Steam Deck games like PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS
Below are 8 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS (8 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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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
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Gorogoa
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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Escape Simulator
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
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Linelight
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
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Donut County
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
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Lil' Guardsman
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.
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Pikuniku
Deck Verified alternative to PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with PUZZLE: CATS & DOGS.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!