Steam Deck games like Luminest
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Luminest (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
- 1
The Master's Pupil
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball
- 2
Chants of Sennaar
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
- 3
Ynglet
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
- 4
Amnesia: Rebirth
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
- 5
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
- 6
Munin
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
- 7
Heavenly Bodies
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
- 8
Donut County
Deck Verified alternative to Luminest — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminest.
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.