Choose Badlanders
Choose Badlanders if you want a Strategy, Simulation, and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Badlanders launched in 2022.
Badlanders vs BattleVox
Badlanders and BattleVox both land in Action, Early Access 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, Early Access on Steam. Badlanders is free; BattleVox is paid (Price unknown). Both support cooperative play. 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 BattleVox
Choose BattleVox if you want an Indie and Massively Multiplayer game with MMO, Steam Leaderboards, and Playable without Timed Input.
Both Badlanders and BattleVox sit in Action and Early Access on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, 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
 Badlanders |  BattleVox | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | — |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Simulation, Free To Play, Early Access | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 52.8% positive (657 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | 101.Studio | Army Troop Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Early Access on Steam.
- Badlanders is free; BattleVox is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Badlanders is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; BattleVox has no Deck rating yet.
Badlanders vs BattleVox — FAQ
- Are Badlanders and BattleVox similar?
- They overlap on Action, Early Access 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.
- Do both Badlanders and BattleVox have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Badlanders ships Online Co-op, Co-op; BattleVox ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Badlanders free?
- Yes — Badlanders is a free-to-play Steam title. BattleVox is paid (Price unknown).