry way are all part of the job. But be careful: who you let through the castle gates will determine the kingdom's fate.

See the Sprawl and its fantastical & quirky citizens through a royal wedding to one of two kingdoms vying for an alliance, and a subsequent siege by whoever you've angered in the process. Your decisions can determine the fate of the city and its people!

Interrogate 100+ fully voiced characters in just the right way to earn a perfect score.

Spend your hard earned gold wisely on powering up your guardsman toolkit, and strategically deploy these to admit or deny the right people or...goblins?

Use your trusty Chronometer3000 to go back and get a higher score... but be careful not to break space and time in the process.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
64-bit Windows 10, 11
Processor:
3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or Radeon RX Vega 64
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
4 GB available space

User reviews

TowerPowerYT
Recommended | 11 Mar 2026
8.1h played

What an absolutely amazing game. It is addicting whilst also constantly bringing in new aspects of the game. The story is really well written and your choices truly have impact on the story. I can't wait for the devs to drop their next game or maybe even some DLC for this one.

Helpful: 1
Loaf
Recommended | 10 Mar 2026
10.1h played

A very cute and simple game. The story was cute and had more depth than i was expecting when first going in. The voice acting was well done and charming. The jokes often did land so i was chuckling a lot to myself while playing. The middle of the game did feel like it was a bit slower than the rest, however it still was enjoyable. 100% worth a playthrough, especially if its on sale.

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kitcatkombo
Recommended | 10 Mar 2026
3.9h played

I LOVEEE lil guardsman, if youre looking for a silly, well-characterized checkpoint game then this is for u! it's got great humor and some super memorable characters, even ones u may not even see multiple times after, theyre all really interesting, honestly if u just enjoy the silliness in dungeons and dragons this game is already worth it for u <3

Helpful: 1