Major Update v2.0.0: Read, Listen and Learn — Built-in Speech in Four Languages!

Guardian Beast now lets you listen as well as read! Our major v2.0.0 update is live on Windows and Intel Mac.

Watch the gameplay trailer with audio — turn on the player’s sound to hear speech in four languages.

Read, listen and enjoy learning

Hear story paragraphs and choices in Japanese, English, German and Chinese, read by a female voice. Combine speech with the Japanese original and translated text on the same screen, and explore expressions at your own pace. Chinese speech works with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese text.

No extra voice packs or OS voice setup

Speech is built into the game. Click the speaker beside a paragraph or story choice. You do not need to install separate voices for each language or configure your operating system's speech settings.

• Generate speech for just the short passage you want to hear
• Playback begins once generation finishes; a large status panel shows generation and elapsed time
• Keep using the game while speech is generating or playing, and stop it with the Stop button
• Try the voice using the speaker on the title screen

A smoother reading experience

The next-page indicator is larger and easier to spot, the default text display is faster, and startup now shows a progress meter.

Update and open the story again

If you already own Guardian Beast, update through Steam. No additional purchase is needed.

Speech is generated locally on the CPU; no dedicated GPU is required. Generation time depends on passage length and PC performance. The speech feature requires an AVX2-capable CPU. The Mac edition is for Intel x86_64 Macs running macOS 13 or later.

Return to a world of dragons and people — this time, read and listen. Enjoy the story and learning at your own pace!

Guardian Beast