Steam Deck games like RT
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to RT (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
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with RT.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
- 2
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with RT.
Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.
- 3
Infernax
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with RT.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
- 4
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with RT.
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.
- 5
Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with RT.
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.
- 6
Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with RT.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.
- 7
Valfaris
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with RT.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
- 8
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Deck Verified alternative to RT — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with RT.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.