Choose Hats Are Not Allowed
Choose Hats Are Not Allowed if you want a RPG and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Hats Are Not Allowed launched in 2022.
Hats Are Not Allowed vs Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
Hats Are Not Allowed and Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover both land in Action, 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 share Action, Adventure on Steam. Hats Are Not Allowed (2022) is 4 years older than Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover (2026). Hats Are Not Allowed is free; Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover is paid (Price unknown). 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 Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
Choose Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover if you want the Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Custom Volume Controls, and Stereo Sound side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover launched in 2026.
Both Hats Are Not Allowed and Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover sit in Action and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen 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
 Hats Are Not Allowed |  Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play | Action, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 91.3% positive (23 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Lazer Genu | Bugzsteaks |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure on Steam.
- Hats Are Not Allowed (2022) is 4 years older than Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover (2026).
- Hats Are Not Allowed is free; Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover is paid (Price unknown).
- Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover has co-op; Hats Are Not Allowed does not.
Hats Are Not Allowed vs Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover — FAQ
- Should I play Hats Are Not Allowed or Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover first?
- If you want chronology, Hats Are Not Allowed (2022) came out before Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover (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 Hats Are Not Allowed and Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.
- Is Hats Are Not Allowed free?
- Yes — Hats Are Not Allowed is a free-to-play Steam title. Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover is paid (Price unknown).