Choose Beat Hazard
Choose Beat Hazard if you want a Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Color Alternatives, and Custom Volume Controls. 3,477 Steam reviews back the pick.
Beat Hazard vs Mutant Storm: Reloaded
Beat Hazard and Mutant Storm: Reloaded both land in Action, Indie 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 on Steam. Beat Hazard (2010) is 2 years older than Mutant Storm: Reloaded (2012). Both sit near 95% positive on Steam (Beat Hazard: 3,477 reviews, Mutant Storm: Reloaded: 23). 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 Mutant Storm: Reloaded
Choose Mutant Storm: Reloaded if it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Mutant Storm: Reloaded launched in 2012.
Both Beat Hazard and Mutant Storm: Reloaded sit in Action and Indie 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 (95.1% vs 95.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Beat Hazard |  Mutant Storm: Reloaded | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2010 | 2012 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (3,477 reviews) | 95.7% positive (23 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | Cold Beam Games | PomPom Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Beat Hazard (2010) is 2 years older than Mutant Storm: Reloaded (2012).
- Both sit near 95% positive on Steam (Beat Hazard: 3,477 reviews, Mutant Storm: Reloaded: 23).
- Mutant Storm: Reloaded is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Beat Hazard (4.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
Beat Hazard vs Mutant Storm: Reloaded — FAQ
- Should I play Beat Hazard or Mutant Storm: Reloaded first?
- If you want chronology, Beat Hazard (2010) came out before Mutant Storm: Reloaded (2012). 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 Beat Hazard and Mutant Storm: Reloaded similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie 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 Beat Hazard and Mutant Storm: Reloaded have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Beat Hazard ships Co-op; Mutant Storm: Reloaded ships Co-op.