Choose Splitgate
Choose Splitgate if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91.4% positive across 87,558 reviews.
Splitgate vs SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded
Splitgate and SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded both land in Action, Free To Play 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, Free To Play on Steam. Splitgate (2019) is 6 years older than SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (2025). Splitgate scores higher on Steam reviews (91.4% positive) than SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (63.3% 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 SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded
Choose SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded if you want the Online Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 18,067 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Splitgate and SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded sit in Action and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Splitgate |  SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Free To Play | Action, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 91.4% positive (87,558 reviews) | 63.3% positive (18,067 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | 1047 Games | 1047 Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Splitgate (2019) is 6 years older than SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (2025).
- Splitgate scores higher on Steam reviews (91.4% positive) than SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (63.3% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded has co-op; Splitgate does not.
- Steam Deck: Splitgate is Deck Unsupported, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded is Deck Playable.
Splitgate vs SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded — FAQ
- Which is better, Splitgate or SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded ?
- On Steam reviews Splitgate scores higher (91.4% positive) than SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (63.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Splitgate is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Splitgate or SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded first?
- If you want chronology, Splitgate (2019) came out before SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (2025). 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 Splitgate and SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded similar?
- They overlap on Action, Free To Play 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.