Steam Deck games like Gotcha
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Gotcha (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
- 1
Overcooked
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
- 2
Unrailed!
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
- 3
POPUCOM
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with Gotcha.
Venture together with your friends on an unknown planet. Use color switching, match-3 shooting, and artifact powers to overcome challenges and keep advancing. What lies ahead of you is an adventure filled with wonder, hope, and much more to discover!
- 4
Moving Out
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.
- 5
BattleBlock Theater®
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
- 6
Move or Die
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
- 7
Tiny Brains
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.
- 8
Pikuniku
Deck Verified alternative to Gotcha — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gotcha.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!