Choose 🔴 Circles
Choose 🔴 Circles if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 🔴 Circles launched in 2017.
🔴 Circles vs Ord.
🔴 Circles and Ord. both land in Indie, 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 Indie, Casual on Steam. 🔴 Circles (2017) is 2 years older than Ord. (2019). Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (🔴 Circles: 118 reviews, Ord.: 190). 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 Ord.
Choose Ord. if you want a Strategy, Adventure, and RPG experience. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Ord. launched in 2019.
Both 🔴 Circles and Ord. sit in Indie and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.7% vs 90.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 🔴 Circles |  Ord. | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2019 |
| Genres | Indie, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 90.7% positive (118 reviews) | 90.5% positive (190 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Jeroen Wimmers | Mujo Games, Stuffed Wombat |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- 🔴 Circles (2017) is 2 years older than Ord. (2019).
- Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (🔴 Circles: 118 reviews, Ord.: 190).
- Both are free to play.
- Ord. is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; 🔴 Circles has no Deck rating yet.
🔴 Circles vs Ord. — FAQ
- Which is better, 🔴 Circles or Ord.?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: 🔴 Circles sits at 90.7% positive (118 reviews), Ord. at 90.5% (190). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play 🔴 Circles or Ord. first?
- If you want chronology, 🔴 Circles (2017) came out before Ord. (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 🔴 Circles and Ord. similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.