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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath vs Red Dead Online

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is an action-adventure FPS game from Oddworld Inhabitants (2005) while Red Dead Online is a mmorpg open-world game from Rockstar Games (2020).

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

2005 · Oddworld Inhabitants

6.7GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Very Positive

Red Dead Online

2020 · Rockstar Games

7.5GamingPickz Score

$19.99

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Steam files Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath under Action-Adventure and FPS. In contrast, it files Red Dead Online under Mmorpg and Open-World.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.

Description from its Steam store page

Red Dead Online

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Oddworld: Stranger's WrathRed Dead Online
GamingPickz Score6.7/107.5/10
Steam ratingVery Positive (87%, 1,817)Very Positive (83%, 69,381)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
Price$9.99$19.99
Install size150 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20052020
DeveloperOddworld InhabitantsRockstar Games

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

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath vs Red Dead Online, 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

    Oddworld: Stranger's WrathAction-adventure FPS game
    Red Dead OnlineMmorpg 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

    Oddworld: Stranger's WrathAdventure, Action, Western
    Red Dead OnlineOpen World, Western, Action

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

  3. Reception

    Oddworld: Stranger's WrathScore 6.7 · 87% on Steam
    Red Dead OnlineScore 7.5 · 83% 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

    Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath1,817 reviews · 1 add-on
    Red Dead Online69,381 reviews · 150 GB

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

  5. Price

    Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath$9.99
    Red Dead Online$19.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Oddworld: Stranger's WrathPlayable
    Red Dead OnlinePlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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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.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Red Dead Online (GamingPickz Score 7.5)
  • The cheaper right now: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath ($9.99)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Red Dead Online (69,381 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

AdventureActionWesternSingleplayerViolentOpen WorldThird-Person ShooterShooter

Where they differ

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is also

ClassicStrategyComedyFPSThird PersonAction-Adventure

Red Dead Online is also

MultiplayerHorsesRealisticOnline Co-OpCharacter CustomizationPvP

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Red Dead Online is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Oddworld: Stranger's WrathRed Dead Online
Minimum GPUNvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Minimum CPUIntel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Minimum RAM8 GB
Install size150 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath · Red Dead Online.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and 1 for Red Dead Online. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and Red Dead Online in scope?

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath has drawn 1,817 Steam reviews and ships 1 add-on. Red Dead Online has drawn 69,381 Steam reviews and installs in 150 GB.

Is Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath or Red Dead Online better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Red Dead Online rates higher (7.5 to 6.7). 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, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath or Red Dead Online?

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $19.99. 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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