Choose Pathless Woods
Choose Pathless Woods if you want an Adventure, RPG, and Early Access experience. Pathless Woods launched in 2024.
Pathless Woods vs Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales
Pathless Woods and Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales both land in Strategy, Indie, Simulation 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 Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam. Pathless Woods (2024) is 2 years older than Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales (2026). Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales is currently ~42% cheaper on Steam than Pathless Woods (11.69 USD vs. 19.99 USD). 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 Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales
Choose Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales if you want the Online PvP, LAN PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 42% cheaper on the Steam Store. Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales launched in 2026.
Both Pathless Woods and Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales sit in Strategy, Indie, and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and LAN 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
 Pathless Woods |  Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2026 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual, Early Access | Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 11.69 USD |
| Steam reviews | 84.9% positive (166 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op |
| Developers | AniYa Games Studio | Mavi Game Lab |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Pathless Woods (2024) is 2 years older than Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales (2026).
- Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales is currently ~42% cheaper on Steam than Pathless Woods (11.69 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Pathless Woods is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales has no Deck rating yet.
Pathless Woods vs Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales — FAQ
- Should I play Pathless Woods or Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales first?
- If you want chronology, Pathless Woods (2024) came out before Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales (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 Pathless Woods and Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Simulation 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 Pathless Woods and Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Pathless Woods ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op; Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op.
- Does Pathless Woods run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pathless Woods is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.