Choose Crazy Ball Adventures
Choose Crazy Ball Adventures if it's currently about 80% cheaper on the Steam Store. Crazy Ball Adventures launched in 2017.
Crazy Ball Adventures vs Only Up: With Friends
Crazy Ball Adventures and Only Up: With Friends both land in Indie, Adventure, Casual 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, Adventure, Casual on Steam. Crazy Ball Adventures (2017) is 6 years older than Only Up: With Friends (2023). Crazy Ball Adventures scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Only Up: With Friends (61.4% 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 Only Up: With Friends
Choose Only Up: With Friends if you want an Action game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Only Up: With Friends launched in 2023.
Both Crazy Ball Adventures and Only Up: With Friends sit in Indie, Adventure, and Casual 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
 Crazy Ball Adventures |  Only Up: With Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 85.7% positive (98 reviews) | 61.4% positive (158 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | FreezeNova | NoGlyph Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Crazy Ball Adventures (2017) is 6 years older than Only Up: With Friends (2023).
- Crazy Ball Adventures scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Only Up: With Friends (61.4% positive).
- Crazy Ball Adventures is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Only Up: With Friends (0.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
- Only Up: With Friends has co-op; Crazy Ball Adventures does not.
- Only Up: With Friends is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Crazy Ball Adventures has no Deck rating yet.
Crazy Ball Adventures vs Only Up: With Friends — FAQ
- Should I play Crazy Ball Adventures or Only Up: With Friends first?
- If you want chronology, Crazy Ball Adventures (2017) came out before Only Up: With Friends (2023). 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 Crazy Ball Adventures and Only Up: With Friends similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Casual 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.
- Does Crazy Ball Adventures have multiplayer like Only Up: With Friends?
- No. Only Up: With Friends supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Crazy Ball Adventures is listed as single-player only.