Choose Shattered Horizon
Choose Shattered Horizon if you want the Valve Anti-Cheat enabled side of the pairing. Shattered Horizon launched in 2009.
Shattered Horizon vs Hypergate
Shattered Horizon and Hypergate both land in Action, Indie 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, Indie on Steam. Shattered Horizon (2009) is 9 years older than Hypergate (2018). Both sit near 88% positive on Steam (Shattered Horizon: 275 reviews, Hypergate: 33). 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 Hypergate
Choose Hypergate if you want a Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, LAN PvP, and PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Hypergate launched in 2018.
Both Shattered Horizon and Hypergate sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (88.7% vs 87.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Shattered Horizon |  Hypergate | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 11.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 88.7% positive (275 reviews) | 87.9% positive (33 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Futuremark | Geoff Nagy |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Shattered Horizon (2009) is 9 years older than Hypergate (2018).
- Both sit near 88% positive on Steam (Shattered Horizon: 275 reviews, Hypergate: 33).
- Shattered Horizon is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Hypergate has no Deck rating yet.
Shattered Horizon vs Hypergate — FAQ
- Should I play Shattered Horizon or Hypergate first?
- If you want chronology, Shattered Horizon (2009) came out before Hypergate (2018). 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 Shattered Horizon and Hypergate similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie 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.