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Risk of Rain vs TowerFall Ascension

If you are torn between Risk of Rain and TowerFall Ascension, the two share Split Screen, Pixel Graphics and cooperative; here is how the numbers split. On raw data, TowerFall Ascension takes 1 categories against 2 for Risk of Rain.

MetricRisk of RainTowerFall AscensionEdge
Player rating ★ 3.91 ★ 3.94 TowerFall Ascension by 0.03 (1%)
Metacritic 77 87 TowerFall Ascension by 10 (13%)
Catalog popularity 3,717 adds 2,251 adds Risk of Rain by 1466 (39%)
Avg. playtime 4h 3h Risk of Rain is longer
Platform families 4 4 Tie
Release year 2013 2013 Same year

Verdict

TowerFall Ascension takes 2 of 4 measurable categories. Both lean on Split Screen, Pixel Graphics, cooperative and Great Soundtrack, so whichever you pick, the core feel carries over.

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Base game data via RAWG. Comparison computed by us.