Choose Fall Guys
Choose Fall Guys if you want a Massively Multiplayer game with MMO. 148,234 Steam reviews back the pick.
Fall Guys vs Heroic Musical Chairs
Fall Guys and Heroic Musical Chairs both land in Action, Sports, 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, Sports, Indie on Steam. Fall Guys (2020) is 7 years older than Heroic Musical Chairs (2027). 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 Heroic Musical Chairs
Choose Heroic Musical Chairs if you want the Shared/Split Screen, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2027) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Heroic Musical Chairs launched in 2027.
Both Fall Guys and Heroic Musical Chairs sit in Action, Sports, and Indie 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 |  Heroic Musical Chairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2027 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Casual | Action, Sports, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 83.8% positive (148,234 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Mediatonic | Morbleu Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Sports, Indie on Steam.
- Fall Guys (2020) is 7 years older than Heroic Musical Chairs (2027).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Fall Guys is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Heroic Musical Chairs has no Deck rating yet.
Fall Guys vs Heroic Musical Chairs — FAQ
- Should I play Fall Guys or Heroic Musical Chairs first?
- If you want chronology, Fall Guys (2020) came out before Heroic Musical Chairs (2027). 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 Heroic Musical Chairs similar?
- They overlap on Action, Sports, 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.
- Do both Fall Guys and Heroic Musical Chairs have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Fall Guys ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Heroic Musical Chairs ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.
- Does Fall Guys run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fall Guys is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Heroic Musical Chairs doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.