Steam Deck games like Old Skies
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Old Skies (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
Regular Factory: Escape Room
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you discover the truth?
- 2
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
- 3
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
- 4
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
- 5
Heavy Rain
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
- 6
Blackwell Unbound
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
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The Shivah
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
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Unavowed
Deck Verified alternative to Old Skies — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.