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Knight Online vs WAKFU

Knight Online is an action-adventure action-RPG game from Noah System (2016) while WAKFU is a mmorpg open-world game from Ankama Studio (2014).

Knight Online

2016 · Noah System

5.0GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mixed

WAKFU

2014 · Ankama Studio

6.8GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Knight Online under Action-Adventure and Action-RPG. In contrast, it files WAKFU under Mmorpg and Open-World.

Knight Online

The Great Battle between Karus and El Morad has arrived to Steam! Pledge allegiance to one of the Nations and put your skills to the test in one of the best PvP system in the MMORPG universe!

Description from its Steam store page

WAKFU

Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG. Select your class, travel the world, meet adventurers to challenge powerful monsters in epic turn-based battles.Participate in the kingdom’s economy and politics and create your own legend!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Knight OnlineWAKFU
GamingPickz Score5.0/106.8/10
Steam ratingMixed (51%, 11,259)Mostly Positive (76%, 10,792)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate76/100
PriceFreeFree
Install size2 GB3 GB
Steam Deckunsupportedunsupported
Released20162014
DeveloperNoah SystemAnkama Studio

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

Knight Online vs WAKFU, 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

    Knight OnlineAction-adventure action-RPG game
    WAKFUMmorpg open-world game

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

  2. How it plays

    Knight OnlineFree to Play, MMORPG, Massively Multiplayer
    WAKFUFree to Play, Massively Multiplayer, Turn-Based Strategy

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

  3. Reception

    Knight OnlineScore 5.0 · 51% on Steam
    WAKFUScore 6.8 · 76% on Steam · 76 critic

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

  4. Content and scale

    Knight Online11,259 reviews · 2 GB
    WAKFU10,792 reviews · 1 add-on · 3 GB

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

  5. Price

    Knight OnlineFree
    WAKFUFree

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Knight OnlineUnsupported
    WAKFUUnsupported

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

WAKFU takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

The two on the grid

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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.

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How positions are decided

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: WAKFU (GamingPickz Score 6.8)
  • Lighter on storage: Knight Online (2 GB)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Free to PlayMMORPGMassively MultiplayerActionOpen WorldMultiplayerAdventureRPG

Where they differ

Knight Online is also

PvPAction-AdventureWarSurvivalAction RPGCharacter Customization

WAKFU is also

Turn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalIsometric2DTactical RPG

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Knight Online is relaxed, easy to pick up. WAKFU is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Knight Online and 0 for WAKFU. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Knight Online and WAKFU in scope?

Knight Online has drawn 11,259 Steam reviews and installs in 2 GB. WAKFU has drawn 10,792 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 3 GB.

Is Knight Online or WAKFU better?

By the GamingPickz Score, WAKFU rates higher (6.8 to 5.0). 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, Knight Online or WAKFU?

Knight Online is cheaper right now at Free, against Free. 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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