Choose Roll a Ball With Your Friends
Choose Roll a Ball With Your Friends if you want the Online Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Roll a Ball With Your Friends launched in 2021.
Roll a Ball With Your Friends vs Don’t Pop!: Splash Race
Roll a Ball With Your Friends and Don’t Pop!: Splash Race both land in Action, Casual, 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, Casual, Racing on Steam. Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) is 5 years older than Don’t Pop!: Splash Race (2026). Roll a Ball With Your Friends is currently ~14% cheaper on Steam than Don’t Pop!: Splash Race (2.99 USD vs. 3.49 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 Don’t Pop!: Splash Race
Choose Don’t Pop!: Splash Race if you want an Early Access game with Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, and Stereo Sound. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Don’t Pop!: Splash Race launched in 2026.
Both Roll a Ball With Your Friends and Don’t Pop!: Splash Race sit in Action, Casual, 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 |  Don’t Pop!: Splash Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Casual, Racing | Action, Casual, Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 3.49 USD |
| Steam reviews | 86.7% positive (45 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Utage Guys | Copiasoft |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Casual, Racing on Steam.
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) is 5 years older than Don’t Pop!: Splash Race (2026).
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends is currently ~14% cheaper on Steam than Don’t Pop!: Splash Race (2.99 USD vs. 3.49 USD).
- Roll a Ball With Your Friends has co-op; Don’t Pop!: Splash Race does not.
Roll a Ball With Your Friends vs Don’t Pop!: Splash Race — FAQ
- Should I play Roll a Ball With Your Friends or Don’t Pop!: Splash Race first?
- If you want chronology, Roll a Ball With Your Friends (2021) came out before Don’t Pop!: Splash Race (2026). 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 Don’t Pop!: Splash Race similar?
- They overlap on Action, Casual, 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.