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ONRAID vs The Culling

ONRAID is an FPS mmorpg game from Pragmatix Ltd (2017) while The Culling is an FPS open-world game from Xaviant (2017).

ONRAID

2017 · Pragmatix Ltd

6.2GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mostly Positive

The Culling

2017 · Xaviant

5.5GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Steam files ONRAID under FPS and Mmorpg. In contrast, it files The Culling under FPS and Open-World.

ONRAID

Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.

Description from its Steam store page

The Culling

Battle Royale is back! In a remote island paradise, 16 contestants have 25 minutes to explore, scavenge items, craft weapons, build traps, hunt and kill each other. Only one will be crowned the winner, do you have the guts to survive?

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

ONRAIDThe Culling
GamingPickz Score6.2/105.5/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (75%, 1,768)Mixed (57%, 17,224)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceFreeNot listed
Install size0.78 GB8 GB
Steam DeckUntestedUntested
Released20172017
DeveloperPragmatix LtdXaviant

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

ONRAID vs The Culling, 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

    ONRAIDFPS mmorpg game
    The CullingFPS 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

    ONRAIDFree to Play, Action, 2D
    The CullingSurvival, Action, Battle Royale

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

  3. Reception

    ONRAIDScore 6.2 · 75% on Steam
    The CullingScore 5.5 · 57% 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

    ONRAID1,768 reviews · 0.78 GB
    The Culling17,224 reviews · 8 GB

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

  5. Price

    ONRAIDFree
    The CullingNot listed

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

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

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ONRAID and The Culling 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

01000100PlayersPopularityONRAIDThe Culling

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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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: ONRAID (GamingPickz Score 6.2)
  • Lighter on storage: ONRAID (0.78 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: The Culling (17,224 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Free to PlayActionMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerIndieStrategyCo-opSurvival

Where they differ

ONRAID is also

2DShooterAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerOnline Co-Op

The Culling is also

Battle RoyaleFirst-PersonCraftingOpen WorldPvPViolent

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, ONRAID is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. The Culling is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

ONRAIDThe Culling
Minimum GPUDX11 GPU with 1GB
Minimum CPUIntel Core i3 560 / AMD Phenom2 X4 945
Minimum RAM4 GB
Install size0.78 GB8 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: ONRAID · The Culling.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for ONRAID and 1 for The Culling. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are ONRAID and The Culling in scope?

ONRAID has drawn 1,768 Steam reviews and installs in 0.78 GB. The Culling has drawn 17,224 Steam reviews and installs in 8 GB.

Is ONRAID or The Culling better?

By the GamingPickz Score, ONRAID rates higher (6.2 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, ONRAID or The Culling?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

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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