Steam Deck games like Josh Journey: Darkness Totems
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems (6 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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Shing!
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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Battletoads
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
• Over-the-top combat with combos and hard-hitting morph attacks • Wild, varied gameplay sequences for all types of gamers • Hand-drawn animation feels like playing a cartoon • Drop-in couch co-op for three players
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Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Choose a side, master your moves, and embrace your destiny in an epic beat 'em up adventure inspired by the hit show. Take control of 8 playable characters with deep movesets, combos, progression, real-time character swaps, ultimate attacks, and much more!
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Unruly Heroes
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
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Ogre Tale
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Deck Verified alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Absolum
Deck Playable alternative to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.