Choose Guild Quest
Choose Guild Quest if you want a RPG and Early Access experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 59.8% positive across 1,041 reviews.
Guild Quest vs Harvest Seasons
Guild Quest and Harvest Seasons both land in Strategy, Indie, Simulation 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, Indie, Simulation on Steam. Guild Quest (2017) is 1 year older than Harvest Seasons (2018). Guild Quest scores higher on Steam reviews (59.8% positive) than Harvest Seasons (52.5% 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 Harvest Seasons
Choose Harvest Seasons if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. Harvest Seasons launched in 2018.
Both Guild Quest and Harvest Seasons sit in Strategy, Indie, and Simulation 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
 Guild Quest |  Harvest Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2018 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Simulation, RPG, Free To Play, Casual, Early Access | Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 59.8% positive (1,041 reviews) | 52.5% positive (257 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Hyper Hippo Games | Samobee Games |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Guild Quest (2017) is 1 year older than Harvest Seasons (2018).
- Guild Quest scores higher on Steam reviews (59.8% positive) than Harvest Seasons (52.5% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Steam Deck: Guild Quest is Deck Playable, Harvest Seasons is Deck Unsupported.
Guild Quest vs Harvest Seasons — FAQ
- Which is better, Guild Quest or Harvest Seasons?
- On Steam reviews Guild Quest scores higher (59.8% positive) than Harvest Seasons (52.5% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Guild Quest is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Guild Quest or Harvest Seasons first?
- If you want chronology, Guild Quest (2017) came out before Harvest Seasons (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 Guild Quest and Harvest Seasons similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Simulation 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.