Choose RiffTrax: The Game
Choose RiffTrax: The Game if you want an Indie experience. RiffTrax: The Game launched in 2022.
RiffTrax: The Game vs Yesterday's News
RiffTrax: The Game and Yesterday's News both land in Casual 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 Casual games on Steam. RiffTrax: The Game (2022) is 2 years older than Yesterday's News (2024). Yesterday's News scores higher on Steam reviews (93.3% positive) than RiffTrax: The Game (92% 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 Yesterday's News
Choose Yesterday's News if you want the Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and LAN PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Yesterday's News launched in 2024.
Both RiffTrax: The Game and Yesterday's News sit in Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (92% vs 93.3% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 RiffTrax: The Game |  Yesterday's News | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2024 |
| Genres | Indie, Casual | Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 11.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92% positive (213 reviews) | 93.3% positive (15 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt Wojda | Rooibos Games |
Side by side
- Both are Casual games on Steam.
- RiffTrax: The Game (2022) is 2 years older than Yesterday's News (2024).
- Yesterday's News scores higher on Steam reviews (93.3% positive) than RiffTrax: The Game (92% positive).
- RiffTrax: The Game is currently ~17% cheaper on Steam than Yesterday's News (9.99 USD vs. 11.99 USD).
- Yesterday's News has co-op; RiffTrax: The Game does not.
RiffTrax: The Game vs Yesterday's News — FAQ
- Should I play RiffTrax: The Game or Yesterday's News first?
- If you want chronology, RiffTrax: The Game (2022) came out before Yesterday's News (2024). 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 RiffTrax: The Game and Yesterday's News similar?
- They overlap on Casual 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.