Choose Hold Your Own
Choose Hold Your Own if you want an Indie and Early Access experience. On Steam, it's currently about 40% cheaper on the Steam Store. Hold Your Own launched in 2017.
Hold Your Own vs Lone Traveler
Hold Your Own and Lone Traveler both land in Action, Adventure, Simulation 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, Adventure, Simulation on Steam. Hold Your Own (2017) is 6 years older than Lone Traveler (2023). Hold Your Own is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Lone Traveler (14.99 USD vs. 24.99 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 Lone Traveler
Choose Lone Traveler if it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Lone Traveler launched in 2023.
Both Hold Your Own and Lone Traveler sit in Action, Adventure, and Simulation on Steam, 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 Your Own |  Lone Traveler | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Early Access | Action, Adventure, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.1% positive (363 reviews) | 7 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | DistrictWare inc. | Nikita Morti |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Simulation on Steam.
- Hold Your Own (2017) is 6 years older than Lone Traveler (2023).
- Hold Your Own is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Lone Traveler (14.99 USD vs. 24.99 USD).
- Hold Your Own is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Lone Traveler has no Deck rating yet.
Hold Your Own vs Lone Traveler — FAQ
- Should I play Hold Your Own or Lone Traveler first?
- If you want chronology, Hold Your Own (2017) came out before Lone Traveler (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 Hold Your Own and Lone Traveler similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, Simulation 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.