Highguard is Scratching an Itch I Didn’t Know I Had

Highguard went radio silent following its Game Awards reveal, with no additional trailers, gameplay deep-dives, or interviews releasing throughout January, leaving people to speculate on its status. Highguard‘s January 26 launch date rolled around and, to the surprise of some, the game was released, and an embargo lifted on press reactions, many of which were very positive. According to tracker site SteamDB, Highguard reached almost 100,000 Steam players on launch day, but it immediately fell victim to review-bombing. Highguard is currently sitting at a ‘Mostly Negative’ score on Steam with over 19,000 user reviews, 7,000 of which are from players who put less than an hour into it. But I seem to be one of the few who’s genuinely enjoying Highguard.