Steam Deck games like Duck Souls
Below are 12 Steam Deck-friendly games similar to Duck Souls (10 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
Blasphemous
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
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.
- 2
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
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
Abathor
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
- 4
Foregone
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
- 5
Dead Cells
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
- 6
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
- 7
Hollow Knight
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
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.
- 8
La-Mulana 2
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
- 9
Super Meat Boy
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Duck Souls.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
- 10
Celeste
Deck Verified alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
- 11
Pinkman
Deck Playable alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
- 12
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Deck Playable alternative to Duck Souls — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Duck Souls.
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.