Steam Deck games like UP
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to UP (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
Neon White
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UP.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
- 2
Jusant
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UP.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
- 3
Mirror's Edge™
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with UP.
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
- 4
Portal 2
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with UP.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
- 5
Grow Home
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with UP.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
- 6
A Story About My Uncle
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with UP.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
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Duskfade
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with UP.
Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night.
- 8
It Takes Two
Deck Verified alternative to UP — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with UP.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.