Choose Orange Season
Choose Orange Season if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Orange Season launched in 2024.
Orange Season vs Verdant Skies
Orange Season and Verdant Skies both land in Adventure, Simulation, RPG 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 Adventure, Simulation, RPG on Steam. Verdant Skies (2018) is 6 years older than Orange Season (2024). Verdant Skies scores higher on Steam reviews (78.3% positive) than Orange Season (56.3% 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 Verdant Skies
Choose Verdant Skies if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 78.3% positive across 323 reviews.
Both Orange Season and Verdant Skies sit in Adventure, Simulation, and RPG 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
 Orange Season |  Verdant Skies | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2018 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual | Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 56.3% positive (252 reviews) | 78.3% positive (323 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Innerfire Studios | Howling Moon Software |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Simulation, RPG on Steam.
- Verdant Skies (2018) is 6 years older than Orange Season (2024).
- Verdant Skies scores higher on Steam reviews (78.3% positive) than Orange Season (56.3% positive).
- Verdant Skies is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Orange Season (19.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Orange Season is Deck Playable, Verdant Skies is Deck Verified.
Orange Season vs Verdant Skies — FAQ
- Which is better, Orange Season or Verdant Skies?
- On Steam reviews Verdant Skies scores higher (78.3% positive) than Orange Season (56.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Verdant Skies is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Orange Season or Verdant Skies first?
- If you want chronology, Verdant Skies (2018) came out before Orange Season (2024). 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 Orange Season and Verdant Skies similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Simulation, RPG 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.