Choose Starseed
Choose Starseed if you want a Strategy, Adventure, and Simulation experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Starseed launched in 2025.
Starseed vs Square Farm
Starseed and Square Farm both land in Indie, 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 Indie, Casual on Steam. Square Farm (2022) is 3 years older than Starseed (2025). Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (Starseed: 11 reviews, Square Farm: 36). 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 Square Farm
Choose Square Farm if it's currently about 58% cheaper on the Steam Store. Square Farm launched in 2022.
Both Starseed and Square Farm sit in Indie and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.9% vs 91.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Starseed |  Square Farm | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2022 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual, Early Access | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 11.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 90.9% positive (11 reviews) | 91.7% positive (36 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | heartsynth | Turnip Based Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Square Farm (2022) is 3 years older than Starseed (2025).
- Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (Starseed: 11 reviews, Square Farm: 36).
- Square Farm is currently ~58% cheaper on Steam than Starseed (4.99 USD vs. 11.99 USD).
Starseed vs Square Farm — FAQ
- Should I play Starseed or Square Farm first?
- If you want chronology, Square Farm (2022) came out before Starseed (2025). 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 Starseed and Square Farm similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.