Choose Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!
Choose Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! launched in 2016.
Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! vs Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator
Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! and Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! (2016) is 4 years older than Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator (2020). Both sit near 93% positive on Steam (Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!: 66 reviews, Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator: 41). 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 Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator
Choose Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator if it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator launched in 2020.
Both Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! and Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator sit in Action on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (92.4% vs 92.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! |  Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.4% positive (66 reviews) | 92.7% positive (41 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Orange_Juice | Orange_Juice |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! (2016) is 4 years older than Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator (2020).
- Both sit near 93% positive on Steam (Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!: 66 reviews, Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator: 41).
- Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator (4.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! has no Deck rating yet.
Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! vs Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator — FAQ
- Should I play Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! or Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator first?
- If you want chronology, Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! (2016) came out before Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator (2020). 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 Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! and Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.