Of Guards And Thieves

Of Guards And Thieves

Fair · Multiplayer · 2014 · Early Access

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
85% of 4,315
Genre rank
Top 11% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Early access, Reviews

Time and effort

Achievements
57

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Better reviewed
88% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

60% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 88 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Super Animal Royale (free, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Real Pool 3D - Poolians (free, scores 43).

Its player count is falling. 3 were online at the highest of our weekly checks over 21 days, 1 at the last one, on Oct 23.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationIn-app purchases
Steam lists in-app purchases and nothing more is known, so a small haircut
Early accessUnfinished
Still in development, a small confidence discount until 1.0
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Shader Model 3.0 compatible, 604 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Of Guards And Thieves scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/302590/of-guards-and-thieves
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperSubvert Games
PublisherSubvert Games
GenreMultiplayer
Released2014
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements57