Choose XERA: Survival
Choose XERA: Survival if you want a Strategy, Adventure, and Simulation game with Online Co-op and Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 2,413 Steam reviews back the pick.
XERA: Survival vs Will To Live Online
XERA: Survival and Will To Live Online both land in Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer 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, Indie, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Will To Live Online (2018) is 3 years older than XERA: Survival (2021). Will To Live Online scores higher on Steam reviews (65.9% positive) than XERA: Survival (64.3% positive). 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 Will To Live Online
Choose Will To Live Online if you want a RPG and Early Access game with Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. 4,003 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both XERA: Survival and Will To Live Online sit in Action, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (64.3% vs 65.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 XERA: Survival |  Will To Live Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 64.3% positive (2,413 reviews) | 65.9% positive (4,003 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Spotted Kiwi Interactive | AlphaSoft LLC |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Will To Live Online (2018) is 3 years older than XERA: Survival (2021).
- Will To Live Online scores higher on Steam reviews (65.9% positive) than XERA: Survival (64.3% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- XERA: Survival has co-op; Will To Live Online does not.
- Steam Deck: XERA: Survival is Deck Playable, Will To Live Online is Deck Unsupported.
XERA: Survival vs Will To Live Online — FAQ
- Which is better, XERA: Survival or Will To Live Online?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: XERA: Survival sits at 64.3% positive (2,413 reviews), Will To Live Online at 65.9% (4,003). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play XERA: Survival or Will To Live Online first?
- If you want chronology, Will To Live Online (2018) came out before XERA: Survival (2021). 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 XERA: Survival and Will To Live Online similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer 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.