Best games on the Steam Deck
Steam Deck Verified titles that run great handheld, ranked by popularity. Each card also shows how the game fares on the Steam Machine — tap through for the full cross-device verdict. Figures are estimated or community-reported unless labeled “measured”.
Cyberpunk 2077
RPG · Open World · Action
Baldur's Gate 3
RPG · Turn-Based · Co-op
Elden Ring
Souls-like · Open World · Action RPG
Half-Life
Action
Half-Life 2
Action
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Action
Portal
Action
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Action
Left 4 Dead 2
Action
Portal 2
Action · Adventure
DOOM + DOOM II
Action
Quake
Action
Dead Space (2008)
Action · Adventure
The Last Remnant
RPG
Braid
Casual · Indie · Strategy
SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics
Action · Adventure · Casual
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Action
Super Meat Boy
Indie
LIMBO
Action · Adventure · Indie
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Action
Terraria
Action · Adventure · Indie
Project Zomboid
Indie · RPG · Simulation
Alan Wake
Action · Adventure
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Action · Adventure
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Action
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Action · Adventure
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Action · Adventure
Serious Sam II
Action · Indie
Castle Crashers
Action · Adventure · Casual
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Action
Dishonored
Action · Adventure
The Walking Dead
Adventure
Batman: Arkham Knight
Action · Adventure
Sanctum 2
Action · Indie · Strategy
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Action · Adventure · RPG
Alien: Isolation
Action
Mark of the Ninja
Action · Adventure · Indie
PAYDAY 2
Action · RPG
Hotline Miami
Action · Indie
DmC: Devil May Cry
Action · Adventure
Resident Evil 6
Action · Adventure
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strategy
The Stanley Parable
Adventure · Indie
POSTAL 2
Action · Adventure · Indie
FEZ
Indie
Brutal Legend
Action · Adventure · Strategy
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Indie · Simulation
Wreckfest
Action · Indie · Racing
Warframe
Action · RPG · Free To Play
Shadow Warrior
Action · Adventure
Mad Max
Action · Adventure
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Action
Transistor
Action · Indie · RPG
BattleBlock Theater
Action · Adventure · Casual
Papers, Please
Adventure · Indie
Dying Light
Action · RPG
Spelunky
Indie
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Action
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Action · Indie