Choose The Five Cores Remastered
Choose The Five Cores Remastered if you want the Tracked Controller Support side of the pairing. The Five Cores Remastered launched in 2019.
The Five Cores Remastered vs The Riese Project - Prologue
The Five Cores Remastered and The Riese Project - Prologue both land in Indie, Adventure, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure, Free To Play on Steam. The Five Cores Remastered (2019) is 4 years older than The Riese Project - Prologue (2023). Both sit near 68% positive on Steam (The Five Cores Remastered: 22 reviews, The Riese Project - Prologue: 97). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Riese Project - Prologue
Choose The Riese Project - Prologue if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Riese Project - Prologue launched in 2023.
Both The Five Cores Remastered and The Riese Project - Prologue sit in Indie, Adventure, and Free To Play on Steam and both list VR Supported, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (68.2% vs 68% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Five Cores Remastered |  The Riese Project - Prologue | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Adventure, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 68.2% positive (22 reviews) | 68% positive (97 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Matthieu Gouby | MasashigeDev |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Free To Play on Steam.
- The Five Cores Remastered (2019) is 4 years older than The Riese Project - Prologue (2023).
- Both sit near 68% positive on Steam (The Five Cores Remastered: 22 reviews, The Riese Project - Prologue: 97).
- Both are free to play.
- The Riese Project - Prologue is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; The Five Cores Remastered has no Deck rating yet.
The Five Cores Remastered vs The Riese Project - Prologue — FAQ
- Should I play The Five Cores Remastered or The Riese Project - Prologue first?
- If you want chronology, The Five Cores Remastered (2019) came out before The Riese Project - Prologue (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Five Cores Remastered and The Riese Project - Prologue similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.