Best Experimental Steam Deck Games

Steam currently has 1,531 Experimental games, but not all of them can be played on the Steam Deck. Explore our list with the best picks ranked by Player Score. Our Player Score rankings are calculated directly from reviews left on the Steam store and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Experimental game rankings were last updated on 7/28/2025.

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1. Tiny Glade

Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

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Tiny Glade holds the #1 spot for "best Experimental Steam Deck game" with a Player Score of 95. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 20,512 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 20,000 positive reviews and 512 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $14.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $14.99
Release Date 9/23/2024
Developer Pounce Light
Publisher Pounce Light
Steam App Id 2198150

2. Gorogoa

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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Gorogoa has achieved a Player Score of 95, placing it in the #2 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 18,246 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 17,804 positive reviews and 442 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $14.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $14.99
Release Date 12/14/2017
Developer Buried Signal
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Steam App Id 557600

3. Pony Island

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

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Pony Island has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #3 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 17,344 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 16,491 positive reviews and 853 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $4.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $4.99
Release Date 1/4/2016
Franchise Daniel Mullins Games
Developer Daniel Mullins Games
Publisher Daniel Mullins Games
Steam App Id 405640

4. Manifold Garden

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

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Manifold Garden has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #4 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 7,433 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 7,089 positive reviews and 344 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $4.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $4.99
Release Date 10/20/2020
Developer William Chyr Studio
Publisher William Chyr Studio
Steam App Id 473950

5. Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

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Coffee Talk has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #5 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 11,445 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 10,854 positive reviews and 591 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $12.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $12.99
Release Date 1/29/2020
Franchise Toge Productions
Developer Toge Productions
Publisher Toge Productions
Steam App Id 914800

6. Progressbar95

Progressbar95 is a unique indie game with a strong nostalgic vibe. It turns vintage GUI elements like panels, buttons and icons into game elements! Simple and addictive gameplay based on dozens of mini-games and puzzles. The game will make you smile!

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Progressbar95 has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #6 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 3,052 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 2,936 positive reviews and 116 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $4.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $4.99
Release Date 9/8/2020
Developer Igor Uduslivii
Publisher Spooky House Studios UG haftungsbeschraenkt
Steam App Id 1304550

7. ウーマンコミュニケーション

It often happens that lewd words are inadvertently made up in conversation, doesn't it? This game is probably the world's first adventure game where you will find such "inadvertent lewd words" to advance the game!

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ウーマンコミュニケーション has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #7 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 706 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 697 positive reviews and 9 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $12.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $12.99
Release Date 10/25/2023
Developers
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Steam App Id 2095090

8. Windowkill

Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.

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Windowkill has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #8 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 3,157 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 3,025 positive reviews and 132 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $3.49 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $3.49
Release Date 2/23/2024
Developer torcado
Publisher torcado
Steam App Id 2726450

9. The Good Time Garden

Explore a throbbing pink world full of strange naked creatures to gather food for your friend in this short, surreal experience.

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The Good Time Garden has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #9 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 2,737 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 2,625 positive reviews and 112 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is completely free to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Release Date 12/19/2019
Developer Coal Supper
Publisher Coal Supper
Steam App Id 1200860

10. Voxelgram

Voxelgram is a 3D nonograms game where solving puzzles feels like sculpting in three dimensions. Reveal voxel models as you complete each challenge.

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Voxelgram has achieved a Player Score of 91, placing it in the #10 spot for the best Experimental Steam Deck games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 622 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 612 positive reviews and 10 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $9.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $9.99
Release Date 11/7/2019
Franchise Procedural Level
Developer Procedural Level
Publisher Procedural Level
Steam App Id 1158470

More Experimental Steam Deck Verified Games

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Tiny Glade steam charts
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9/23/2024
95
$14.99
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Gorogoa steam charts
10
12/14/2017
95
$14.99
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Pony Island steam charts
12
1/4/2016
93
$4.99
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Manifold Garden steam charts
23
10/20/2020
92
$4.99
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Coffee Talk steam charts
28
1/29/2020
92
$12.99
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Progressbar95 steam charts
9
9/8/2020
92
$4.99
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ウーマンコミュニケーション steam charts
6
10/25/2023
92
$12.99
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Windowkill steam charts
15
2/23/2024
92
$3.49
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The Good Time Garden steam charts
1
12/19/2019
92
Free
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Voxelgram steam charts
24
11/7/2019
91
$9.99
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  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 28). Tiny Glade on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 24). Gorogoa on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 10). Pony Island on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 26). Manifold Garden on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 12). Coffee Talk on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 14). Progressbar95 on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 25). ウーマンコミュニケーション on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 1). Windowkill on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 4). The Good Time Garden on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2025, July 14). Voxelgram on Steam. Steam Store.

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