Fit check
Is The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Roguelike players who want turn-based tactical battles with permadeath
- Strategy RPG players who enjoy assembling specialized hero teams
- Players who prefer campaigns shaped by procedural dungeons and random events
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a forgiving campaign, since permadeath is part of the game
- Players who prefer real-time combat instead of turn-based tactical encounters
- Players looking for a primarily story-driven RPG rather than repeated tactical campaigns
Our take on The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
Permanent death is the defining constraint: hero development and tactical decisions take place within a roguelike structure shaped by procedural dungeons and random events.
What is The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming?
Lead the Storm Guard as its Lord Commander in a turn-based roguelike RPG.
Recruit, train, and equip heroes at the base, then form teams with specialized skills for tactical battles. Combat uses conditions such as bleeding, burning, blindness, and weakening, alongside flanking, knockdowns, buffs, hexes, and other abilities. Random events and procedural dungeons shape each run, while permadeath affects the heroes in a campaign. Gold can fund skill development, equipment, consumables, or additional heroes. Encounters include close to 40 creature types, including goblins, wyverns, golems, ogres, undead, giants, and mystic creatures. Resting in town allows recovery from injuries or can provide morale boosts after exceptional battle performance.
How The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming plays
- 01Hero Team Building
- Recruit and develop heroes from numerous classes, selecting abilities that create different team combinations.
- 02Tactical Turn-Based Combat
- Battle on tactical maps using flanking, tying up enemies, disengaging, knockdowns, and skill combinations.
- 03Procedural Dungeons
- Procedural dungeons and random events vary the structure of each playthrough.
- 04Status Effects
- Combat includes bleeding, burning, blindness, weakening, crippling, buffs, enchantments, and hexes.
- 05Creature Variety
- Close to 40 creature types have their own abilities, with some monsters healing or strengthening allies.
- 06Base Management
- Spend gold on skill development, equipment, consumables, or additional heroes, then rest in town to recover from injuries.
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming compared to similar games
The Storm Guard combines turn-based tactical combat, hero recruitment, base decisions, procedural dungeons, and permadeath. Quasimorph is also a high-stakes roguelike, but its description centers on cyberpunk contracts and retaining extracted items after completed missions while developing a PMC.
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming: platforms & release
Is The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming worth it?
It is worth it if: roguelike players who want turn-based tactical battles with permadeath. Skip it if: players seeking a forgiving campaign, since permadeath is part of the game.
Where can I download The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on?
Windows and macOS.
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