Choose Secret World Legends
Choose Secret World Legends if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 66.9% positive across 6,679 reviews.
Secret World Legends vs The Yellow King
Secret World Legends and The Yellow King both land in Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Secret World Legends (2017) is 3 years older than The Yellow King (2020). Secret World Legends scores higher on Steam reviews (66.9% positive) than The Yellow King (46.4% 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 The Yellow King
Choose The Yellow King if you want an Indie, Casual, and Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Yellow King launched in 2020.
Both Secret World Legends and The Yellow King sit in Action, Adventure, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online 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
 Secret World Legends |  The Yellow King | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 8.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 66.9% positive (6,679 reviews) | 46.4% positive (166 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Funcom | Spellbook |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Secret World Legends (2017) is 3 years older than The Yellow King (2020).
- Secret World Legends scores higher on Steam reviews (66.9% positive) than The Yellow King (46.4% positive).
- Secret World Legends is free; The Yellow King is paid (8.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Secret World Legends is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; The Yellow King has no Deck rating yet.
Secret World Legends vs The Yellow King — FAQ
- Which is better, Secret World Legends or The Yellow King?
- On Steam reviews Secret World Legends scores higher (66.9% positive) than The Yellow King (46.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Secret World Legends is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Secret World Legends or The Yellow King first?
- If you want chronology, Secret World Legends (2017) came out before The Yellow King (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 Secret World Legends and The Yellow King similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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 both Secret World Legends and The Yellow King have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Secret World Legends ships Online Co-op, Co-op; The Yellow King ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Secret World Legends free?
- Yes — Secret World Legends is a free-to-play Steam title. The Yellow King is paid (8.99 USD).