Choose The Cycle: Frontier
Choose The Cycle: Frontier if you want a Massively Multiplayer experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Cycle: Frontier launched in 2022.
The Cycle: Frontier vs Destiny 2
The Cycle: Frontier and Destiny 2 both land in Action, Free To Play 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, Free To Play on Steam. Destiny 2 (2019) is 3 years older than The Cycle: Frontier (2022). Both sit near 78% positive on Steam (The Cycle: Frontier: 283 reviews, Destiny 2: 377,366). 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 Destiny 2
Choose Destiny 2 if you want an Adventure game with Subtitle Options, Color Alternatives, and Custom Volume Controls. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 377,366 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both The Cycle: Frontier and Destiny 2 sit in Action and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (77.4% vs 77.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Cycle: Frontier |  Destiny 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Adventure, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 77.4% positive (283 reviews) | 77.8% positive (377,366 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | YAGER | Bungie |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Destiny 2 (2019) is 3 years older than The Cycle: Frontier (2022).
- Both sit near 78% positive on Steam (The Cycle: Frontier: 283 reviews, Destiny 2: 377,366).
- Destiny 2 is free; The Cycle: Frontier is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
The Cycle: Frontier vs Destiny 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, The Cycle: Frontier or Destiny 2?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: The Cycle: Frontier sits at 77.4% positive (283 reviews), Destiny 2 at 77.8% (377,366). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play The Cycle: Frontier or Destiny 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Destiny 2 (2019) came out before The Cycle: Frontier (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 The Cycle: Frontier and Destiny 2 similar?
- They overlap on Action, Free To Play 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.
- Do both The Cycle: Frontier and Destiny 2 have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: The Cycle: Frontier ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Destiny 2 ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Destiny 2 free?
- Yes — Destiny 2 is a free-to-play Steam title. The Cycle: Frontier is paid (Price unknown).