On January 26, Highguard was launched on PC via Steam. Players from Russia faced issues where they could not start a match search, while everything worked correctly from other countries.
On January 28, the creators of Highguard blocked the game's page in the Russian Steam store.
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Highguard's online presence in the Valve service dropped sharply: at release, it exceeded 97,000 players, but two days later it is already within 19,000, i.e., it fell by 5 times.
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Highguard is receiving negative reviews not only due to server problems; not all players liked the concept of a shooter that combines elements from games of different genres.