Are Friendly Steps and Kicking Upwards similar?

They overlap on Casual 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 Kicking Upwards have multiplayer like Friendly Steps?

No. Friendly Steps supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op), while Kicking Upwards is listed as single-player only.

Is Kicking Upwards free?

Yes — Kicking Upwards is a free-to-play Steam title. Friendly Steps is paid (Price unknown).

Friendly Steps vs Kicking Upwards

Friendly Steps and Kicking Upwards both land in Casual 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 Casual games on Steam. Both released in 2026. Kicking Upwards is free; Friendly Steps is paid (Price unknown). 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 Friendly Steps

Choose Friendly Steps if you want an Adventure, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer game with Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Friendly Steps launched in 2026.

Choose Kicking Upwards

Choose Kicking Upwards if you want an Indie and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Kicking Upwards launched in 2026.

Both Friendly Steps and Kicking Upwards sit in Casual on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, 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.

Friendly Steps vs Kicking Upwards — Steam metadata comparison
	Friendly Steps	Kicking Upwards
Released	2026	2026
Genres	Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual	Indie, Free To Play, Casual
Platforms	Windows	Windows
Steam Deck	Unrated	Unrated
Price	Price unknown	Free to play
Steam reviews	—	1 reviews
Multiplayer	Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op	Single-player only
Developers	KORO.GAMES	waxycaps

Side by side

Both are Casual games on Steam.
Both released in 2026.
Kicking Upwards is free; Friendly Steps is paid (Price unknown).
Friendly Steps has co-op; Kicking Upwards does not.