Which is better, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope or The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me?

On Steam reviews The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope scores higher (70.9% positive) than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (58.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.

Should I play The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope or The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me first?

If you want chronology, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020) came out before The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (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.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope vs The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope and The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me both land in Adventure 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 are Adventure games on Steam. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020) is 2 years older than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (2022). The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope scores higher on Steam reviews (70.9% positive) than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (58.4% 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 Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

Choose The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope if you want the Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 70.9% positive across 2,877 reviews.

Choose The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Choose The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me if you want the Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 1,732 Steam reviews back the pick.

Both The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope and The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me sit in Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player and Shared/Split Screen, 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.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope vs The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me — Steam metadata comparison
	The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope	The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Released	2020	2022
Genres	Adventure	Adventure
Platforms	Windows	Windows
Steam Deck	Deck Unsupported	Deck Verified
Price	19.99 USD	39.99 USD
Steam reviews	70.9% positive (2,877 reviews)	58.4% positive (1,732 reviews)
Multiplayer	Multi-player	Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Developers	Supermassive Games	Supermassive Games

Side by side

Both are Adventure games on Steam.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020) is 2 years older than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (2022).
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope scores higher on Steam reviews (70.9% positive) than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (58.4% positive).
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (19.99 USD vs. 39.99 USD).
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me has co-op; The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope does not.
Steam Deck: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is Deck Unsupported, The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me is Deck Verified.