Choose Trick & Treat
Choose Trick & Treat if you want a Free To Play and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95.1% positive across 994 reviews.
Trick & Treat vs The Mirror Lied
Trick & Treat and The Mirror Lied both land in Indie, Adventure 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, Adventure on Steam. Trick & Treat (2016) is 2 years older than The Mirror Lied (2018). Trick & Treat scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than The Mirror Lied (86.7% 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 Mirror Lied
Choose The Mirror Lied if it matches what drew you to this matchup. The Mirror Lied launched in 2018.
Both Trick & Treat and The Mirror Lied sit in Indie and Adventure 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
 Trick & Treat |  The Mirror Lied | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2018 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (994 reviews) | 86.7% positive (407 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Rabbiton | Freebird Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Trick & Treat (2016) is 2 years older than The Mirror Lied (2018).
- Trick & Treat scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than The Mirror Lied (86.7% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Trick & Treat vs The Mirror Lied — FAQ
- Which is better, Trick & Treat or The Mirror Lied?
- On Steam reviews Trick & Treat scores higher (95.1% positive) than The Mirror Lied (86.7% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Trick & Treat is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Trick & Treat or The Mirror Lied first?
- If you want chronology, Trick & Treat (2016) came out before The Mirror Lied (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 Trick & Treat and The Mirror Lied similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure 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.