Choose Best Friend Forever
Choose Best Friend Forever if you want a Strategy and Simulation experience. Best Friend Forever launched in 2020.
Best Friend Forever vs Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart
Best Friend Forever and Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart both land in Indie 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 are Indie games on Steam. Best Friend Forever (2020) is 5 years older than Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart (2025). Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart scores higher on Steam reviews (90% positive) than Best Friend Forever (71.2% positive). 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 Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart
Choose Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart launched in 2025.
Both Best Friend Forever and Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart sit in Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Best Friend Forever |  Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2025 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Simulation | Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.2% positive (184 reviews) | 90% positive (10 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Starcolt | Ghost Moth |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Best Friend Forever (2020) is 5 years older than Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart (2025).
- Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart scores higher on Steam reviews (90% positive) than Best Friend Forever (71.2% positive).
- Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Best Friend Forever (19.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Best Friend Forever is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart has no Deck rating yet.
Best Friend Forever vs Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart — FAQ
- Should I play Best Friend Forever or Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart first?
- If you want chronology, Best Friend Forever (2020) came out before Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart (2025). 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 Best Friend Forever and Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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.
- Does Best Friend Forever run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Best Friend Forever is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.