Steam Deck games like Virtuous Western
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Virtuous Western (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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Super Time Force Ultra
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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ElecHead
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
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Mad Bullets
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.
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Pets at Work
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtuous Western.
Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!
- 5
Downwell
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
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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Grapple Dog
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
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Celeste
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Virtuous Western.
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.
- 8
Braid
Deck Verified alternative to Virtuous Western — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtuous Western.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.