Choose Empires Apart
Choose Empires Apart if you want the Steam Leaderboards, Online Co-op, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 1,003 Steam reviews back the pick.
Empires Apart vs War Selection
Empires Apart and War Selection both land in Strategy, Free To Play 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 Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Empires Apart (2018) is 1 year older than War Selection (2019). War Selection scores higher on Steam reviews (83.9% positive) than Empires Apart (66.8% 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 War Selection
Choose War Selection if you want an Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and Early Access experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 83.9% positive across 7,368 reviews.
Both Empires Apart and War Selection sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Empires Apart |  War Selection | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2019 |
| Genres | Strategy, Free To Play | Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 66.8% positive (1,003 reviews) | 83.9% positive (7,368 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | DESTINYbit | Glyph Worlds |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Empires Apart (2018) is 1 year older than War Selection (2019).
- War Selection scores higher on Steam reviews (83.9% positive) than Empires Apart (66.8% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Empires Apart has co-op; War Selection does not.
- Steam Deck: Empires Apart is Deck Unsupported, War Selection is Deck Playable.
Empires Apart vs War Selection — FAQ
- Which is better, Empires Apart or War Selection?
- On Steam reviews War Selection scores higher (83.9% positive) than Empires Apart (66.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, War Selection is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Empires Apart or War Selection first?
- If you want chronology, Empires Apart (2018) came out before War Selection (2019). 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 Empires Apart and War Selection similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Free To Play 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.