Steam Deck games like Vigil: The Longest Night
Below are 15 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Vigil: The Longest Night (12 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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GRIME
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
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.
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Afterimage
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
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Blasphemous 2
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Minoria
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
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.
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Catmaze
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Catmaze is a fairy metroidvania inspired by Slavic myths. Age-old tales will come to life in the unforgettable adventure of Alesta, a sorceress whose courage guides her through mysterious paths and dark forests in search of the lost road to Nav, the world of the dead.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Deck Playable alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
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Nine Sols
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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Hollow Knight
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Deck Playable alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Deck Verified alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.
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Moonscars
Deck Playable alternative to Vigil: The Longest Night — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vigil: The Longest Night.
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.