Choose Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition
Choose Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition if you want the Valve Anti-Cheat enabled side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 78.7% positive across 881 reviews.
Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition vs Lost Planet® 2
Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition and Lost Planet® 2 both land in Action, Adventure 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 on Steam. Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition (2007) is 3 years older than Lost Planet® 2 (2010). Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition scores higher on Steam reviews (78.7% positive) than Lost Planet® 2 (64.4% 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 Lost Planet® 2
Choose Lost Planet® 2 if you want the Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2010) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,580 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition and Lost Planet® 2 sit in Action and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, 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
 Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition |  Lost Planet® 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2007 | 2010 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 14.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 78.7% positive (881 reviews) | 64.4% positive (1,580 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure on Steam.
- Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition (2007) is 3 years older than Lost Planet® 2 (2010).
- Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition scores higher on Steam reviews (78.7% positive) than Lost Planet® 2 (64.4% positive).
- Lost Planet® 2 has co-op; Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition does not.
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition vs Lost Planet® 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition or Lost Planet® 2?
- On Steam reviews Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition scores higher (78.7% positive) than Lost Planet® 2 (64.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition or Lost Planet® 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition (2007) came out before Lost Planet® 2 (2010). 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 Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition and Lost Planet® 2 similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure 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.