Choose Drive With Friends
Choose Drive With Friends if you want the Shared/Split Screen, Steam Leaderboards, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op side of the pairing. Drive With Friends launched in 2026.
Drive With Friends vs Share the Load
Drive With Friends and Share the Load both land in Action, Adventure, 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 share Action, Adventure, Casual on Steam. 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 Share the Load
Choose Share the Load if you want an Indie game with HDR available, Camera Comfort, and Custom Volume Controls.
Both Drive With Friends and Share the Load sit in Action, Adventure, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and DualShock Controller Support, 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
 Drive With Friends |  Share the Load | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026 | — |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Alkame Games | Thomas Glazebrook |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Both support cooperative play.
Drive With Friends vs Share the Load — FAQ
- Are Drive With Friends and Share the Load similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, 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.
- Do both Drive With Friends and Share the Load have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Drive With Friends ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Share the Load ships Online Co-op, Co-op.