Choose Hostile Lands
Choose Hostile Lands if you want an Indie and Early Access experience. Hostile Lands launched in 2025.
Hostile Lands vs Protect Your Humans
Hostile Lands and Protect Your Humans 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. Hostile Lands (2025) is 1 year older than Protect Your Humans (2026). Both support cooperative play. 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 Protect Your Humans
Choose Protect Your Humans if you want the Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, and Stereo Sound side of the pairing. Protect Your Humans launched in 2026.
Both Hostile Lands and Protect Your Humans sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen 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
 Hostile Lands |  Protect Your Humans | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Early Access | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 6.39 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 2 reviews | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Perceiving Light | RaphMoite |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Hostile Lands (2025) is 1 year older than Protect Your Humans (2026).
- Both support cooperative play.
Hostile Lands vs Protect Your Humans — FAQ
- Should I play Hostile Lands or Protect Your Humans first?
- If you want chronology, Hostile Lands (2025) came out before Protect Your Humans (2026). 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 Hostile Lands and Protect Your Humans 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.
- Do both Hostile Lands and Protect Your Humans have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Hostile Lands ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op; Protect Your Humans ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op.