Choose Slime Battles
Choose Slime Battles if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Slime Battles launched in 2025.
Slime Battles vs Ultimate Battle
Slime Battles and Ultimate Battle both land in Action, 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 share Action, Indie on Steam. Ultimate Battle (2020) is 5 years older than Slime Battles (2025). Ultimate Battle is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Slime Battles (2.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD). 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 Ultimate Battle
Choose Ultimate Battle if you want the LAN PvP and Playable without Timed Input side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 40% cheaper on the Steam Store. Ultimate Battle launched in 2020.
Both Slime Battles and Ultimate Battle sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Slime Battles |  Ultimate Battle | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 2.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 100% positive (14 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Nish Studios | Matt Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Ultimate Battle (2020) is 5 years older than Slime Battles (2025).
- Ultimate Battle is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Slime Battles (2.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
Slime Battles vs Ultimate Battle — FAQ
- Should I play Slime Battles or Ultimate Battle first?
- If you want chronology, Ultimate Battle (2020) came out before Slime Battles (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 Slime Battles and Ultimate Battle similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.