Choose Blacklight: Retribution
Choose Blacklight: Retribution if you want a Free To Play experience. Blacklight: Retribution launched in 2012.
Blacklight: Retribution vs Titanfall® 2
Blacklight: Retribution and Titanfall® 2 both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Blacklight: Retribution (2012) is 8 years older than Titanfall® 2 (2020). Titanfall® 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (95.6% positive) than Blacklight: Retribution (40.4% positive). 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 Titanfall® 2
Choose Titanfall® 2 if you want the Online PvP and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 93,771 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Blacklight: Retribution and Titanfall® 2 sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, 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
 Blacklight: Retribution |  Titanfall® 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2012 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Free To Play | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | Price unknown | 4.49 USD |
| Steam reviews | 40.4% positive (89 reviews) | 95.6% positive (93,771 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Hardsuit Labs, Inc. | Respawn Entertainment |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Blacklight: Retribution (2012) is 8 years older than Titanfall® 2 (2020).
- Titanfall® 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (95.6% positive) than Blacklight: Retribution (40.4% positive).
- Titanfall® 2 is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Blacklight: Retribution has no Deck rating yet.
Blacklight: Retribution vs Titanfall® 2 — FAQ
- Should I play Blacklight: Retribution or Titanfall® 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Blacklight: Retribution (2012) came out before Titanfall® 2 (2020). 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 Blacklight: Retribution and Titanfall® 2 similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.