Choose Elsword
Choose Elsword if you want a Free To Play and Casual experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 6,379 Steam reviews back the pick.
Elsword vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
Elsword and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom 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. Elsword (2014) is 9 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023). Both sit near 71% positive on Steam (Elsword: 6,379 reviews, The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom: 181). 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 Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom if you want the Online Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom launched in 2023.
Both Elsword and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom 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. Steam reviews are nearly tied (71% vs 71.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Elsword |  The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Casual | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 71% positive (6,379 reviews) | 71.8% positive (181 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | KOG | ZeniMax Online Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Elsword (2014) is 9 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023).
- Both sit near 71% positive on Steam (Elsword: 6,379 reviews, The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom: 181).
- Elsword is free; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Elsword is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom has no Deck rating yet.
Elsword vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom — FAQ
- Which is better, Elsword or The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Elsword sits at 71% positive (6,379 reviews), The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom at 71.8% (181). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Elsword or The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom first?
- If you want chronology, Elsword (2014) came out before The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023). 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 Elsword and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom 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 Elsword and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Elsword ships Co-op; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Elsword free?
- Yes — Elsword is a free-to-play Steam title. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom is paid (Price unknown).
- Does Elsword run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Elsword is rated Deck Playable by Valve. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.