Steam Deck games like Dungeons of Clay
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Dungeons of Clay (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
- 1
Neon Abyss
Deck Verified alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
- 2
Striving for Light
Deck Verified alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
- 3
Ziggurat
Deck Verified alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
- 4
Catacomb Kids
Deck Verified alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
- 5
HyperParasite
Deck Verified alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
- 6
Heavy Bullets
Deck Playable alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
- 7
GoNNER
Deck Playable alternative to Dungeons of Clay — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Dungeons of Clay.
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.