Choose Murder Miners
Choose Murder Miners if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 90.3% positive across 3,095 reviews.
Murder Miners vs Ben and Ed - Blood Party
Murder Miners and Ben and Ed - Blood Party both land in Action, Indie 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 on Steam. Murder Miners (2014) is 4 years older than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (2018). Murder Miners scores higher on Steam reviews (90.3% positive) than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (82.3% 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 Ben and Ed - Blood Party
Choose Ben and Ed - Blood Party if it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Ben and Ed - Blood Party launched in 2018.
Both Murder Miners and Ben and Ed - Blood Party sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, 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
 Murder Miners |  Ben and Ed - Blood Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 90.3% positive (3,095 reviews) | 82.3% positive (447 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | JForce Games | Sluggerfly |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Murder Miners (2014) is 4 years older than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (2018).
- Murder Miners scores higher on Steam reviews (90.3% positive) than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (82.3% positive).
- Murder Miners is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (2.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Murder Miners is Deck Verified, Ben and Ed - Blood Party is Deck Playable.
Murder Miners vs Ben and Ed - Blood Party — FAQ
- Which is better, Murder Miners or Ben and Ed - Blood Party?
- On Steam reviews Murder Miners scores higher (90.3% positive) than Ben and Ed - Blood Party (82.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Murder Miners is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Murder Miners or Ben and Ed - Blood Party first?
- If you want chronology, Murder Miners (2014) came out before Ben and Ed - Blood Party (2018). 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 Murder Miners and Ben and Ed - Blood Party similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie 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 Murder Miners and Ben and Ed - Blood Party have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Murder Miners ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Ben and Ed - Blood Party ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.