Choose Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice
Choose Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice if it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice launched in 2015.
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice vs BadLads
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice and BadLads both land in Action, Strategy, 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, Strategy, Indie on Steam. Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (2015) is 5 years older than BadLads (2020). BadLads scores higher on Steam reviews (69.7% positive) than Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (64.6% 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 BadLads
Choose BadLads if you want a Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game with Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. BadLads launched in 2020.
Both Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice and BadLads sit in Action, Strategy, and Indie 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
 Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice |  BadLads | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 64.6% positive (240 reviews) | 69.7% positive (99 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Volens Nolens Games | CHEMICAL HEADS STUDIOS |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (2015) is 5 years older than BadLads (2020).
- BadLads scores higher on Steam reviews (69.7% positive) than Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (64.6% positive).
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is free; BadLads is paid (Price unknown).
- BadLads has co-op; Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not.
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; BadLads has no Deck rating yet.
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice vs BadLads — FAQ
- Should I play Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice or BadLads first?
- If you want chronology, Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (2015) came out before BadLads (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 Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice and BadLads similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, 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.
- Does Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice have multiplayer like BadLads?
- No. BadLads supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is listed as single-player only.
- Is Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice free?
- Yes — Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is a free-to-play Steam title. BadLads is paid (Price unknown).
- Does Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is rated Deck Playable by Valve. BadLads doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.