Choose Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Choose Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition if you want the Multi-player and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 92.6% positive across 9,240 reviews.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition vs The Waylanders
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and The Waylanders both land in Adventure, RPG 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 Adventure, RPG on Steam. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013) is 9 years older than The Waylanders (2022). Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (92.6% positive) than The Waylanders (41.7% 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 Waylanders
Choose The Waylanders if you want an Action, Strategy, and Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Waylanders launched in 2022.
Both Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and The Waylanders sit in Adventure and RPG on Steam, 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
 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition |  The Waylanders | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2013 | 2022 |
| Genres | Adventure, RPG | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 34.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.6% positive (9,240 reviews) | 41.7% positive (230 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Beamdog | GATO STUDIO |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013) is 9 years older than The Waylanders (2022).
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (92.6% positive) than The Waylanders (41.7% positive).
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is currently ~43% cheaper on Steam than The Waylanders (19.99 USD vs. 34.99 USD).
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has co-op; The Waylanders does not.
- Steam Deck: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is Deck Playable, The Waylanders is Deck Unsupported.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition vs The Waylanders — FAQ
- Which is better, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition or The Waylanders?
- On Steam reviews Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition scores higher (92.6% positive) than The Waylanders (41.7% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition or The Waylanders first?
- If you want chronology, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013) came out before The Waylanders (2022). 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 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and The Waylanders similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, RPG 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.
- Does The Waylanders have multiplayer like Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
- No. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op), while The Waylanders is listed as single-player only.