Choose Blinding Light
Choose Blinding Light if you want a Strategy game with Steam Leaderboards.
Blinding Light vs Starboys
Blinding Light and Starboys 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. Both support cooperative play. 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 Starboys
Choose Starboys if you want the Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and LAN PvP side of the pairing.
Both Blinding Light and Starboys sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online Co-op, 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
 Blinding Light |  Starboys | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | — |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Digital Sapphire | Signal Spike Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Both support cooperative play.
Blinding Light vs Starboys — FAQ
- Are Blinding Light and Starboys 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.
- Do both Blinding Light and Starboys have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Blinding Light ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Starboys ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.