Choose Day of Dragons
Choose Day of Dragons if you want an Indie, Simulation, and Early Access experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 68.4% positive across 4,331 reviews.
Day of Dragons vs The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
Day of Dragons and The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle both land in Massively Multiplayer, RPG 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 Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam. Day of Dragons (2019) is 3 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (2022). Day of Dragons scores higher on Steam reviews (68.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (59.5% 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 The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle if you want an Action and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle launched in 2022.
Both Day of Dragons and The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle sit in Massively Multiplayer and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online 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
 Day of Dragons |  The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Early Access | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 68.4% positive (4,331 reviews) | 59.5% positive (163 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Beawesome Games | ZeniMax Online Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam.
- Day of Dragons (2019) is 3 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (2022).
- Day of Dragons scores higher on Steam reviews (68.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (59.5% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Day of Dragons is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle has no Deck rating yet.
Day of Dragons vs The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle — FAQ
- Which is better, Day of Dragons or The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle?
- On Steam reviews Day of Dragons scores higher (68.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (59.5% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Day of Dragons is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Day of Dragons or The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle first?
- If you want chronology, Day of Dragons (2019) came out before The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (2022). 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 Day of Dragons and The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle similar?
- They overlap on Massively Multiplayer, RPG 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.
- Do both Day of Dragons and The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Day of Dragons ships Online Co-op, Co-op; The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Day of Dragons run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Day of Dragons is rated Deck Playable by Valve. The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.