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Enlisted: Reinforced vs Heaven Island Life

Enlisted: Reinforced is an FPS mmorpg game from Darkflow Software (2024) while Heaven Island Life is a simulation game from Fabio Ferrara (2016).

Quick answer: Enlisted: Reinforced rates higher, 7.2 to 5.5 on the GamingPickz Score, and Enlisted: Reinforced is the cheaper at Free.

Enlisted: Reinforced

2024 · Darkflow Software

7.2GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Very Positive

Heaven Island Life

2016 · Fabio Ferrara

5.5GamingPickz Score

$0.99

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Enlisted: Reinforced is filed under FPS and Mmorpg. In contrast, Heaven Island Life under Simulation.

Enlisted: Reinforced

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.

Description from its Steam store page

Heaven Island Life

"Heaven Island VIVE" is an experience designed for the HTC Vive in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance. The game requires the HTC Vive device.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Enlisted: ReinforcedHeaven Island Life
GamingPickz Score7.2/105.5/10
Steam ratingVery Positive (80%, 47,229)Mixed (60%, 800)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceFree$0.99
Install size49 GB0.39 GB
Steam Deckplayableunsupported
Released20242016
DeveloperDarkflow SoftwareFabio Ferrara

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

Enlisted: Reinforced vs Heaven Island Life, 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

    Enlisted: ReinforcedFPS mmorpg game
    Heaven Island LifeSimulation game

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

  2. How it plays

    Enlisted: ReinforcedFPS, World War II, Shooter
    Heaven Island LifeIndie, Simulation, Walking Simulator

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

  3. Reception

    Enlisted: ReinforcedScore 7.2 · 80% on Steam
    Heaven Island LifeScore 5.5 · 60% on Steam

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

  4. Content and scale

    Enlisted: Reinforced47,229 reviews · 10 add-ons · 49 GB
    Heaven Island Life800 reviews · 1 add-on · 0.39 GB

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

  5. Price

    Enlisted: ReinforcedFree
    Heaven Island Life$0.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Enlisted: ReinforcedPlayable
    Heaven Island LifeUnsupported

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Enlisted: Reinforced takes 3 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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Enlisted: Reinforced and Heaven Island Life on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.

2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularityHeaven Island Life

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.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Enlisted: Reinforced (GamingPickz Score 7.2)
  • The cheaper right now: Enlisted: Reinforced (Free)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Enlisted: Reinforced (playable)
  • Lighter on storage: Heaven Island Life (0.39 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Enlisted: Reinforced (47,229 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Simulation

Where they differ

Enlisted: Reinforced is also

FPSWorld War IIMultiplayerShooterPvPVehicular Combat

Heaven Island Life is also

IndieVRWalking Simulator

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Enlisted: Reinforced is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Heaven Island Life is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Enlisted: ReinforcedHeaven Island Life
Minimum GPUNvidia GeForce GTX 660Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Minimum CPUIntel Core i3CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent
Minimum RAM8 GB4 GB
Install size49 GB0.39 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Enlisted: Reinforced · Heaven Island Life.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 4 accessibility features for Enlisted: Reinforced and 0 for Heaven Island Life. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Enlisted: Reinforced and Heaven Island Life in scope?

Enlisted: Reinforced has drawn 47,229 Steam reviews, ships 10 add-ons and installs in 49 GB. Heaven Island Life has drawn 800 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 0.39 GB.

Is Enlisted: Reinforced or Heaven Island Life better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Enlisted: Reinforced rates higher (7.2 to 5.5). 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, Enlisted: Reinforced or Heaven Island Life?

Enlisted: Reinforced is cheaper right now at Free, against $0.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Should I get Enlisted: Reinforced or Heaven Island Life?

Enlisted: Reinforced rates higher, 7.2 to 5.5 on the GamingPickz Score, and Enlisted: Reinforced is the cheaper at Free. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

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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