Steam Deck games like Overlanders
Below are 7 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Overlanders (5 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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Distance
Deck Verified alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Overlanders.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
- 2
BallisticNG
Deck Verified alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Overlanders.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
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Pacer
Deck Verified alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Overlanders.
PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.
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Little Racers STREET
Deck Verified alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Racing with Overlanders.
Little Racers STREET fuses the fun-oriented simplicity of top-down racing games with the excitement of street racing, and the results couldn't be better!
- 5
BlazeRush
Deck Verified alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Overlanders.
BlazeRush is a dynamic arcade racing survival game with no health, no levelling and no brakes! You can assemble a team of friends to play in local or online multiplayer, choose a car to your taste and chase, blow up and cut off! Adapt your style and tactics to new enemies, obstacles and tracks.
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GRIP: Combat Racing
Deck Playable alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Overlanders.
Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.
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Need for Speed™ Heat
Deck Playable alternative to Overlanders — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Racing with Overlanders.
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.