Choose SMITE®
Choose SMITE® if you want an Action, Indie, and Adventure experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 77% positive across 67,960 reviews.
SMITE® vs Vainglory
SMITE® and Vainglory both land in Strategy, 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, Free To Play on Steam. SMITE® (2015) is 4 years older than Vainglory (2019). SMITE® scores higher on Steam reviews (77% positive) than Vainglory (68.8% 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 Vainglory
Choose Vainglory if you want an Early Access game with Online PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 2,165 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both SMITE® and Vainglory sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player 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
 SMITE® |  Vainglory | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Casual | Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 77% positive (67,960 reviews) | 68.8% positive (2,165 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Titan Forge Games | Super Evil Megacorp |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- SMITE® (2015) is 4 years older than Vainglory (2019).
- SMITE® scores higher on Steam reviews (77% positive) than Vainglory (68.8% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- SMITE® is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Vainglory has no Deck rating yet.
SMITE® vs Vainglory — FAQ
- Which is better, SMITE® or Vainglory?
- On Steam reviews SMITE® scores higher (77% positive) than Vainglory (68.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, SMITE® is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play SMITE® or Vainglory first?
- If you want chronology, SMITE® (2015) came out before Vainglory (2019). 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 SMITE® and Vainglory similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, 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.