Steam Deck games like The Little Crane That Could
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to The Little Crane That Could (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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Goat Simulator
Deck Verified alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
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Fugl
Deck Verified alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Soar with the wind as a shape-shifting bird. Explore worlds teeming with life. Discover and morph into hundreds of animal species. Relax and enjoy the freedom of Fugl.
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The Precinct
Deck Verified alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
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Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Deck Verified alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
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State of Decay
Deck Verified alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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PANELKI
Deck Playable alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
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Beasts of Bermuda
Deck Playable alternative to The Little Crane That Could — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Play as a dinosaur and become part of a player-created ecosystem! Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer game where players endure catastrophic storms and fearsome foes while growing to monstrous sizes. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Bermuda Triangle?