Choose Blade & Soul Heroes
Choose Blade & Soul Heroes if you want an Action and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Blade & Soul Heroes launched in 2025.
Blade & Soul Heroes vs Legion Hunters
Blade & Soul Heroes and Legion Hunters both land in Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, 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 Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play on Steam. Blade & Soul Heroes (2025) is 1 year older than Legion Hunters (2026). Both are free to 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 Legion Hunters
Choose Legion Hunters if you want an Indie and RPG game with Online PvP, Camera Comfort, and Custom Volume Controls. Legion Hunters launched in 2026.
Both Blade & Soul Heroes and Legion Hunters sit in Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online 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
 Blade & Soul Heroes |  Legion Hunters | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 67.4% positive (417 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | NCSOFT | LegionH |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play on Steam.
- Blade & Soul Heroes (2025) is 1 year older than Legion Hunters (2026).
- Both are free to play.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Blade & Soul Heroes is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Legion Hunters has no Deck rating yet.
Blade & Soul Heroes vs Legion Hunters — FAQ
- Should I play Blade & Soul Heroes or Legion Hunters first?
- If you want chronology, Blade & Soul Heroes (2025) came out before Legion Hunters (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 Blade & Soul Heroes and Legion Hunters similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, 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.
- Do both Blade & Soul Heroes and Legion Hunters have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Blade & Soul Heroes ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Legion Hunters ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Blade & Soul Heroes run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Blade & Soul Heroes is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Legion Hunters doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.