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MiSide vs Satisfactory

MiSide is a horror puzzle game from AIHASTO (2024) while Satisfactory is an open-world sandbox game from Coffee Stain Studios (2024).

MiSide

2024 · AIHASTO

8.7GamingPickz Score

$14.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Satisfactory

2024 · Coffee Stain Studios

8.8GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files MiSide under Horror and Puzzle. In contrast, it files Satisfactory under Open-World and Sandbox.

MiSide

Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?

Description from its Steam store page

Satisfactory

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

MiSideSatisfactory
GamingPickz Score8.7/108.8/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (98%, 141,903)Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 278,668)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate91/100
Price$14.99$39.99
Install size2 GB20 GB
Steam Deckplayableverified
Released20242024
DeveloperAIHASTOCoffee Stain Studios

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

MiSide vs Satisfactory, 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

    MiSideHorror puzzle game
    SatisfactoryOpen-world sandbox game

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

  2. How it plays

    MiSidePsychological Horror, Cute, Story Rich
    SatisfactoryBase-Building, Automation, Open World

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

  3. Reception

    MiSideScore 8.7 · 98% on Steam
    SatisfactoryScore 8.8 · 97% 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

    MiSide141,903 reviews · 1 add-on · 2 GB
    Satisfactory278,668 reviews · 1 add-on · 20 GB

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

  5. Price

    MiSide$14.99
    Satisfactory$39.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    MiSidePlayable
    SatisfactoryVerified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Satisfactory takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

The two on the grid

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MiSide and Satisfactory 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

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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  • 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.
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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Satisfactory (GamingPickz Score 8.8)
  • The cheaper right now: MiSide ($14.99)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Satisfactory (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: MiSide (2 GB)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

First-PersonSingleplayerAdventureSimulation

Where they differ

MiSide is also

Psychological HorrorCuteStory RichHorrorSexual Content3D

Satisfactory is also

Base-BuildingAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayerCraftingCo-op

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, MiSide is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Satisfactory is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

MiSideSatisfactory
Minimum GPUNVIDIA GT 630 / 650mNvidia GTX 1650/GTX 1050-ti
Minimum CPUIntel Core i5-2300 @ 2,80 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.1 GHzi5-3570 3.4 GHz 4 Core
Minimum RAM4 GB8 GB
Install size2 GB20 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: MiSide · Satisfactory.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for MiSide and 9 for Satisfactory. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are MiSide and Satisfactory in scope?

MiSide has drawn 141,903 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 2 GB. Satisfactory has drawn 278,668 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 20 GB.

Is MiSide or Satisfactory better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Satisfactory rates higher (8.8 to 8.7). 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, MiSide or Satisfactory?

MiSide is cheaper right now at $14.99, against $39.99. 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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