Choose Raise Your Own Clone
Choose Raise Your Own Clone if you want an Adventure experience. Raise Your Own Clone launched in 2016.
Raise Your Own Clone vs NPCs
Raise Your Own Clone and NPCs both land in 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 are Casual games on Steam. Raise Your Own Clone (2016) is 2 years older than NPCs (2018). NPCs scores higher on Steam reviews (77.4% positive) than Raise Your Own Clone (45.5% 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 NPCs
Choose NPCs if you want an Action and Indie experience. NPCs launched in 2018.
Both Raise Your Own Clone and NPCs sit in Casual 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
 Raise Your Own Clone |  NPCs | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2018 |
| Genres | Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 45.5% positive (11 reviews) | 77.4% positive (31 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Tenth&Hess Games | NPC Games |
Side by side
- Both are Casual games on Steam.
- Raise Your Own Clone (2016) is 2 years older than NPCs (2018).
- NPCs scores higher on Steam reviews (77.4% positive) than Raise Your Own Clone (45.5% positive).
Raise Your Own Clone vs NPCs — FAQ
- Should I play Raise Your Own Clone or NPCs first?
- If you want chronology, Raise Your Own Clone (2016) came out before NPCs (2018). 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 Raise Your Own Clone and NPCs similar?
- They overlap on 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.