Choose Emily Wants To Play
Choose Emily Wants To Play if you want an Adventure, Simulation, and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 77.1% positive across 943 reviews.
Emily Wants To Play vs Frosty Nights
Emily Wants To Play and Frosty Nights both land in Action, Strategy, Indie 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 Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam. Emily Wants To Play (2015) is 2 years older than Frosty Nights (2017). Emily Wants To Play scores higher on Steam reviews (77.1% positive) than Frosty Nights (62.1% 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 Frosty Nights
Choose Frosty Nights if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Frosty Nights launched in 2017.
Both Emily Wants To Play and Frosty Nights sit in Action, Strategy, and Indie on Steam and both list Tracked Controller Support and 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 |  Frosty Nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2017 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual | Action, Strategy, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 77.1% positive (943 reviews) | 62.1% positive (103 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Shawn Hitchcock | ClockWork Wolf |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- Emily Wants To Play (2015) is 2 years older than Frosty Nights (2017).
- Emily Wants To Play scores higher on Steam reviews (77.1% positive) than Frosty Nights (62.1% positive).
- Frosty Nights is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Emily Wants To Play (4.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
- Emily Wants To Play is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Frosty Nights has no Deck rating yet.
Emily Wants To Play vs Frosty Nights — FAQ
- Which is better, Emily Wants To Play or Frosty Nights?
- On Steam reviews Emily Wants To Play scores higher (77.1% positive) than Frosty Nights (62.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Emily Wants To Play 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 Frosty Nights first?
- If you want chronology, Emily Wants To Play (2015) came out before Frosty Nights (2017). 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 Frosty Nights similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, Indie 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 Emily Wants To Play run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Emily Wants To Play is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Frosty Nights doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.