Choose TRANSFORMERS: Devastation
Choose TRANSFORMERS: Devastation if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.3% positive across 785 reviews.
TRANSFORMERS: Devastation vs Shing!
TRANSFORMERS: Devastation and Shing! 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. TRANSFORMERS: Devastation (2015) is 5 years older than Shing! (2020). TRANSFORMERS: Devastation scores higher on Steam reviews (94.3% positive) than Shing! (81.9% 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 Shing!
Choose Shing! if you want an Indie and Adventure game with Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Shing! launched in 2020.
Both TRANSFORMERS: Devastation and Shing! sit in Action on Steam, 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
 TRANSFORMERS: Devastation |  Shing! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.3% positive (785 reviews) | 81.9% positive (105 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | PlatinumGames | Mass Creation |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- TRANSFORMERS: Devastation (2015) is 5 years older than Shing! (2020).
- TRANSFORMERS: Devastation scores higher on Steam reviews (94.3% positive) than Shing! (81.9% positive).
- Shing! has co-op; TRANSFORMERS: Devastation does not.
- Shing! is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; TRANSFORMERS: Devastation has no Deck rating yet.
TRANSFORMERS: Devastation vs Shing! — FAQ
- Which is better, TRANSFORMERS: Devastation or Shing!?
- On Steam reviews TRANSFORMERS: Devastation scores higher (94.3% positive) than Shing! (81.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, TRANSFORMERS: Devastation is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play TRANSFORMERS: Devastation or Shing! first?
- If you want chronology, TRANSFORMERS: Devastation (2015) came out before Shing! (2020). 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 TRANSFORMERS: Devastation and Shing! 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.
- Does TRANSFORMERS: Devastation have multiplayer like Shing!?
- No. Shing! supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op), while TRANSFORMERS: Devastation is listed as single-player only.