Steam Deck games like Mini Ninjas
Below are 11 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Mini Ninjas (9 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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Mark of the Ninja
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Aragami
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
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The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Find your inner ninja with the all-new LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game! Play as your favorite ninjas to defend Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon. Master the art of Ninjagility by wall-running and high-jumping, and battle foes to rank up and upgrade the ninja's combat skills.
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A Hat in Time
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Demon Tides
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.
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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Deck Playable alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
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HITMAN™
Deck Playable alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
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Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
Deck Verified alternative to Mini Ninjas — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.