Choose Fall Guys
Choose Fall Guys if you want a Sports, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game with MMO. 148,234 Steam reviews back the pick.
Fall Guys vs Kaboom!
Fall Guys and Kaboom! both land in Action, Casual 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, Casual on Steam. Fall Guys (2020) is 1 year older than Kaboom! (2021). Both support cooperative play. 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 Kaboom!
Choose Kaboom! if you want an Early Access experience. Kaboom! launched in 2021.
Both Fall Guys and Kaboom! sit in Action and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, 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
 Fall Guys |  Kaboom! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2021 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Casual | Action, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 83.8% positive (148,234 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Mediatonic | CubeCoders Limited |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Casual on Steam.
- Fall Guys (2020) is 1 year older than Kaboom! (2021).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Fall Guys is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Kaboom! has no Deck rating yet.
Fall Guys vs Kaboom! — FAQ
- Should I play Fall Guys or Kaboom! first?
- If you want chronology, Fall Guys (2020) came out before Kaboom! (2021). 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 Fall Guys and Kaboom! similar?
- They overlap on Action, Casual 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 Fall Guys and Kaboom! have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Fall Guys ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Kaboom! ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Fall Guys run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fall Guys is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Kaboom! doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.