Choose Hold My Beer
Choose Hold My Beer if you want an Action and Violent experience. Hold My Beer launched in 2017.
Hold My Beer vs Swing the cat
Hold My Beer and Swing the cat both land in Sports, Indie, 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 Sports, Indie, Casual on Steam. Hold My Beer (2017) is 1 year older than Swing the cat (2018). Swing the cat is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Hold My Beer (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 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 Swing the cat
Choose Swing the cat if it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Swing the cat launched in 2018.
Both Hold My Beer and Swing the cat sit in Sports, Indie, and Casual on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, Tracked Controller Support, and VR Only, 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
 Hold My Beer |  Swing the cat | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Casual, Violent | Sports, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 1.99 USD | 0.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 91.7% positive (36 reviews) | 4 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Lord of the Stack | Lazarus Software |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Hold My Beer (2017) is 1 year older than Swing the cat (2018).
- Swing the cat is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Hold My Beer (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 USD).
Hold My Beer vs Swing the cat — FAQ
- Should I play Hold My Beer or Swing the cat first?
- If you want chronology, Hold My Beer (2017) came out before Swing the cat (2018). 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 Hold My Beer and Swing the cat similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Indie, 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.