Steam Deck games like Weaving Tides
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Weaving Tides (5 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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The Spirit and the Mouse
Deck Verified alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Weaving Tides.
Bring kindness and light to the people of Sainte-et-Claire as Lila—a tiny mouse with a big heart! Explore a quaint French village, make electrifying new friends, and do good deeds for those in need in this lush narrative adventure game.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Deck Verified alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Weaving Tides.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf
Deck Verified alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Weaving Tides.
Go on an adventure to save your forest! Gargamel, the evil sorcerer just created the VILEAF, a plant that has the ability to attract and capture the Smurfs... but it's also TOXIC! Embody 4 iconic Smurfs and heal the plants on your way to Gargamel's hovel: the whole forest depends on you!
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Semblance
Deck Verified alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weaving Tides.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Weaving Tides.
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
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Omno
Deck Playable alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weaving Tides.
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
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Minute of Islands
Deck Playable alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Weaving Tides.
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
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Effie
Deck Playable alternative to Weaving Tides — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weaving Tides.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!