When comparing OBEY vs Sub Rosa, the Slant community recommends OBEY for most people. In the question“What are the best BYOPC party games where deceit and manipulation is required to win?” OBEY is ranked 2nd while Sub Rosa is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose OBEY is:
Works with Win/Mac/Linux with LAN or online servers.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Multi-platformed multiplayer
Works with Win/Mac/Linux with LAN or online servers.
Pro Cute little bunnies vs gigantic weaponized robot
A very different style of asymmetrical game-play.
Pro Psychological and Coercive gameplay
Battle and force players to do your bidding against their own will to win.
Pro In-depth "deals" as a deep gameplay mechanic
Players will be tasked with setting up deals in the game where they are tasked with meeting a particular trade partner to swap cash for an item (it's called a "disk" in the game). many things can happen during a trade making for an edge of your seat situation where each player could at any moment pull out a gun and start shooting. This makes for gameplay that one can never tell what will happen and requires each to try and "read" the other.
Cons
Con Small online community (as of August 2015)
The online community is currently small since it is still in early access, but they are a very friendly group of people.
Con Overpriced for what is on offer
For a game with simple graphics, unfinished design that is still in Alpha asking $20 for the game is seen as somewhat high.
Con Early Access means there may be issues
Any game that is in Early Access on Steam could possibly have issues such as missing gameplay elements as well as bugs, since it is basically an alpha or beta product.