Choose Paladins®
Choose Paladins® if you want an Adventure and Massively Multiplayer experience. 127,515 Steam reviews back the pick.
Paladins® vs Sentinels
Paladins® and Sentinels both land in Action, Strategy, Free To Play 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, Free To Play on Steam. Paladins® (2018) is 6 years older than Sentinels (2024). Sentinels scores higher on Steam reviews (94.1% positive) than Paladins® (82.1% 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 Sentinels
Choose Sentinels if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Sentinels launched in 2024.
Both Paladins® and Sentinels sit in Action, Strategy, and Free To Play 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® |  Sentinels | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Indie, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 82.1% positive (127,515 reviews) | 94.1% positive (17 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player |
| Developers | Evil Mojo Games | FIVE DUCK GAMES |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Paladins® (2018) is 6 years older than Sentinels (2024).
- Sentinels scores higher on Steam reviews (94.1% positive) than Paladins® (82.1% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Paladins® is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Sentinels has no Deck rating yet.
Paladins® vs Sentinels — FAQ
- Should I play Paladins® or Sentinels first?
- If you want chronology, Paladins® (2018) came out before Sentinels (2024). 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 Sentinels similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, Free To Play 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.