Choose Badlanders
Choose Badlanders if you want a Strategy, Simulation, and Early Access game with Online Co-op and Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Badlanders launched in 2022.
Badlanders vs Lost Light
Badlanders and Lost Light both land in Action, Free To Play 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, Free To Play on Steam. Both released in 2022. Both sit near 53% positive on Steam (Badlanders: 657 reviews, Lost Light: 6,245). 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 Lost Light
Choose Lost Light if you want a Massively Multiplayer experience. 6,245 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Badlanders and Lost Light sit in Action and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (52.8% vs 53.1% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Badlanders |  Lost Light | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Simulation, Free To Play, Early Access | Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 52.8% positive (657 reviews) | 53.1% positive (6,245 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | 101.Studio | NetEase Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Both released in 2022.
- Both sit near 53% positive on Steam (Badlanders: 657 reviews, Lost Light: 6,245).
- Both are free to play.
- Badlanders has co-op; Lost Light does not.
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Badlanders vs Lost Light — FAQ
- Which is better, Badlanders or Lost Light?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Badlanders sits at 52.8% positive (657 reviews), Lost Light at 53.1% (6,245). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Are Badlanders and Lost Light similar?
- They overlap on Action, Free To Play 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.