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 EmergeNYC
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice and EmergeNYC 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 1 year older than EmergeNYC (2016). Both sit near 65% positive on Steam (Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice: 240 reviews, EmergeNYC: 3,239). 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 EmergeNYC
Choose EmergeNYC if you want a Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game with Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 3,239 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice and EmergeNYC sit in Action, Strategy, and Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (64.6% vs 64.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice | EmergeNYC | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2016 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 64.6% positive (240 reviews) | 64.9% positive (3,239 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Volens Nolens Games | FlipSwitch Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (2015) is 1 year older than EmergeNYC (2016).
- Both sit near 65% positive on Steam (Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice: 240 reviews, EmergeNYC: 3,239).
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is free; EmergeNYC is paid (24.99 USD).
- EmergeNYC has co-op; Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not.
- Steam Deck: Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is Deck Playable, EmergeNYC is Deck Unsupported.
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice vs EmergeNYC — FAQ
- Which is better, Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice or EmergeNYC?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice sits at 64.6% positive (240 reviews), EmergeNYC at 64.9% (3,239). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice or EmergeNYC first?
- If you want chronology, Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice (2015) came out before EmergeNYC (2016). 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 EmergeNYC 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 EmergeNYC?
- No. EmergeNYC 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. EmergeNYC is paid (24.99 USD).