Choose Descent: Road to Legend
Choose Descent: Road to Legend if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Descent: Road to Legend launched in 2016.
Descent: Road to Legend vs Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance
Descent: Road to Legend and Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance both land in Adventure, RPG 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 Adventure, RPG on Steam. Descent: Road to Legend (2016) is 1 year older than Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance (2017). Both sit near 90% positive on Steam (Descent: Road to Legend: 201 reviews, Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance: 106). 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 Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance
Choose Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance launched in 2017.
Both Descent: Road to Legend and Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance sit in Adventure and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (89.6% vs 89.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Descent: Road to Legend |  Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2017 |
| Genres | Adventure, RPG | Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 89.6% positive (201 reviews) | 89.6% positive (106 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | Fantasy Flight Games | Fantasy Flight Games |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- Descent: Road to Legend (2016) is 1 year older than Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance (2017).
- Both sit near 90% positive on Steam (Descent: Road to Legend: 201 reviews, Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance: 106).
- Both are free to play.
- Both support cooperative play.
Descent: Road to Legend vs Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance — FAQ
- Which is better, Descent: Road to Legend or Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Descent: Road to Legend sits at 89.6% positive (201 reviews), Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance at 89.6% (106). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Descent: Road to Legend or Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance first?
- If you want chronology, Descent: Road to Legend (2016) came out before Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance (2017). 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 Descent: Road to Legend and Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, RPG 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 Descent: Road to Legend and Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Descent: Road to Legend ships Co-op; Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance ships Co-op.