Which is better, The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor or No Straight Roads: Encore Edition?

On Steam reviews No Straight Roads: Encore Edition scores higher (91.6% positive) than The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (85.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, No Straight Roads: Encore Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.

Should I play The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor or No Straight Roads: Encore Edition first?

If you want chronology, The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (2016) came out before No Straight Roads: Encore Edition (2021). 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.

The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor vs No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor and No Straight Roads: Encore Edition both land in Action, Indie, 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 Action, Indie, RPG on Steam. The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (2016) is 5 years older than No Straight Roads: Encore Edition (2021). No Straight Roads: Encore Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (91.6% positive) than The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (85.3% 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 The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor

Choose The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor if you want the Steam Leaderboards, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 20% cheaper on the Steam Store. The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor launched in 2016.

Choose No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

Choose No Straight Roads: Encore Edition if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91.6% positive across 1,024 reviews.

Both The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor and No Straight Roads: Encore Edition sit in Action, Indie, and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen 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.

The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor vs No Straight Roads: Encore Edition — Steam metadata comparison
	The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor	No Straight Roads: Encore Edition
Released	2016	2021
Genres	Action, Indie, RPG	Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG
Platforms	Windows, macOS	Windows
Steam Deck	Deck Playable	Deck Verified
Price	19.99 USD	24.99 USD
Steam reviews	85.3% positive (218 reviews)	91.6% positive (1,024 reviews)
Multiplayer	Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op	Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op
Developers	Puuba	Metronomik

Side by side

Both share Action, Indie, RPG on Steam.
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (2016) is 5 years older than No Straight Roads: Encore Edition (2021).
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (91.6% positive) than The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (85.3% positive).
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor is currently ~20% cheaper on Steam than No Straight Roads: Encore Edition (19.99 USD vs. 24.99 USD).
Both support cooperative play.
Steam Deck: The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor is Deck Playable, No Straight Roads: Encore Edition is Deck Verified.