Choose River City Ransom: Underground
Choose River City Ransom: Underground if you want a RPG experience. 1,115 Steam reviews back the pick.
River City Ransom: Underground vs Beat Me!
River City Ransom: Underground and Beat Me! both land in Action, 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, Indie on Steam. River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 3 years older than Beat Me! (2020). Both support cooperative play. 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 Beat Me!
Choose Beat Me! if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Beat Me! launched in 2020.
Both River City Ransom: Underground and Beat Me! sit in Action and Indie 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 |  Beat Me! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 12.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 74.7% positive (1,115 reviews) | 9 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Conatus Creative Inc. | Red Limb Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 3 years older than Beat Me! (2020).
- Both support cooperative play.
- River City Ransom: Underground is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Beat Me! has no Deck rating yet.
River City Ransom: Underground vs Beat Me! — FAQ
- Should I play River City Ransom: Underground or Beat Me! first?
- If you want chronology, River City Ransom: Underground (2017) came out before Beat Me! (2020). 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 Beat Me! similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.
- Do both River City Ransom: Underground and Beat Me! 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; Beat Me! ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.
- Does River City Ransom: Underground run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — River City Ransom: Underground is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Beat Me! doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.