Steam Deck games like Upside Down
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Upside Down (7 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
Semblance
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
- 2
Frincess&Cnight
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
Frincess&Cnight is a single-screen puzzle-platformer game about struggle and love between Frog princess and Cat knight.
- 3
Planet of Lana
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
- 4
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.
- 5
Pinstripe
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upside Down.
An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.
- 6
Another Sight - Definitive Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
A teenager who has lost her sight and a mysterious cat team up in a surreal fantasy adventure into the unexpected, weaving a tale that brings together some of the world’s greatest minds: Monet, Tesla, Edison and other historical cultural icons.
- 7
VVVVVV
Deck Verified alternative to Upside Down — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Upside Down.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?