Steam Deck games like Salt and Sanctuary
Below are 12 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Salt and Sanctuary (10 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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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
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Salt and Sacrifice
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sanctuary.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sanctuary.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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GRIME
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Blade of Darkness
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sanctuary.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Vigil: The Longest Night
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
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Hollow Knight
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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The Surge
Deck Playable alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sanctuary.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Dead Cells
Deck Verified alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Dark Devotion
Deck Playable alternative to Salt and Sanctuary — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Salt and Sanctuary.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.