Choose Dark: Frontier
Choose Dark: Frontier if it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Dark: Frontier launched in 2017.
Dark: Frontier vs Oathbreakers
Dark: Frontier and Oathbreakers both land in Action, Adventure, RPG 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, Adventure, RPG on Steam. Dark: Frontier (2017) is 5 years older than Oathbreakers (2022). Both sit near 64% positive on Steam (Dark: Frontier: 11 reviews, Oathbreakers: 25). 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 Oathbreakers
Choose Oathbreakers if you want a Strategy, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer game with MMO. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Oathbreakers launched in 2022.
Both Dark: Frontier and Oathbreakers sit in Action, Adventure, and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (63.6% vs 64% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Dark: Frontier |  Oathbreakers | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG, Casual, Early Access | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 63.6% positive (11 reviews) | 64% positive (25 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | PotatoFaceGames | Warcrown Entertainment |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- Dark: Frontier (2017) is 5 years older than Oathbreakers (2022).
- Both sit near 64% positive on Steam (Dark: Frontier: 11 reviews, Oathbreakers: 25).
- Dark: Frontier is free; Oathbreakers is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Dark: Frontier is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Oathbreakers has no Deck rating yet.
Dark: Frontier vs Oathbreakers — FAQ
- Should I play Dark: Frontier or Oathbreakers first?
- If you want chronology, Dark: Frontier (2017) came out before Oathbreakers (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 Dark: Frontier and Oathbreakers similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, RPG 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.
- Do both Dark: Frontier and Oathbreakers have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Dark: Frontier ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Oathbreakers ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Dark: Frontier free?
- Yes — Dark: Frontier is a free-to-play Steam title. Oathbreakers is paid (Price unknown).