Steam Deck games like Circus Pocus
Below are 6 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Circus Pocus (5 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
Disc Room
Deck Verified alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Circus Pocus.
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
- 2
TUNIC
Deck Verified alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Circus Pocus.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
- 3
Party Hard 2
Deck Verified alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Circus Pocus.
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
- 4
Hyper Light Drifter
Deck Verified alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Circus Pocus.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
- 5
La-Mulana 2
Deck Verified alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Circus Pocus.
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.
- 6
World to the West
Deck Playable alternative to Circus Pocus — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Circus Pocus.
World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.