Steam Deck games like Milli & Greg
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Milli & Greg (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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BZZZT
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
- 2

Celeste
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Super Meat Boy
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Milli & Greg.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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They Bleed Pixels
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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Tiny Thor
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
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Downwell
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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La-Mulana 2
Deck Verified alternative to Milli & Greg — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Milli & Greg.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.