Choose Paladins®
Choose Paladins® if you want an Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 82.1% positive across 127,515 reviews.
Paladins® vs Neighbors: Suburban Warfare
Paladins® and Neighbors: Suburban Warfare both land in Action, Strategy 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, Strategy on Steam. Paladins® (2018) is 7 years older than Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (2025). Paladins® scores higher on Steam reviews (82.1% positive) than Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (67.7% 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 Neighbors: Suburban Warfare
Choose Neighbors: Suburban Warfare if you want an Indie, Casual, and Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Neighbors: Suburban Warfare launched in 2025.
Both Paladins® and Neighbors: Suburban Warfare sit in Action and Strategy on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and 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
 Paladins® |  Neighbors: Suburban Warfare | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 82.1% positive (127,515 reviews) | 67.7% positive (648 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player |
| Developers | Evil Mojo Games | Invisible Walls |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy on Steam.
- Paladins® (2018) is 7 years older than Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (2025).
- Paladins® scores higher on Steam reviews (82.1% positive) than Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (67.7% positive).
- Paladins® is free; Neighbors: Suburban Warfare is paid (9.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Paladins® is Deck Unsupported, Neighbors: Suburban Warfare is Deck Playable.
Paladins® vs Neighbors: Suburban Warfare — FAQ
- Which is better, Paladins® or Neighbors: Suburban Warfare?
- On Steam reviews Paladins® scores higher (82.1% positive) than Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (67.7% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Paladins® is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Paladins® or Neighbors: Suburban Warfare first?
- If you want chronology, Paladins® (2018) came out before Neighbors: Suburban Warfare (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 Paladins® and Neighbors: Suburban Warfare similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy 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.
- Is Paladins® free?
- Yes — Paladins® is a free-to-play Steam title. Neighbors: Suburban Warfare is paid (9.99 USD).