Choose Emily Wants To Play
Choose Emily Wants To Play if you want an Action, Strategy, and Adventure game with Tracked Controller Support. On Steam, it's currently about 88% cheaper on the Steam Store. Emily Wants To Play launched in 2015.
Emily Wants To Play vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
Emily Wants To Play and Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 both land in Indie, Simulation 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, Simulation on Steam. Emily Wants To Play (2015) is 8 years older than Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (2023). Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (94.9% positive) than Emily Wants To Play (77.1% 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 Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
Choose Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.9% positive across 3,793 reviews.
Both Emily Wants To Play and Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 sit in Indie and Simulation on Steam and both list VR Supported, 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
 Emily Wants To Play |  Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual | Indie, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 39.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 77.1% positive (943 reviews) | 94.9% positive (3,793 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Shawn Hitchcock | Steel Wool Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Emily Wants To Play (2015) is 8 years older than Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (2023).
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (94.9% positive) than Emily Wants To Play (77.1% positive).
- Emily Wants To Play is currently ~88% cheaper on Steam than Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (4.99 USD vs. 39.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Verified.
Emily Wants To Play vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, Emily Wants To Play or Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?
- On Steam reviews Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 scores higher (94.9% positive) than Emily Wants To Play (77.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Emily Wants To Play or Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Emily Wants To Play (2015) came out before Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (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 Emily Wants To Play and Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Simulation 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 Emily Wants To Play and Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 both run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — both are Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve confirms they run with full controller support, legible text, and default settings out of the box.