The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
Released Aug 2016
The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.
80% positive · 169 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming launched on August 25, 2016, following an extended period of Early Access development during which Bitmen Studios shipped numerous feature updates adding heroes, mechanics, and content. After the full release, the developer continued to push feature patches — the last of which, Update #19 on May 8, 2018, added a new hero (the Gnome Mage) and German localization. That post represents the final substantive update to the game.
On July 11, 2022, Bitmen Studios posted an announcement confirming they had moved on to a new project called The Last Fortress, describing it as building on the strengths of The Storm Guard. This is a clear signal that the studio's active development attention had shifted away from this game well before that announcement was made. There have been no further updates, patches, or communications about The Storm Guard since May 2018 — over eight years ago as of today.
The game's 40 news posts include zero major content releases post-launch and zero developer statements about planned future content for The Storm Guard. The store description makes no mention of upcoming content, DLC, or ongoing development. There are no unreleased DLC items in the store listing. The studio has effectively concluded development by moving on to a successor project. The game launched as a complete product and received its final content update in May 2018.
Evidence
Bitmen Studios announced a new game, The Last Fortress, describing it as building on The Storm Guard's strengths. This confirms the studio has moved development focus away from The Storm Guard.
Update #19 added the Gnome Mage hero and German localization — the last feature update ever published for the game. No further updates have been released since this date.
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Developer
Publisher
Bitmen Studios
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Platform
Windows, macOS
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones.
You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men. While in your base, you must recruit, train and develop a team of heroes in their quest to restore peace. Make smart decisions during the random events you will run into and battle countless different creatures ranging from mere goblins to huge abominable creatures like wyverns, golems, ogres and worse. On the tactical combat map, put the skills you have learned to the test to defeat powerful opponents.
Your chances in battle not only depend on your tactical decisions but also on your preparation. Assemble well-rounded teams and pick from dozens of different skills to creature unique synergies between your team members that work for you and your preferred playstyle.
You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men. While in your base, you must recruit, train and develop a team of heroes in their quest to restore peace. Make smart decisions during the random events you will run into and battle countless different creatures ranging from mere goblins to huge abominable creatures like wyverns, golems, ogres and worse. On the tactical combat map, put the skills you have learned to the test to defeat powerful opponents.
Your chances in battle not only depend on your tactical decisions but also on your preparation. Assemble well-rounded teams and pick from dozens of different skills to creature unique synergies between your team members that work for you and your preferred playstyle.
- Rich turn-based combat with a wide range of interesting mechanics, including numerous conditions (bleeding, burning, weakened, blind, crippled, ...), knockdowns, shouts, buffs, enchantments, and hexes.
- Interesting combat mechanics that allow flanking, tying up, disengaging, and smart combinations of skills.
- Numerous playable hero classes to pick from to add to your team with dozens of unique abilities to specialize in.
- Challenging encounters against close to 40 different creature types each with their own abilities. Ever since the Ancient Dragon returned, Orks, Giants, Undead and Mystic Creatures roam the realm of men causing death and destruction.
- Defeat intelligent monsters that collaborate, heal and buff their allies and have their own strategy on how to put your heroes to the grave.
- Use your gold wisely on the strategy layer to invest into skill development, equipment, consumables or additional heroes.
- Rest in town to recover from injuries that reduce your constitution or gain morale boosts by exceptional performance in battle.
- Classic RPG/roguelike features like permadeath, procedural dungeons, and random events result in high replayability.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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