Choose Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Choose Guacamelee! Gold Edition if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 1,864 Steam reviews back the pick.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition vs Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition both land in Action, Indie, Adventure 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, Adventure on Steam. Guacamelee! Gold Edition (2013) is 1 year older than Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (2014). Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Guacamelee! Gold Edition: 1,864 reviews, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition: 1,289). 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 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Choose Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition if you want the Shared/Split Screen Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 1,289 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Steam Leaderboards, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (92.4% vs 91.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Guacamelee! Gold Edition |  Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2013 | 2014 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.4% positive (1,864 reviews) | 91.9% positive (1,289 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Drinkbox Studios | Drinkbox Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Guacamelee! Gold Edition (2013) is 1 year older than Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (2014).
- Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Guacamelee! Gold Edition: 1,864 reviews, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition: 1,289).
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Guacamelee! Gold Edition (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition has co-op; Guacamelee! Gold Edition does not.
- Both are Deck Verified.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition vs Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition — FAQ
- Which is better, Guacamelee! Gold Edition or Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Guacamelee! Gold Edition sits at 92.4% positive (1,864 reviews), Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition at 91.9% (1,289). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Guacamelee! Gold Edition or Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Guacamelee! Gold Edition (2013) came out before Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (2014). 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 Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Adventure 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.
- Do Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition both run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — both are Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve confirms they run with full controller support, legible text, and default settings out of the box.