Steam Deck games like Samorost 1
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Samorost 1 (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
Samorost 2
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 1.
Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.
- 2
Samorost 3
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 1.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
- 3
Machinarium
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 1.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Botanicula
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 1.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
- 5
Papetura
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 1.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
- 6
CHUCHEL
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Samorost 1.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
- 7
Happy Game
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Samorost 1.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
- 8
TOHU
Deck Verified alternative to Samorost 1 — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Indie with Samorost 1.
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.