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Guardians of the Sanctree
Developer HuCang Studio
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold. From the Steam store page
81 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jan 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
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68 positive · 13 negative
95% range 74–90%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
283 of 376 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 81 · most liked firstIf you enjoy games like Terraria, Oxygen Not Included and Craft the World - you will love this one. A huge underground system with different biomes, enemies and bosses. Two separate skill trees for your base and your character. If you choose to play with friends - it's a completely chaotic experience (in a good way!). Of course, the game also have bugs (Hehe, get it? Because you have to fight bugs, but it also means game bugs and...eh,nevermind), but developers are working on them extremely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*SOME SPOILERS* (most in second half) Don't bother playing this game right now, it absolutely still feels unfinished. There was multiple patches most of which broke more of the game rather than fixed it while playing. Multiplayer is especially unfinished, dozens of mobs and bosses were invisible until attacked for me as the second player. Some were also broken in such a way they would appear and one shot you as well, which was annoying. Plenty of other small things that made it hard to play at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is cute, but it's still in a beta or early access state. Many things are not explained, a lot of the UI is actively unfriendly to the player. Text overlapping other text or other parts of the UI. Logistics is a nightmare to sort out. The perk tree is all over the place. Progression is not smooth. A lot of the way the game works is still not really understood by myself or anyone I've played with. The replay value is also pretty low since the map it very static. The tech tree isn't that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a fun mix of survival, crafting, and tower defense with a cool style. It’s enjoyable when played with friends, but if you’re playing alone, it might be hard to manage everything. The beginning can be tough and the tutorial feels a bit awkward, but my friends who also played agree that it gets much better after that. If you like games like Terraria, you’ll enjoy this one too. It adds new challenges and fresh ideas while still feeling familiar. Just be ready for a tricky start and a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an unpolished gem and well worth any price 20$ or under. I want to preface this by saying that development for this game has nearly ceased. It appears to be a passion project undertaken by a small team of friends and never found financial success. Do not expect massive updates or amazing QOL additions that come down the pipeline. That being said.. it is a wonderful addition to the genre. It captures that feel and scratches many of the same itches that ONI, AutoForge and Ratopia.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is super buggy and slow. I love games like Terraria, Oxygen Not Included and Starbound so I figured this game was right up my alley. If it was well built it probably would be, but the tutorial was so clunky and buggy I gave up in 11 minutes and requested a refund. I honestly can't believe this game isn't marked as Early Access. It's not ready for sale at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel sorry for both the birds and the bugs in this situation, but that's the way the world works. War Never Changes...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Note: I received this product for free and played before the official release. I will be blunt, there's clearly a lot of work to be done. However, for the time behind this game and the fact that this is developed by a group of college students, I am very happy for what is here. My review has been edited as I was informed that the missing text issues have been fixed in the full release, so I removed that portion. Everything else still stands. Here's the pros, cons and mehs in my opinion:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like Guardians of the Sanctree. I am a big fan of games like Terraria and Oxygen Not Included, so I had high hopes going in. Sadly, the experience was underwhelming. The game opens with a painfully long and dull picture-by-picture slideshow that tries to set up the story, but I could not care less by the end of it. Controls are nothing out of the ordinary for this genre, yet somehow they still manage to feel off. The localization is all over the place. The so-called English…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love everything about this genre and games like terraria but i couldn't even make it through the awful tutorial of this one its so clunky and riddled with typos and bugs even from the start.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m SakuraSica, I have streamed this game for over 20 hours. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2449015183 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2449888532 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2450299535 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2451755882 ### Guardians of Sanctree: Game Review **Pros:** 1. **Addictive Production Line Gameplay** The production line mechanics in "Guardians of Sanctree" are incredibly engaging. Players will find themselves immersed in resource management, crafting, and optimizing their…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wish I could review it positively, but the further I get, the more bugs and poor optimization I discover. Constant stuttering, lag, slow inputs, vanishing items and invisible enemies, machines barely functioning and the game not explaining why. Randomly getting 1 shot by a bug I've killed dozens of times. The game is clearly still in an early access state and should be represented such. There's some good here, but I'd wait for awhile and see if the game is every actually finished. Also, I've…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game still has a ways to go I think. Especially for its price. It's very prone to bugs, supposedly especially in multiplayer, though I wasn't able to test that myself. The devs make a very good impression, though, they are very polite and responsive, they are constantly working on fixing bugs, improving UX and adding new stuff(introducing new bugs in the process), sometimes you see multiple patches in one day. The trailer on the store page doesn't resemble the gameplay very well at all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On the one hand, I hate Oxygen not Included On the other hand, I love Craft the world....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very unoptimized. I am only half way through and the game is laggy and slow, like trying to play through a pool of syrup. even in the beginning, when there was no lag, the controls are floaty like the character is swimming. there are also numerous translation errors that make trying to understand the use of many items difficult. the concept is interesting but the poor optimization leads to an ever increasing sense of frustration.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game's a diamond in the rough. It's a fun mix of city management and tower defense. It feels like something I'd play in Newsgrounds' heyday, and that's a compliment. However, it also suffers from some optimization issues, an English translation with numerous mistakes, and the game just kind of finishes with no real fanfare but lets you keep playing as if that wasn't supposed to be the end. All that said, I enjoyed it enough to get all the achievements and the multiplayer is a good time…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is so clunky and full of bugs and typos that I couldn't even make it an hour. I love games like Oxygen Not Included and Rimworld but this is unplayable. Save your money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game but it seems like it might be abandon; which is sad cus all the core mechanics are really fun and id love to see more added to the game. i quite honestly think more ppl should give it a chance; its like if Oni had multiplayer!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks and plays like one of those old school flash games. The progression feels great and carving out the world is satisfying. This game is addicting--there's always something to do. Recommend playing with a friend :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this needed a lot longer in the oven before coming out. Dev seems genuine but if its in this state after having 10 people working on it then I dont have much hope now there's only 1 left to work on it. It's looking like a refund for me. I'll try again before i do maybe but very sad to say I don't think this is it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of the UI is actively unfriendly to the player. Not for me. 3/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whilst I've only dipped my toe into what the game has to offer, I'm definitely liking the look of things so far, really like the character designs and the soundtrack is nice and chill, and the base building mechanics seem pretty interesting to work with! Best wishes to the dev team for development and future updates!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the birds tortured the poor beetles so much that they had to evolve, and then, for the same reasons, the birds had to evolve. So in the end, people came out of birds, and left-liberal radicals came out of beetles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guardians of the Sanctree is a charming and immersive action-adventure RPG that combines beautiful hand-drawn art with deep, strategic gameplay. Developed by a passionate indie team, the game invites players into a lush, vibrant fantasy world where nature, magic, and ancient secrets intertwine. At its core, it is a story about protecting a mystical forest and its sacred tree from dark forces seeking to corrupt and destroy it. This premise sets the tone for an experience that is as much about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What i love about playing Guardians of the Sanctree is that i have full control on my economy, resources, military power, population, and even my own character as well with multiple options. The only thing i can think of that would make this game better is to make the walls on the border, walls that can be protected and upgraded. Along with potential flying monsters. Being able to customize the colors on how the birds look would add more immersion as well. Another thing to add would be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guardians of the Sanctree คือเรื่องราวของเหล่าวิหคผู้ถูกรุกรานจากแมลงใต้พิภพที่ได้พลังแห่งความชั่วร้ายมาครอบครองเพื่อหวังยึดครองต้นไม้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ซึ่งเป็นแหล่งที่มั่นสุดท้าย เหล่าวิหคทั้งหลายจึงทำการดัดแปลงพันธุกรรมให้ปีกกลายเป็นแขนเรียกเรียกขานตัวเองว่า “สกุณาสละปีก” เพื่อหยิบอาวุธต่อกรกับพวกในรูปแบบของ Tower defend ที่ผสมผสานแนว Automation และ Supply management เข้าไว้ด้วยกัน จึงทำให้เข้าถึงของคำว่า Survival ได้อย่างพริกถึงขิงกันเลยทีเดียว เริ่มต้นเกมด้วยการฝึกหัดระบบเกม เช่นการขุดเจาะ…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Guardians of the Sanctree" was a pleasant surprise, and not just because I found myself defending over 300 little birds and their families from a swarm of evil bugs. The game sets you up as a feathered guardian of Sanctree City, where you and your avian allies must protect your towering tree home from relentless subterranean insect invasions. What starts as a simple defense operation quickly turns into a full-blown war for survival, with a dash of humor and a lot of strategic depth. Resource…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game and nice adventure. Recommended to play in coop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glitches, translation errors, bad balance choices, and lack of QOL mean most people probably would avoid... Though I genuinely think these issues are overall minor despite the long list. Just minor inconveniences. over 4 months ago, the dev explained they disbanded the group due to money and etc. It's rough out there for independent indie game studios. So I wouldn't buy it expecting all the fixes in the world anytime soon. Especially not when it's down to just 1 person who may or may not have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm doing my part to support the game developers. The game has bugs, is clunky and needs polishing but the core idea is entertaining. The art and music are plain awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Mixed between tower defense and base building, a game I'm looking for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MapleStory vibes + scratches the colony sim itch. An enjoyable time, will be playing more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing for a little over a week and clocked in 50+ hrs LOL. It's still a relatively new game with some bugs here and there but the concept is interesting enough to keep me playing. I'm curious to see how this game will grow in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relaxing platformer with pleasant music. Just what you need after a hard day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →built a factory for the production of beer and cigarettes and became a monopolist on the server
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun mix of Terraria with tower-defense elements, played back in early free access. Developers expanded even more arsenal of all possible buildings and crafting, added more variety. For a group of friends to spend a couple of evenings fits well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute birds decided to commit genocide of beetles. that's the whole story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game to play in the evening with a friend online. Especially impressed by the fascinating mechanics of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can play by yourself and with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most beautiful adventures, you will play as cute animals and try to survive in this world. You will have to learn new techniques, develop and protect your dwelling).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite genres of games. You will have the opportunity to build your own base, everything is simple dig, find resources, dig, develop, defend against monsters. The game is very addictive) Recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The early stage was a bit too slow. It is suggested that players should have the option to quickly progress to the mid-to-late stage. Once the survival pressure increases in the mid-to-late stage, it will be very exciting.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game knowing the developers have a limited team working on improvements. It is a really interesting concept, but some things do not make sense, like how building block upgrades seem to come after decorations?? Also, when you start a new world, you can use your previous saved character and bring all your backpack items with you. This feels a bit weird and too OP for a fresh start, I might as well keep restarting to do better in every subsequent run. Other than that, I feel like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is cheap and yet still isnt really worth it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game remembers me to AEGIS defenders+Oxygen not iclude... but with more stuff that could be amazing... but I think is not well executed still... I think that it has a lot of potencial but it feels like is not finished. (Maybe has a little of Terraria lol) The art style is cool, looks fun but certain animation are souless... Why I don't recomend it: -The animation of the characters when jump barely exist and this make the game feel like.. souless(?) -The game takes like an hour to start.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has potential but will likely never see an official release
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great. It is very fun but the only issue I have is optimisation. Every time it informs that the swarm or the blood moon is coming, heck some random times, the fps drops to like 1 frame per second.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ultimately it was still fun to play hence the thumbs up. That being said: The 'English' is painful to experience in many places. It reads like a badly translated web novel often enough to be make me cringe just thinking about it. Also, everything feels... off? I can't really explain it but it looks like it should play fine and it does but it also doesn't? This is definitely not release quality. Maybe phase 2ish early release.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly nice game. I am about 8 hours in and I still have full enjoyment. I can recommend this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, especially on co-op.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CUTE COLONY SIM! If Korea got Ratopia, China got GOTS (no pun intended). This game is pretty simple and can rake up 100 hours of gameplay easily. I do not see the bugs that many people are ranting about, but probably because I play this as a solo player while others might be playing with friends. It's perfect for FOTM game and definitely worth the sale price. If you are having problems learning about Oxygen Not Included being too complicated, this game is a good start for Colony Sim games.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is good, I would say mid among other games, I would play more, but I have to run to classes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great, we play online via steam. No departures were detected after the update.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2D game where the heroes are feathered creatures. A good survival game, there is crafting, you can play with friends, the developers monitor the game and release bug fixes very quickly, respect for that
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A kind of terraria, but with elements of tower defense. The plot is based on the fact that the birds are defending themselves from insects. Very well thought out crafting system, skill tree, and drawn graphics gives a kind of interesting visual style. Surprised that the game is implemented cooperative, but I have no friends, had to master alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool.The graphics are in my heart. The gameplay is diverse and the soundtrack is top.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay is a bit similar to terraria, but by combining it with tower defense with the theme of birds vs insects. as in base building games, of course, you have to find resources to build and... need food and drink resources too. you can play alone or with friends to make it more fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good game with unique mechanics and nice cartoon graphics.The game is definitely worth a look, especially for those who have already played Terraria
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great multiplayer game, similar to terraria, there are many different biomes and a skill tree leveling system
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