Choose Summoners War: Chronicles
Choose Summoners War: Chronicles if you want a RPG game with Online PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 76% positive across 4,124 reviews.
Summoners War: Chronicles vs Blade & Soul Heroes
Summoners War: Chronicles and Blade & Soul Heroes both land in Action, Strategy, 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, Strategy, Adventure on Steam. Summoners War: Chronicles (2022) is 3 years older than Blade & Soul Heroes (2025). Summoners War: Chronicles scores higher on Steam reviews (76% positive) than Blade & Soul Heroes (67.4% 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 Blade & Soul Heroes
Choose Blade & Soul Heroes if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Blade & Soul Heroes launched in 2025.
Both Summoners War: Chronicles and Blade & Soul Heroes sit in Action, Strategy, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online Co-op, 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
 Summoners War: Chronicles |  Blade & Soul Heroes | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive (4,124 reviews) | 67.4% positive (417 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Com2uS | NCSOFT |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Adventure on Steam.
- Summoners War: Chronicles (2022) is 3 years older than Blade & Soul Heroes (2025).
- Summoners War: Chronicles scores higher on Steam reviews (76% positive) than Blade & Soul Heroes (67.4% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Summoners War: Chronicles is Deck Playable, Blade & Soul Heroes is Deck Verified.
Summoners War: Chronicles vs Blade & Soul Heroes — FAQ
- Which is better, Summoners War: Chronicles or Blade & Soul Heroes?
- On Steam reviews Summoners War: Chronicles scores higher (76% positive) than Blade & Soul Heroes (67.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Summoners War: Chronicles is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Summoners War: Chronicles or Blade & Soul Heroes first?
- If you want chronology, Summoners War: Chronicles (2022) came out before Blade & Soul Heroes (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 Summoners War: Chronicles and Blade & Soul Heroes similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, 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 both Summoners War: Chronicles and Blade & Soul Heroes have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Summoners War: Chronicles ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Blade & Soul Heroes ships Online Co-op, Co-op.