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Deathloop vs Dishonored

Deathloop is an action-adventure FPS game from Arkane Studios (2021) while Dishonored is an action-adventure FPS game from Arkane Studios (2012).

Deathloop

2021 · Arkane Studios

7.0GamingPickz Score

$59.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

Dishonored

2012 · Arkane Studios

8.5GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Deathloop under Action-Adventure and FPS. In contrast, it files Dishonored under Action-Adventure and FPS.

Deathloop

DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

Description from its Steam store page

Dishonored

Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

DeathloopDishonored
GamingPickz Score7.0/108.5/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (76%, 30,449)Overwhelmingly Positive (98%, 88,064)
Critic aggregate87/10091/100
Price$59.99$9.99
Install size30 GB
Steam Deckverifiedverified
Released20212012
DeveloperArkane StudiosArkane Studios

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Deathloop vs Dishonored, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    DeathloopAction-adventure FPS game
    DishonoredAction-adventure FPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    DeathloopFPS, Action, Stealth
    DishonoredStealth, First-Person, Assassin

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    DeathloopScore 7.0 · 76% on Steam · 87 critic
    DishonoredScore 8.5 · 98% on Steam · 91 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Deathloop30,449 reviews · 2 add-ons · 30 GB
    Dishonored88,064 reviews · 5 add-ons

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Deathloop$59.99
    Dishonored$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    DeathloopVerified
    DishonoredVerified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Dishonored takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

  • Multi-platform

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Dishonored (GamingPickz Score 8.5)
  • The cheaper right now: Dishonored ($9.99)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Dishonored (88,064 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSActionStealthImmersive SimFirst-PersonShooterSingleplayerAssassin

Where they differ

Deathloop is also

MultiplayerTime ManipulationRogue-litePvPViolentTactical

Dishonored is also

SteampunkAtmosphericMultiple EndingsDarkMagicDystopian

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Deathloop is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Dishonored is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

DeathloopDishonored
Minimum GPU
Minimum CPU3.0 GHz dual core
Minimum RAM3 GB
Install size30 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Deathloop · Dishonored.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 4 accessibility features for Deathloop and 6 for Dishonored. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Deathloop and Dishonored in scope?

Deathloop has drawn 30,449 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 30 GB. Dishonored has drawn 88,064 Steam reviews and ships 5 add-ons.

Is Deathloop or Dishonored better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Dishonored rates higher (8.5 to 7.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Deathloop or Dishonored?

Dishonored is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $59.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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