Steam Deck games like Shadow Complex Remastered
Below are 12 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Shadow Complex Remastered (10 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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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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Axiom Verge
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
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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BLADECHIMERA
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
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The Mobius Machine
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
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Zexion
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
“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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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Deck Playable alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Deck Playable alternative to Shadow Complex Remastered — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Complex Remastered.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.