Choose Devil on Your Shoulder
Choose Devil on Your Shoulder if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Devil on Your Shoulder launched in 2025.
Devil on Your Shoulder vs Into the Waves
Devil on Your Shoulder and Into the Waves both land in Indie, Adventure, 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 share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam. Into the Waves (2021) is 4 years older than Devil on Your Shoulder (2025). Into the Waves is free; Devil on Your Shoulder is paid (6.99 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 Into the Waves
Choose Into the Waves if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Into the Waves launched in 2021.
Both Devil on Your Shoulder and Into the Waves sit in Indie, Adventure, and Casual on Steam, 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
 Devil on Your Shoulder |  Into the Waves | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2021 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, RPG, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 6.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 7 reviews | 81.5% positive (27 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Heart's Choice | Flying Whale |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Into the Waves (2021) is 4 years older than Devil on Your Shoulder (2025).
- Into the Waves is free; Devil on Your Shoulder is paid (6.99 USD).
- Into the Waves is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Devil on Your Shoulder has no Deck rating yet.
Devil on Your Shoulder vs Into the Waves — FAQ
- Should I play Devil on Your Shoulder or Into the Waves first?
- If you want chronology, Into the Waves (2021) came out before Devil on Your Shoulder (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 Devil on Your Shoulder and Into the Waves similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, 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.
- Is Into the Waves free?
- Yes — Into the Waves is a free-to-play Steam title. Devil on Your Shoulder is paid (6.99 USD).