Choose Altitude
Choose Altitude if you want an Action, Strategy, and Simulation game with Online PvP, LAN PvP, and LAN Co-op. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 1,206 Steam reviews back the pick.
Altitude vs whale.
Altitude and whale. both land in Indie, Casual 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 Indie, Casual on Steam. Altitude (2009) is 13 years older than whale. (2022). Altitude is free; whale. is paid (1.99 USD). 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 whale.
Choose whale. if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. whale. launched in 2022.
Both Altitude and whale. sit in Indie and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and 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
 Altitude |  whale. | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive (1,206 reviews) | 9 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Nimbly Games | Rex K. |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Altitude (2009) is 13 years older than whale. (2022).
- Altitude is free; whale. is paid (1.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
Altitude vs whale. — FAQ
- Should I play Altitude or whale. first?
- If you want chronology, Altitude (2009) came out before whale. (2022). 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 Altitude and whale. similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual 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 Altitude and whale. have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Altitude ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op; whale. ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Altitude free?
- Yes — Altitude is a free-to-play Steam title. whale. is paid (1.99 USD).