Choose Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Choose Guacamelee! Gold Edition if you want the Shared/Split Screen side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 25% cheaper on the Steam Store. 1,864 Steam reviews back the pick.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition vs Guacamelee! 2
Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! 2 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 5 years older than Guacamelee! 2 (2018). Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Guacamelee! Gold Edition: 1,864 reviews, Guacamelee! 2: 1,291). 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! 2
Choose Guacamelee! 2 if you want the Shared/Split Screen Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,291 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! 2 sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player and Steam Leaderboards, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (92.4% vs 91.8% 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! 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2013 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.4% positive (1,864 reviews) | 91.8% positive (1,291 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 5 years older than Guacamelee! 2 (2018).
- Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Guacamelee! Gold Edition: 1,864 reviews, Guacamelee! 2: 1,291).
- Guacamelee! Gold Edition is currently ~25% cheaper on Steam than Guacamelee! 2 (14.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Guacamelee! 2 has co-op; Guacamelee! Gold Edition does not.
- Both are Deck Verified.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition vs Guacamelee! 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, Guacamelee! Gold Edition or Guacamelee! 2?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Guacamelee! Gold Edition sits at 92.4% positive (1,864 reviews), Guacamelee! 2 at 91.8% (1,291). 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! 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Guacamelee! Gold Edition (2013) came out before Guacamelee! 2 (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 Guacamelee! Gold Edition and Guacamelee! 2 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! 2 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.