Choose Hourglass: Prologue
Choose Hourglass: Prologue if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. Hourglass: Prologue launched in 2021.
Hourglass: Prologue vs Mai: Child of Ages
Hourglass: Prologue and Mai: Child of Ages both land in Adventure 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 are Adventure games on Steam. Hourglass: Prologue (2021) is 4 years older than Mai: Child of Ages (2025). Hourglass: Prologue scores higher on Steam reviews (87.5% positive) than Mai: Child of Ages (85.7% 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 Mai: Child of Ages
Choose Mai: Child of Ages if you want an Action game with Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Mai: Child of Ages launched in 2025.
Both Hourglass: Prologue and Mai: Child of Ages sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (87.5% vs 85.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Hourglass: Prologue |  Mai: Child of Ages | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Action, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 87.5% positive (24 reviews) | 85.7% positive (21 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Cyberwave | Chubby Pixel |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Hourglass: Prologue (2021) is 4 years older than Mai: Child of Ages (2025).
- Hourglass: Prologue scores higher on Steam reviews (87.5% positive) than Mai: Child of Ages (85.7% positive).
- Mai: Child of Ages has co-op; Hourglass: Prologue does not.
- Mai: Child of Ages is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Hourglass: Prologue has no Deck rating yet.
Hourglass: Prologue vs Mai: Child of Ages — FAQ
- Should I play Hourglass: Prologue or Mai: Child of Ages first?
- If you want chronology, Hourglass: Prologue (2021) came out before Mai: Child of Ages (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 Hourglass: Prologue and Mai: Child of Ages similar?
- They overlap on Adventure 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 Hourglass: Prologue have multiplayer like Mai: Child of Ages?
- No. Mai: Child of Ages supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op), while Hourglass: Prologue is listed as single-player only.