Choose Will To Live Online
Choose Will To Live Online if you want an Indie and Early Access game with Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. 4,003 Steam reviews back the pick.
Will To Live Online vs STALCRAFT: X
Will To Live Online and STALCRAFT: X both land in Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG 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, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam. Will To Live Online (2018) is 4 years older than STALCRAFT: X (2022). Both sit near 66% positive on Steam (Will To Live Online: 4,003 reviews, STALCRAFT: X: 15,526). 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 STALCRAFT: X
Choose STALCRAFT: X if you want an Adventure game with Online Co-op, Subtitle Options, and Camera Comfort. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 15,526 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Will To Live Online and STALCRAFT: X sit in Action, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (65.9% vs 66.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Will To Live Online |  STALCRAFT: X | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 65.9% positive (4,003 reviews) | 66.7% positive (15,526 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | AlphaSoft LLC | EXBO |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam.
- Will To Live Online (2018) is 4 years older than STALCRAFT: X (2022).
- Both sit near 66% positive on Steam (Will To Live Online: 4,003 reviews, STALCRAFT: X: 15,526).
- Both are free to play.
- STALCRAFT: X has co-op; Will To Live Online does not.
- Steam Deck: Will To Live Online is Deck Unsupported, STALCRAFT: X is Deck Playable.
Will To Live Online vs STALCRAFT: X — FAQ
- Which is better, Will To Live Online or STALCRAFT: X?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Will To Live Online sits at 65.9% positive (4,003 reviews), STALCRAFT: X at 66.7% (15,526). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Will To Live Online or STALCRAFT: X first?
- If you want chronology, Will To Live Online (2018) came out before STALCRAFT: X (2022). 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 Will To Live Online and STALCRAFT: X similar?
- They overlap on Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG 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.