Choose Only Up: With Friends
Choose Only Up: With Friends if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. Only Up: With Friends launched in 2023.
Only Up: With Friends vs Up or Lava!
Only Up: With Friends and Up or Lava! 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. Both released in 2023. Up or Lava! is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Only Up: With Friends (4.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD). 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 Up or Lava!
Choose Up or Lava! if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Up or Lava! launched in 2023.
Both Only Up: With Friends and Up or Lava! sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, 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
 Only Up: With Friends |  Up or Lava! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 61.4% positive (158 reviews) | 6 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | NoGlyph Games | Garden of Dreams |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Both released in 2023.
- Up or Lava! is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Only Up: With Friends (4.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Only Up: With Friends is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Up or Lava! has no Deck rating yet.
Only Up: With Friends vs Up or Lava! — FAQ
- Are Only Up: With Friends and Up or Lava! 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 both Only Up: With Friends and Up or Lava! have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Only Up: With Friends ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Up or Lava! ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Only Up: With Friends run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Only Up: With Friends is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Up or Lava! doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.