Choose River City Ransom: Underground
Choose River City Ransom: Underground if you want an Indie and RPG experience. 1,115 Steam reviews back the pick.
River City Ransom: Underground vs Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
River City Ransom: Underground and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 8 years older than Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (2025). Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate scores higher on Steam reviews (81.8% positive) than River City Ransom: Underground (74.7% 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 Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
Choose Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate launched in 2025.
Both River City Ransom: Underground and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, 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
 River City Ransom: Underground |  Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG | Action |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 74.7% positive (1,115 reviews) | 81.8% positive (88 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Conatus Creative Inc. | Rocket Panda Games Japan |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 8 years older than Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (2025).
- Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate scores higher on Steam reviews (81.8% positive) than River City Ransom: Underground (74.7% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: River City Ransom: Underground is Deck Playable, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate is Deck Verified.
River City Ransom: Underground vs Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate — FAQ
- Should I play River City Ransom: Underground or Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate first?
- If you want chronology, River City Ransom: Underground (2017) came out before Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (2025). 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 River City Ransom: Underground and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate similar?
- They overlap on Action 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 River City Ransom: Underground and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: River City Ransom: Underground ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.