Choose BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat
Choose BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat launched in 2020.
BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat vs Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends
BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat and Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends both land in Sports, 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 Sports, Casual on Steam. BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat (2020) is 5 years older than Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends (2025). BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends (96.3% 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 Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends
Choose Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends launched in 2025.
Both BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat and Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends sit in Sports and Casual on Steam, 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
 BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat |  Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2025 |
| Genres | Sports, Casual | Sports, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 1.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 100% positive (18 reviews) | 96.3% positive (27 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Opala Project | Mens Sana Interactive |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Casual on Steam.
- BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat (2020) is 5 years older than Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends (2025).
- BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends (96.3% positive).
- Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat (1.99 USD vs. 1.99 USD).
- BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends has no Deck rating yet.
BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat vs Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends — FAQ
- Should I play BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat or Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends first?
- If you want chronology, BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat (2020) came out before Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends (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 BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat and Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends similar?
- They overlap on Sports, 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.
- Does BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.