Choose Hold your houses
Choose Hold your houses if it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Hold your houses launched in 2017.
Hold your houses vs Secret Missions
Hold your houses and Secret Missions 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 7 years older than Secret Missions (2024). Hold your houses is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Secret Missions (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 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 Secret Missions
Choose Secret Missions if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Secret Missions launched in 2024.
Both Hold your houses and Secret Missions 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 |  Secret Missions | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy | Action, Strategy, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 20.6% positive (34 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | WhackAKey Games | Alessandro Cristoffer, Guilherme Santiago, Luciano Alcides, Caio White, Dougles Oliveira |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy on Steam.
- Hold your houses (2017) is 7 years older than Secret Missions (2024).
- Hold your houses is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Secret Missions (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 USD).
Hold your houses vs Secret Missions — FAQ
- Should I play Hold your houses or Secret Missions first?
- If you want chronology, Hold your houses (2017) came out before Secret Missions (2024). 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 Secret Missions 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.