Choose CounterAttack: Uprising
Choose CounterAttack: Uprising if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93.8% positive across 177 reviews.
CounterAttack: Uprising vs Son of a Witch
CounterAttack: Uprising and Son of a Witch both land in Action, Indie, Adventure 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, Adventure on Steam. Son of a Witch (2018) is 1 year older than CounterAttack: Uprising (2019). CounterAttack: Uprising scores higher on Steam reviews (93.8% positive) than Son of a Witch (86% 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 Son of a Witch
Choose Son of a Witch if you want the Shared/Split Screen PvP, LAN Co-op, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Son of a Witch launched in 2018.
Both CounterAttack: Uprising and Son of a Witch sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and 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.
Side-by-side comparison
 CounterAttack: Uprising |  Son of a Witch | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 2.69 USD | 23.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 93.8% positive (177 reviews) | 86% positive (107 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Relative Games | Bigosaur |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Son of a Witch (2018) is 1 year older than CounterAttack: Uprising (2019).
- CounterAttack: Uprising scores higher on Steam reviews (93.8% positive) than Son of a Witch (86% positive).
- CounterAttack: Uprising is currently ~89% cheaper on Steam than Son of a Witch (2.69 USD vs. 23.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Son of a Witch is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; CounterAttack: Uprising has no Deck rating yet.
CounterAttack: Uprising vs Son of a Witch — FAQ
- Which is better, CounterAttack: Uprising or Son of a Witch?
- On Steam reviews CounterAttack: Uprising scores higher (93.8% positive) than Son of a Witch (86% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, CounterAttack: Uprising is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play CounterAttack: Uprising or Son of a Witch first?
- If you want chronology, Son of a Witch (2018) came out before CounterAttack: Uprising (2019). 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 CounterAttack: Uprising and Son of a Witch similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Adventure 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 CounterAttack: Uprising and Son of a Witch have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: CounterAttack: Uprising ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Son of a Witch ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.