Steam Deck games like Cendric
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Cendric (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
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Cendric.
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
- 2
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
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.
- 3
Minoria
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
- 4
Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
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.
- 5
Unbound: Worlds Apart
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
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Ageless
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
- 7
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Deck Verified alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cendric.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
- 8
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Deck Playable alternative to Cendric — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and RPG with Cendric.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!