Steam Deck games like Hollow Knight
Below are 15 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Hollow Knight (11 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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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Hollow Knight.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
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Nine Sols
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
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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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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Axiom Verge
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Dead Cells
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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TUNIC
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Celeste
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Cave Story+
Deck Playable alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Deck Playable alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Hollow Knight.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Owlboy
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Deck Verified alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising
Deck Playable alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Deck Playable alternative to Hollow Knight — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.