Choose Kingpin — Life of Crime
Choose Kingpin — Life of Crime if you want the Multi-player side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 79.3% positive across 290 reviews.
Kingpin — Life of Crime vs Kingpin: Reloaded
Kingpin — Life of Crime and Kingpin: Reloaded 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. Kingpin — Life of Crime (2009) is 14 years older than Kingpin: Reloaded (2023). Kingpin — Life of Crime scores higher on Steam reviews (79.3% positive) than Kingpin: Reloaded (37.1% 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 Kingpin: Reloaded
Choose Kingpin: Reloaded if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Kingpin: Reloaded launched in 2023.
Both Kingpin — Life of Crime and Kingpin: Reloaded 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
 Kingpin — Life of Crime |  Kingpin: Reloaded | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action | Action, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 19.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 79.3% positive (290 reviews) | 37.1% positive (232 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Single-player only |
| Developers | Xatrix Entertainment | Slipgate Ironworks™ |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Kingpin — Life of Crime (2009) is 14 years older than Kingpin: Reloaded (2023).
- Kingpin — Life of Crime scores higher on Steam reviews (79.3% positive) than Kingpin: Reloaded (37.1% positive).
- Kingpin: Reloaded is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Kingpin — Life of Crime has no Deck rating yet.
Kingpin — Life of Crime vs Kingpin: Reloaded — FAQ
- Which is better, Kingpin — Life of Crime or Kingpin: Reloaded?
- On Steam reviews Kingpin — Life of Crime scores higher (79.3% positive) than Kingpin: Reloaded (37.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Kingpin — Life of Crime is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Kingpin — Life of Crime or Kingpin: Reloaded first?
- If you want chronology, Kingpin — Life of Crime (2009) came out before Kingpin: Reloaded (2023). 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 Kingpin — Life of Crime and Kingpin: Reloaded 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 Kingpin: Reloaded have multiplayer like Kingpin — Life of Crime?
- No. Kingpin — Life of Crime supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Kingpin: Reloaded is listed as single-player only.