Choose Not For Broadcast
Choose Not For Broadcast if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 5,212 Steam reviews back the pick.
Not For Broadcast vs Not For Broadcast: Prologue
Not For Broadcast and Not For Broadcast: Prologue both land in Indie, Simulation 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 Indie, Simulation on Steam. Not For Broadcast: Prologue (2019) is 3 years older than Not For Broadcast (2022). Not For Broadcast scores higher on Steam reviews (95% positive) than Not For Broadcast: Prologue (93.6% 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 Not For Broadcast: Prologue
Choose Not For Broadcast: Prologue if it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Not For Broadcast: Prologue launched in 2019.
Both Not For Broadcast and Not For Broadcast: Prologue sit in Indie and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (95% vs 93.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Not For Broadcast |  Not For Broadcast: Prologue | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2019 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation | Indie, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 24.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive (5,212 reviews) | 93.6% positive (361 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | NotGames | NotGames |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Not For Broadcast: Prologue (2019) is 3 years older than Not For Broadcast (2022).
- Not For Broadcast scores higher on Steam reviews (95% positive) than Not For Broadcast: Prologue (93.6% positive).
- Not For Broadcast: Prologue is free; Not For Broadcast is paid (24.99 USD).
- Not For Broadcast is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Not For Broadcast: Prologue has no Deck rating yet.
Not For Broadcast vs Not For Broadcast: Prologue — FAQ
- Which is better, Not For Broadcast or Not For Broadcast: Prologue?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Not For Broadcast sits at 95% positive (5,212 reviews), Not For Broadcast: Prologue at 93.6% (361). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Not For Broadcast or Not For Broadcast: Prologue first?
- If you want chronology, Not For Broadcast: Prologue (2019) came out before Not For Broadcast (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 Not For Broadcast and Not For Broadcast: Prologue similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Simulation 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.
- Is Not For Broadcast: Prologue free?
- Yes — Not For Broadcast: Prologue is a free-to-play Steam title. Not For Broadcast is paid (24.99 USD).
- Does Not For Broadcast run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Not For Broadcast is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Not For Broadcast: Prologue doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.