Choose Spellsworn
Choose Spellsworn if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 88.2% positive across 841 reviews.
Spellsworn vs Paladins®
Spellsworn and Paladins® both land in Action, Free To Play 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, Free To Play on Steam. Both released in 2018. Spellsworn scores higher on Steam reviews (88.2% positive) than Paladins® (82.1% 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 Paladins®
Choose Paladins® if you want a Strategy, Adventure, and Massively Multiplayer experience. 127,515 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Spellsworn and Paladins® sit in Action and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Spellsworn |  Paladins® | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 88.2% positive (841 reviews) | 82.1% positive (127,515 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Frogsong Studios | Evil Mojo Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Both released in 2018.
- Spellsworn scores higher on Steam reviews (88.2% positive) than Paladins® (82.1% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Paladins® is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Spellsworn has no Deck rating yet.
Spellsworn vs Paladins® — FAQ
- Which is better, Spellsworn or Paladins®?
- On Steam reviews Spellsworn scores higher (88.2% positive) than Paladins® (82.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Spellsworn is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are Spellsworn and Paladins® similar?
- They overlap on Action, Free To Play 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.