Choose Roll a Ball With Your Friends
Choose Roll a Ball With Your Friends if you want a Casual game with Online Co-op and Co-op. On Steam, it's currently about 40% cheaper on the Steam Store. Roll a Ball With Your Friends launched in 2021.
Roll a Ball With Your Friends vs Synth Race
Roll a Ball With Your Friends and Synth Race both land in Action, Racing 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, Racing on Steam. Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) is 4 years older than Synth Race (2025). Roll a Ball With Your Friends is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Synth Race (2.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD). 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 Synth Race
Choose Synth Race if you want an Indie game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Synth Race launched in 2025.
Both Roll a Ball With Your Friends and Synth Race sit in Action and Racing 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
 Roll a Ball With Your Friends |  Synth Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Casual, Racing | Action, Indie, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 86.7% positive (45 reviews) | 6 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Utage Guys | Chonker Dev |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Racing on Steam.
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) is 4 years older than Synth Race (2025).
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Synth Race (2.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends has co-op; Synth Race does not.
Roll a Ball With Your Friends vs Synth Race — FAQ
- Should I play Roll a Ball With Your Friends or Synth Race first?
- If you want chronology, Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) came out before Synth Race (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 Roll a Ball With Your Friends and Synth Race similar?
- They overlap on Action, Racing 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.