Choose The Coin Game
Choose The Coin Game if you want an Adventure and Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 4,837 Steam reviews back the pick.
The Coin Game vs Waste It
The Coin Game and Waste It both land in 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 Indie, Simulation on Steam. Waste It (2022) is 4 years older than The Coin Game (2026). Waste It is currently ~95% cheaper on Steam than The Coin Game (0.99 USD vs. 19.99 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 Waste It
Choose Waste It if it's currently about 95% cheaper on the Steam Store. Waste It launched in 2022.
Both The Coin Game and Waste It sit in Indie and Simulation on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, 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
 The Coin Game |  Waste It | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual | Indie, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 0.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 93.9% positive (4,837 reviews) | 2 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | devotid | PaulArt |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Waste It (2022) is 4 years older than The Coin Game (2026).
- Waste It is currently ~95% cheaper on Steam than The Coin Game (0.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- The Coin Game is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Waste It has no Deck rating yet.
The Coin Game vs Waste It — FAQ
- Should I play The Coin Game or Waste It first?
- If you want chronology, Waste It (2022) came out before The Coin Game (2026). 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 The Coin Game and Waste It similar?
- They overlap on 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.