Steam Deck games like Botany Manor
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Botany Manor (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
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The Gardens Between
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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Escape From Mystwood Mansion
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
- 3
Strange Horticulture
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
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Strange Antiquities
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death—the first of two acts.
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Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
Experience an isometric, narrative-driven stealth game and join Hanna’s adventure in the vibrant city of Eriksholm. The mysterious disappearance of her brother, Herman, ignites a chain of catastrophic events that will forever change their lives and the fate of the entire city.
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Mutazione
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Deck Verified alternative to Botany Manor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Botany Manor.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.