Choose Eternal Hour: Golden Hour
Choose Eternal Hour: Golden Hour if you want an Indie, Adventure, and Free To Play experience. Eternal Hour: Golden Hour launched in 2017.
Eternal Hour: Golden Hour vs The Waters Above: Prelude
Eternal Hour: Golden Hour and The Waters Above: Prelude both land in Casual 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 are Casual games on Steam. Eternal Hour: Golden Hour (2017) is 1 year older than The Waters Above: Prelude (2018). Both sit near 90% positive on Steam (Eternal Hour: Golden Hour: 455 reviews, The Waters Above: Prelude: 87). 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 The Waters Above: Prelude
Choose The Waters Above: Prelude if it matches what drew you to this matchup. The Waters Above: Prelude launched in 2018.
Both Eternal Hour: Golden Hour and The Waters Above: Prelude sit in Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (89.9% vs 90.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Eternal Hour: Golden Hour |  The Waters Above: Prelude | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2018 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 89.9% positive (455 reviews) | 90.8% positive (87 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Seventh Heart Studios | Studio Élan |
Side by side
- Both are Casual games on Steam.
- Eternal Hour: Golden Hour (2017) is 1 year older than The Waters Above: Prelude (2018).
- Both sit near 90% positive on Steam (Eternal Hour: Golden Hour: 455 reviews, The Waters Above: Prelude: 87).
- Both are free to play.
Eternal Hour: Golden Hour vs The Waters Above: Prelude — FAQ
- Should I play Eternal Hour: Golden Hour or The Waters Above: Prelude first?
- If you want chronology, Eternal Hour: Golden Hour (2017) came out before The Waters Above: Prelude (2018). 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 Eternal Hour: Golden Hour and The Waters Above: Prelude similar?
- They overlap on Casual 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.