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 FragPunk
Splitgate and FragPunk 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 FragPunk (2025). Splitgate scores higher on Steam reviews (91.4% positive) than FragPunk (75.3% 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 FragPunk
Choose FragPunk 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. 23,304 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Splitgate and FragPunk 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 |  FragPunk | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 75.3% positive (23,304 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | 1047 Games | Bad Guitar Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Splitgate (2019) is 6 years older than FragPunk (2025).
- Splitgate scores higher on Steam reviews (91.4% positive) than FragPunk (75.3% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- FragPunk has co-op; Splitgate does not.
- Steam Deck: Splitgate is Deck Unsupported, FragPunk is Deck Playable.
Splitgate vs FragPunk — FAQ
- Which is better, Splitgate or FragPunk?
- On Steam reviews Splitgate scores higher (91.4% positive) than FragPunk (75.3% 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 FragPunk first?
- If you want chronology, Splitgate (2019) came out before FragPunk (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 FragPunk 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.