Choose Hold your houses
Choose Hold your houses if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Hold your houses launched in 2017.
Hold your houses vs War Tanks
Hold your houses and War Tanks both land in Action, Strategy 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, Strategy on Steam. Hold your houses (2017) is 5 years older than War Tanks (2022). War Tanks is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Hold your houses (0.99 USD vs. 0.99 USD). 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 Tanks
Choose War Tanks if you want a Simulation and Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. War Tanks launched in 2022.
Both Hold your houses and War Tanks sit in Action and Strategy 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
 Hold your houses |  War Tanks | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy | Action, Strategy, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 0.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 20.6% positive (34 reviews) | 2 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | WhackAKey Games | Aleksey |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy on Steam.
- Hold your houses (2017) is 5 years older than War Tanks (2022).
- War Tanks is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Hold your houses (0.99 USD vs. 0.99 USD).
Hold your houses vs War Tanks — FAQ
- Should I play Hold your houses or War Tanks first?
- If you want chronology, Hold your houses (2017) came out before War Tanks (2022). 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 Hold your houses and War Tanks similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy 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.