Steam Deck games like Sockman
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Sockman (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
Hollow Knight
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
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.
- 2
Rogue Legacy 2
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
- 3
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
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.
- 4
Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
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
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
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.
- 6
The End Is Nigh
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
- 7
VVVVVV
Deck Verified alternative to Sockman — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?