Steam Deck games like TOBOR
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to TOBOR (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
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Beholder 2
Deck Verified alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Beholder 3
Deck Verified alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
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Mind Scanners
Deck Verified alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOBOR.
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
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Beholder: Conductor
Deck Verified alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Deck Verified alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Not For Broadcast
Deck Playable alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
- 7
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Deck Playable alternative to TOBOR — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with TOBOR.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.