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Choose Pacify if you want a Strategy and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Online PvP, and PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.6% positive across 11,087 reviews.
Pacify and Malum both land in Action, Indie, Adventure 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, Adventure on Steam. Pacify (2019) is 2 years older than Malum (2021). Pacify scores higher on Steam reviews (87.6% positive) than Malum (72.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Choose Pacify if you want a Strategy and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Online PvP, and PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.6% positive across 11,087 reviews.
Choose Malum if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Malum launched in 2021.
Both Pacify and Malum sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and 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.
Pacify | Malum | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2021 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 87.6% positive (11,087 reviews) | 72.5% positive (233 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Shawn Hitchcock | MalumGames |
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