Steam Deck games like Concurrency
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Concurrency (6 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
Celeste
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
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.
- 2
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
- 3
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
- 4
Downwell
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
- 5
The End Is Nigh
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
- 6
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Deck Verified alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
- 7
Cave Story+
Deck Playable alternative to Concurrency — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Concurrency.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.