Steam Deck games like Harold's Walk
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Harold's Walk (8 Verified, the rest Playable), ranked by player overlap. Every pick has Valve's compat stamp — Verified means full controller support and default settings just work; Playable means a small first-launch tweak (control remap or text size) gets you there. imho.run pulls compat status straight from Valve's own endpoint, refreshed daily.
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Ranked picks
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A Hat in Time
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Harold's Walk.
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Demon Tides
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Harold's Walk.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
- 3
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Harold's Walk.
Make full use of your advanced move-set to navigate hand-crafted retro worlds without a jump button in this vibrant love letter to the N64 era of collectathons!
- 4
Yooka-Laylee
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Harold's Walk.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
- 5
Mr. Sleepy Man
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Harold's Walk.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
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Pumpkin Jack
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Harold's Walk.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
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Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Harold's Walk.
Jump into adventure in Nikoderiko: The Magical World - Director's Cut, a love letter to platformers! Play in single-player or couch co-op, and enjoy 8 colorful worlds, classic platforming challenges, and music by legendary composer David Wise.
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Automaton Lung
Deck Verified alternative to Harold's Walk — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Harold's Walk.
Make use of your special abilities to skate, shoot, and fly through over 40 unique locations. In a strange land with almost no information you must be resourceful and clever. Question everything you see and trust nothing you hear.