Choose Ball Out
Choose Ball Out if you want an Action and Indie experience. Ball Out launched in 2019.
Ball Out vs F1® 22
Ball Out and F1® 22 both land in Sports, Racing 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 Sports, Racing on Steam. Ball Out (2019) is 3 years older than F1® 22 (2022). F1® 22 has co-op; Ball Out does not. 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 F1® 22
Choose F1® 22 if you want the Online Co-op, LAN PvP, and LAN Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 9,458 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Ball Out and F1® 22 sit in Sports and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online 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
 Ball Out |  F1® 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Racing | Sports, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 0.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 5 reviews | 65.3% positive (9,458 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op |
| Developers | Forceight | Codemasters |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Racing on Steam.
- Ball Out (2019) is 3 years older than F1® 22 (2022).
- F1® 22 has co-op; Ball Out does not.
- F1® 22 is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Ball Out has no Deck rating yet.
Ball Out vs F1® 22 — FAQ
- Should I play Ball Out or F1® 22 first?
- If you want chronology, Ball Out (2019) came out before F1® 22 (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 Ball Out and F1® 22 similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Racing 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.