Choose Devil on Your Shoulder
Choose Devil on Your Shoulder if you want an Adventure and Casual 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 Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets
Devil on Your Shoulder and Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets both land in Indie, RPG 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, RPG on Steam. Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets (2022) is 3 years older than Devil on Your Shoulder (2025). Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Devil on Your Shoulder (6.99 USD vs. 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 Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets
Choose Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets launched in 2022.
Both Devil on Your Shoulder and Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets sit in Indie and RPG 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 |  Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, RPG, Casual | Indie, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 6.99 USD | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 7 reviews | 81.8% positive (11 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Heart's Choice | Heart's Choice |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, RPG on Steam.
- Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets (2022) is 3 years older than Devil on Your Shoulder (2025).
- Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Devil on Your Shoulder (6.99 USD vs. 6.99 USD).
- Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Devil on Your Shoulder has no Deck rating yet.
Devil on Your Shoulder vs Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets — FAQ
- Should I play Devil on Your Shoulder or Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets first?
- If you want chronology, Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets (2022) 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 Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets similar?
- They overlap on Indie, RPG 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.