En Garde! (2023)

Fireplace Games

Expanded Game of En Garde!: Student Project

PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.64 from 74 ratings

547 members have it in their collection · 9 playing now · 316 backlogged · 43 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h · with extras 6h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

En Garde! is a swashbuckler action game! Battle graceless guards and nefarious noblemen in fast-paced fights full of spectacle. Use the environment, your wit and your blade to teach them all a lesson!
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Release dates

  • Apr 05, 2023 (Beta) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 16, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
13
4 stars
29
3 stars
25
2 stars
6
1 star
1
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Community All Reviews Statuses

killerstar

Status killerstar Aug 11, 2025

This game is a blast. Gameplay is fun and the jokes are actually funny. Also the English with Spanish accents are 100x better than whatever they tried to do in Veilguard. Probably because the voice actors actually speak Spanish.

MatiMacko

Status MatiMacko May 18, 2025

Zabawna, niedługa, przyjemna i bardzo ładna. Walka wymagająca, choć nie frustrująca. Cała rozgrywka otulona comfy muzyką czego chcieć więcej :)

Gangreen

Status Gangreen Jan 19, 2024

Such promise and such disappointment. I was generally enjoying myself with this game. The use of the objects in the environment to gain an advantage is really well integrated and it forces you to run around quite a bit to find more which blends well with the swashbuckling theme.

However, the game has a number of times where there are …

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Such promise and such disappointment. I was generally enjoying myself with this game. The use of the objects in the environment to gain an advantage is really well integrated and it forces you to run around quite a bit to find more which blends well with the swashbuckling theme.

However, the game has a number of times where there are limited resources at your disposal and you are forced to deal with extremely tight parry windows and dodges. This is where the game falls down for me. I don’t really want another dark souls-wannabe nor do I think it is does this particularly well. The character also doesn’t have any resources except for a couple special moves that only charge up when you get enough hits in. Don’t get enough hits in because it is a boss battle and they are constantly avoiding or blocking? Too bad you are forced into an extremely dull fight of just waiting them out to parry.

Near the end there is one particular fight where there are NO objects in the environment. Worse yet is the combat is in a tight enclosure where the camera is constantly being blocked. This completely killed it for me. The game forgot about what made itself fun and unique.

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TheChampionTiger

Status TheChampionTiger Nov 21, 2023

Not super far in this yet, but it's very fun. I was playing this sort of like the Batman Arkham games or the Prince of Persia games, but you're really not supposed to. You'll definitely get overwhelmed. You're supposed to fight dirty, running around, kicking boxes over on enemies to separate them and pick them off.

Vakil

Status Vakil Oct 12, 2023

I had to switch to invincible mode to beat the Count-Duke. Still, I'm having a lot of fun with this game.

Vakil

Status Vakil Aug 9, 2023

This game has quietly become one of my most anticipated of the year. It looks like a lot of fun.

shinespark

Status shinespark Jun 22, 2023

Saved this demo for last since I thought it was a surefire hit, but honestly I ended up not really liking it. The theme, the visuals, and the voice acting are all excellent! But I've never been a fan of environmental attacks in games, and they're just as one-note and dull here as they always are. Especially in the harder …

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Saved this demo for last since I thought it was a surefire hit, but honestly I ended up not really liking it. The theme, the visuals, and the voice acting are all excellent! But I've never been a fan of environmental attacks in games, and they're just as one-note and dull here as they always are. Especially in the harder arena level that comes after the tutorial, it feels like success or failure in combat hangs mostly on your willingness to run around the room and kick the same barrels at enemies over and over, which already got old after just a few minutes. Bit of a letdown.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jun 20, 2023

This game's duplicated no the database: https://www.grouvee.com/games/97104-en-garde/

I like the colorful and playful style but I don't know if the gameplay actually pulls off the frenetic and quick-thinking combat it tries to convey. Movement is slow and some actions feel stiff (picking up things to throw at enemies is pretty unreliable). The automatic lock-on also makes moving around a bit …

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This game's duplicated no the database: https://www.grouvee.com/games/97104-en-garde/

I like the colorful and playful style but I don't know if the gameplay actually pulls off the frenetic and quick-thinking combat it tries to convey. Movement is slow and some actions feel stiff (picking up things to throw at enemies is pretty unreliable). The automatic lock-on also makes moving around a bit stiff when in combat.

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