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It's that time of the year, Guardsman! The Steam Awards are coming and we would love your support in nominating Lil Guardsman as your choice for the 'Outstanding Story-Rich Game' Award this year! Your support and vote mean the world to us!!
Lil’ Guardsman has been nominated for Best Debut Game at the prestigious Indie Games Awards! This is a huge honor for our studio and a testament to the incredible passion and creativity of the Lil’ Guardsman team! Stay tuned on December 19th as we head into the awards, keep your
We are beyond honoured and thrilled to announce that Lil' Guardsman has won the Best Performance award at the IndieCade Festival! 🏆 This recognition means the world to us, especially as our game is fully voiced—which our team at Hilltop poured our hearts into to bring its charac
We are absolutely thrilled to share that Lil Guardsman has been nominated in the IndieCade Festival Awards for the Performance Spotlight category! The Awards ceremony will be streamed on Steam's front page on November 9th, so make sure to tune in!
Lil Guardsman is a DAILY DEAL on Steam right now, until May 22nd ! Grab our critically acclaimed indie today and don't forget to write a review <3
Hey Guards, We are excited to share that Lil Guardsman will be participating in the LudoNarraCon event starting Thursday May 9th with a developer livestream! Join us with the writers of Lil' Guardsman play through a level and unpack the inspiration for the game's story, character
Attention, Sprawl denizens! We pushed a hotfix today for the PC/Mac versions of the game. The fix addresses an issue that caused it to freeze in levels 1-3 if you access the level select screen. Thanks to everyone for playing and for supporting us with your great feedback! ❤️
Greetings to all members of the Sprawl’s City Council, Mages Guild, Guard Corp, and Goblin Liberation Army! Thanks to our community’s amazing feedback, we have released an update that addresses a number of issues. We are so grateful to everyone who took time to share their experi
We are beyond thrilled to announce that Lil Guardsman has been chosen to be featured in Xbox's February Indie Selects! And in other news, our award-winning soundtrack by Scott Christian is now available to stream on Apple Music, Spotify and a bunch of other places. It's the perfe
We are extremely thrilled to share the remarkable achievement that Lil Guardsman secured the Studio Award "for the best commercial game of the season made by larger development teams" at the Game Development World Championship today! 🎉 - The Hilltop Games Team
Lil Guardsman is a game that wears its heart on its sleeve. In a victory for normative determinism, this is a fantasy adventure about a small girl named Lil who somehow becomes the first (and seemingly only) line of defence at a city’s border patrol as a guardsman. At various poi
Greetings Guards! Lil Guardsman is participating in the Storytellers Festival on Steam! Watch and hang out with the dev team at Hilltop broadcast Lil Guardsman today, Feb 1st at 11am PST / 8pm CET on the Storytellers Festival page or our Steam store page! We’re excited to see you
Some indie hits create a legion of copycats, but others, not so much. I don't think there are too many Papers, Pleaselikes, for example - perhaps for obvious reasons given that game's grim subject matter. Lil' Guardsman is a Papers, Pleaselike though - and a seemingly delightful
The day has arrived, the Lil Guardsman is now officially released! It's now time for your first shift to guard the Sprawl, meet some fantastical & quirky citizens, make some tough choices and of course, save the world! Also don't forget about the Timeflux Edition which includ
Great news, Guardsmen! Your first official day on the job is just two weeks away! Are you ready to protect the Sprawl and save the world? Lil Guardsman releases on Tuesday, January 23rd! Make sure to Wishlist it for the notification on launch! In the meantime, get hyped with othe
The Versus Evil Winter Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! As we head into 2024, let's have a bit of a retrospective, shall we? 2023 marks 10 years since Versus Evil was founded, and we've built quite the portfolio over the last decade. We look back on early titles such
With a recent ‘boom’ within the cozy genre, there are more and more games available for fans. Which leads us to the question, what exactly is a cozy game? (We asked some wicked smart people who work in the cozy game space to find out!) “The definition of cozy gaming is fairly bro
From the vast deserts of Kaladar, to the 8-bit vistas of Fireball Canyon, our world has many acceptable travel destinations. But are you looking for fun? Looking for adventure? Then the Sprawl Tourism Board invites you to level-up your travel game, and experience the wonders of o
The Versus Evil Autumn Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! While you're browsing our catalog , why not check out our slate of upcoming titles if you haven't already: Broken Roads is a narrative-driven RPG that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningf
"A Kingdom Worth Protecting" provides a look into the world of Lil' Guardsman and the Sprawl, with introductions to some of its most colorful characters and scenic vistas! Don’t worry: we keep things as spoiler-free as possible.