Choose Pretend
Choose Pretend if you want a Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, and Free To Play game with Online Co-op and Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 1,094 Steam reviews back the pick.
Pretend vs Prank Call
Pretend and Prank Call both land in Indie, 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 share Indie, Casual on Steam. Prank Call (2020) is 1 year older than Pretend (2021). Both sit near 58% positive on Steam (Pretend: 1,094 reviews, Prank Call: 17). 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 Prank Call
Choose Prank Call if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Prank Call launched in 2020.
Both Pretend and Prank Call sit in Indie and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (58% vs 58.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Pretend |  Prank Call | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2020 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual, Early Access | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 2.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 58% positive (1,094 reviews) | 58.8% positive (17 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | whitesquare | Lighthouse Games Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Prank Call (2020) is 1 year older than Pretend (2021).
- Both sit near 58% positive on Steam (Pretend: 1,094 reviews, Prank Call: 17).
- Pretend has co-op; Prank Call does not.
Pretend vs Prank Call — FAQ
- Should I play Pretend or Prank Call first?
- If you want chronology, Prank Call (2020) came out before Pretend (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 Pretend and Prank Call similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.