Choose Paintball with Friends
Choose Paintball with Friends if you want a Sports, Strategy, and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Online Co-op, and Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend.
Paintball with Friends vs ARKVAIN
Paintball with Friends and ARKVAIN both land in Action, 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, Indie on Steam. ARKVAIN is free; Paintball with Friends is paid (Price unknown). Paintball with Friends has co-op; ARKVAIN does not. 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 ARKVAIN
Choose ARKVAIN if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero.
Both Paintball with Friends and ARKVAIN sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Paintball with Friends |  ARKVAIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | — |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Strategy, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Joshh | Viewmatrix Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- ARKVAIN is free; Paintball with Friends is paid (Price unknown).
- Paintball with Friends has co-op; ARKVAIN does not.
Paintball with Friends vs ARKVAIN — FAQ
- Are Paintball with Friends and ARKVAIN similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.
- Is ARKVAIN free?
- Yes — ARKVAIN is a free-to-play Steam title. Paintball with Friends is paid (Price unknown).