Best Indie games for the Steam Deck
The 5,464 Indie games we have a Steam Deck verdict for, best-running first — 1,789 of them run great. Valve's handheld — verdicts from each game's Deck-Verified status, with real measured FPS where the community has reported it.

Satisfactory
Adventure · Indie · Simulation

Rocket League
Action · Indie · Racing

Hades
Action · Indie · RPG

Brawlhalla
Action · Indie · Free To Play

Subnautica
Adventure · Indie

Ready or Not
Action · Adventure · Indie

Vampire Survivors
Action · Casual · Indie

Balatro
Casual · Indie · Strategy

Euro Truck Simulator 2
Indie · Simulation

Palworld
Action · Adventure · Indie

Terraria
Action · Adventure · Indie

Stray
Adventure · Indie

Noita
Action · Adventure · Indie

A Hat in Time
Adventure · Indie

Teardown
Action · Indie · Simulation

ULTRAKILL
Action · Indie · Early Access

PEAK
Action · Adventure · Indie

Hollow Knight
Action · Adventure · Indie

Stardew Valley
Indie · RPG · Simulation

Cuphead
Action · Indie

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Action · Adventure · Indie

Factorio
Casual · Indie · Simulation

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Action · Adventure · Indie

Valheim
Action · Adventure · Indie

ARK: Survival Evolved
Action · Adventure · Indie

Muse Dash
Action · Casual · Indie

Gunfire Reborn
Action · Adventure · Indie

Celeste
Action · Adventure · Indie

Project Zomboid
Indie · RPG · Simulation

Cult of the Lamb
Action · Adventure · Indie

DELTARUNE
Indie · RPG

Stick Fight: The Game
Action · Casual · Indie

Last Epoch
Action · Adventure · Indie

GRIS
Adventure · Indie

Wreckfest
Action · Indie · Racing

Brotato
Action · Casual · Indie

Hades II
Action · Indie · RPG

7 Days to Die
Action · Adventure · Indie

Slay the Spire
Indie · Strategy

Spelunky 2
Action · Indie

RimWorld
Indie · Simulation · Strategy

PC Building Simulator
Indie · Simulation

Content Warning
Action · Adventure · Indie

Slay the Spire 2
Indie · Strategy · Early Access

Subnautica: Below Zero
Adventure · Indie

100% Orange Juice
Indie · Strategy

INSIDE
Action · Adventure · Indie

Human Fall Flat
Adventure · Casual · Indie

Mewgenics
Adventure · Indie · RPG

Megabonk
Action · Casual · Indie

Rivals of Aether
Indie

Dead Cells
Action · Adventure · Indie

Tetris Effect: Connected
Casual · Indie

Dorfromantik
Casual · Indie · Simulation

Temtem
Adventure · Indie · Massively Multiplayer

Return of the Obra Dinn
Adventure · Indie

American Truck Simulator
Indie · Simulation

Blasphemous
Action · Adventure · Indie

Katana ZERO
Action · Indie

PowerWash Simulator
Casual · Indie · Simulation
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