Choose Bean Battles
Choose Bean Battles if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. 6,032 Steam reviews back the pick.
Bean Battles vs Combat Beans: Total Mayhem
Bean Battles and Combat Beans: Total Mayhem both land in Action, Indie 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 on Steam. Bean Battles (2018) is 6 years older than Combat Beans: Total Mayhem (2024). Bean Battles is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Combat Beans: Total Mayhem (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 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 Combat Beans: Total Mayhem
Choose Combat Beans: Total Mayhem if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Combat Beans: Total Mayhem launched in 2024.
Both Bean Battles and Combat Beans: Total Mayhem sit in Action and Indie 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
 Bean Battles |  Combat Beans: Total Mayhem | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.7% positive (6,032 reviews) | 6 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Gupa Games | Peanut Brain Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Bean Battles (2018) is 6 years older than Combat Beans: Total Mayhem (2024).
- Bean Battles is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Combat Beans: Total Mayhem (0.99 USD vs. 1.99 USD).
- Bean Battles is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Combat Beans: Total Mayhem has no Deck rating yet.
Bean Battles vs Combat Beans: Total Mayhem — FAQ
- Should I play Bean Battles or Combat Beans: Total Mayhem first?
- If you want chronology, Bean Battles (2018) came out before Combat Beans: Total Mayhem (2024). 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 Bean Battles and Combat Beans: Total Mayhem similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie 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 Bean Battles run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Bean Battles is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Combat Beans: Total Mayhem doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.