Choose Condemned: Criminal Origins
Choose Condemned: Criminal Origins if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.6% positive across 1,963 reviews.
Condemned: Criminal Origins vs The Evil Within
Condemned: Criminal Origins and The Evil Within both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006) is 8 years older than The Evil Within (2014). Condemned: Criminal Origins scores higher on Steam reviews (87.6% positive) than The Evil Within (77.8% 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 The Evil Within
Choose The Evil Within if you want the Color Alternatives, Stereo Sound, and Surround Sound side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2014) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 7,495 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Condemned: Criminal Origins and The Evil Within sit in Action on Steam, 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
 Condemned: Criminal Origins |  The Evil Within | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2006 | 2014 |
| Genres | Action | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 87.6% positive (1,963 reviews) | 77.8% positive (7,495 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Monolith | Tango Gameworks |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006) is 8 years older than The Evil Within (2014).
- Condemned: Criminal Origins scores higher on Steam reviews (87.6% positive) than The Evil Within (77.8% positive).
- Steam Deck: Condemned: Criminal Origins is Deck Playable, The Evil Within is Deck Verified.
Condemned: Criminal Origins vs The Evil Within — FAQ
- Which is better, Condemned: Criminal Origins or The Evil Within?
- On Steam reviews Condemned: Criminal Origins scores higher (87.6% positive) than The Evil Within (77.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Condemned: Criminal Origins is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Condemned: Criminal Origins or The Evil Within first?
- If you want chronology, Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006) came out before The Evil Within (2014). 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 Condemned: Criminal Origins and The Evil Within similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.