Choose Hooking Season
Choose Hooking Season if you want a Free To Play game with Online PvP. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Hooking Season launched in 2023.
Hooking Season vs Goblins With Guns
Hooking Season and Goblins With Guns both land in Action, Indie, 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 Action, Indie, Casual on Steam. Hooking Season (2023) is 2 years older than Goblins With Guns (2025). Hooking Season is free; Goblins With Guns is paid (3.99 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 Goblins With Guns
Choose Goblins With Guns if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Goblins With Guns launched in 2025.
Both Hooking Season and Goblins With Guns sit in Action, Indie, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen PvP, 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
 Hooking Season |  Goblins With Guns | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Free To Play, Casual | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 3.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 2 reviews | 7 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Spawn Point Studios | Luke Toons |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Hooking Season (2023) is 2 years older than Goblins With Guns (2025).
- Hooking Season is free; Goblins With Guns is paid (3.99 USD).
Hooking Season vs Goblins With Guns — FAQ
- Should I play Hooking Season or Goblins With Guns first?
- If you want chronology, Hooking Season (2023) came out before Goblins With Guns (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 Hooking Season and Goblins With Guns similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, 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 Hooking Season free?
- Yes — Hooking Season is a free-to-play Steam title. Goblins With Guns is paid (3.99 USD).