Choose Heavy Fire: Afghanistan
Choose Heavy Fire: Afghanistan if it's currently about 80% cheaper on the Steam Store. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan launched in 2014.
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan vs Operation Night Strikers
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan and Operation Night Strikers both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (2014) is 11 years older than Operation Night Strikers (2025). Operation Night Strikers scores higher on Steam reviews (69% positive) than Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (61.8% 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 Operation Night Strikers
Choose Operation Night Strikers if you want the Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Save Anytime, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Operation Night Strikers launched in 2025.
Both Heavy Fire: Afghanistan and Operation Night Strikers sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Steam Leaderboards, 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
 Heavy Fire: Afghanistan |  Operation Night Strikers | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 61.8% positive (110 reviews) | 69% positive (29 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Teyon | M2 Co., Ltd. |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (2014) is 11 years older than Operation Night Strikers (2025).
- Operation Night Strikers scores higher on Steam reviews (69% positive) than Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (61.8% positive).
- Heavy Fire: Afghanistan is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Operation Night Strikers (2.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Operation Night Strikers has co-op; Heavy Fire: Afghanistan does not.
- Operation Night Strikers is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Heavy Fire: Afghanistan has no Deck rating yet.
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan vs Operation Night Strikers — FAQ
- Should I play Heavy Fire: Afghanistan or Operation Night Strikers first?
- If you want chronology, Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (2014) came out before Operation Night Strikers (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 Heavy Fire: Afghanistan and Operation Night Strikers similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.