Steam Deck games like Yokai Survivor
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Yokai Survivor (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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Kitty's Last Adventure
Deck Verified alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with Yokai Survivor.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
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Gacha Fever
Deck Verified alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !
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NIMRODS
Deck Verified alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
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Time Wasters
Deck Verified alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
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Bounty of One
Deck Verified alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
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Nautical Survival
Deck Playable alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
Captain an armed sea vessel to fight off hordes of oceanic terrors! Navigate between outposts to upgrade your boat, equip powerful weapons, manage your economy and hire crew members to your aid in this unique take on the survivors-like formula.
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X Invader
Deck Playable alternative to Yokai Survivor — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Survivor.
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!