Ancient Guardian
Released Dec 2019
Ancient Guardian - action adventure in procedurally-generated locations. You play as father, who have to find his lost daughter, avoiding meeting dangerous enemies, bypassing traps and solving puzzles.
72% positive · 162 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $7.99
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Evaluation
Ancient Guardian launched out of Early Access on December 23, 2019, marking its full 1.0 release. The developer (North Lab) continued to ship post-launch content updates through 2020, with the last notable one being the Custom Mode update on August 5, 2020, which added level seeds, holiday mode, and difficulty settings.
Since August 2020, North Lab has not published any updates, patches, or announcements for Ancient Guardian. The studio's attention has clearly shifted to new projects: they announced a separate game called Alveole in early 2021 (released April 9, 2021), and more recently released a demo for PULMO on June 13, 2025 — described as the second part in a trilogy that includes Alveole. These are entirely separate games from Ancient Guardian.
There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content, and no developer statements indicating plans to return to Ancient Guardian. The store description presents the game as a self-contained experience with two acts, procedurally generated levels, and a leaderboard-based endless mode. The developer has effectively moved on to other projects, and Ancient Guardian appears to have shipped as a complete product with its final meaningful update in August 2020.
Evidence
Developer announced the game exited Early Access and reached its full 1.0 release.
Developer released a demo for PULMO, described as the second part in a trilogy following Alveole — confirming the studio is fully focused on new projects, not Ancient Guardian.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
North Lab
Achievements
62
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Ancient Guardian - action adventure in procedurally-generated locations. You play as father, who have to find his lost daughter, avoiding meeting dangerous enemies, bypassing traps and solving puzzles.
The game takes place in our days. While walking around the ancient city of Heraklion, the daughter of the protagonist escapes, and the troubled father goes to search her.

Procedurally-generated locations
Each of your sessions will be unique for each level:
- In the first act of the player awaits the treacherous labyrinth of the Minotaur. Each time a random level is generated with different corridors, passages and paths. In a random order, traps and key points are added.
- In the second act, an island with statues of Greek gods will appear before you. Performing their tests, you will receive powerful artifacts for the battle with Medusa. The key elements of the level are also randomly placed at each run.

Myths and legends
The basis of our game lay real myths and legends around the world. For example, in the first and second locations, we used the myths of Ancient Greece, only slightly changing them under the plot of our game.

A variety of monsters and items
At each level you are waiting for different, unlike each other monsters and objects. Minotaur, skeletons, gun, key and a lot more!

Leaderboards
Once you complete the story, you will have the opportunity to compete with other players in endless mode on highscore or on time in the story mode.
The game takes place in our days. While walking around the ancient city of Heraklion, the daughter of the protagonist escapes, and the troubled father goes to search her.
Procedurally-generated locations
Each of your sessions will be unique for each level:
- In the first act of the player awaits the treacherous labyrinth of the Minotaur. Each time a random level is generated with different corridors, passages and paths. In a random order, traps and key points are added.
- In the second act, an island with statues of Greek gods will appear before you. Performing their tests, you will receive powerful artifacts for the battle with Medusa. The key elements of the level are also randomly placed at each run.
Myths and legends
The basis of our game lay real myths and legends around the world. For example, in the first and second locations, we used the myths of Ancient Greece, only slightly changing them under the plot of our game.
A variety of monsters and items
At each level you are waiting for different, unlike each other monsters and objects. Minotaur, skeletons, gun, key and a lot more!
Leaderboards
Once you complete the story, you will have the opportunity to compete with other players in endless mode on highscore or on time in the story mode.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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