Choose Hold Your Own
Choose Hold Your Own if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 71.1% positive across 363 reviews.
Hold Your Own vs Journey Of Life
Hold Your Own and Journey Of Life both land in Action, Indie, Adventure 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, Indie, Adventure on Steam. Hold Your Own (2017) is 4 years older than Journey Of Life (2021). Hold Your Own scores higher on Steam reviews (71.1% positive) than Journey Of Life (57% 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 Journey Of Life
Choose Journey Of Life if you want a RPG game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Journey Of Life launched in 2021.
Both Hold Your Own and Journey Of Life sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure 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 |  Journey Of Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2021 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Early Access | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.1% positive (363 reviews) | 57% positive (386 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op |
| Developers | DistrictWare inc. | Hyperion Studio Limited |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Hold Your Own (2017) is 4 years older than Journey Of Life (2021).
- Hold Your Own scores higher on Steam reviews (71.1% positive) than Journey Of Life (57% positive).
- Journey Of Life is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Hold Your Own (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Journey Of Life has co-op; Hold Your Own does not.
- Steam Deck: Hold Your Own is Deck Unsupported, Journey Of Life is Deck Playable.
Hold Your Own vs Journey Of Life — FAQ
- Which is better, Hold Your Own or Journey Of Life?
- On Steam reviews Hold Your Own scores higher (71.1% positive) than Journey Of Life (57% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Hold Your Own is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Hold Your Own or Journey Of Life first?
- If you want chronology, Hold Your Own (2017) came out before Journey Of Life (2021). 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 Journey Of Life similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Adventure 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.
- Does Hold Your Own have multiplayer like Journey Of Life?
- No. Journey Of Life supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op), while Hold Your Own is listed as single-player only.