Between 2025-09-06 and 2025-09-13 we selected 9 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. There’s no huge title released in that timeframe, but Star Birds (cozy base building) and Dead Reset (Horror FMV game) may be sticking their heads out from the lot.

Here’s the full list of titles worth checking:

LOOTPLOT

Released on 9 Sep, 2025, developed by CodeTheory Ltd, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 95.2 % Positive (out of 126 total reviews)

About the game: Re-arrange items, discover synergies, bend the rules, and break the game! LOOTPLOT is a points-based, inventory builder Roguelite centered around items, which all have a unique twist.

STAR BIRDS

Released on 10 Sep, 2025, developed by Toukana Interactive and published by Toukana Interactive, . [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 95.1 % Positive (out of 223 total reviews)

About the game: Star Birds is a relaxing asteroid base-building and resource management game. Discover and mine countless asteroids, create production networks and guide your flock of spacefaring birds to new interstellar horizons!

MASTER OF CHESS

Released on 9 Sep, 2025, developed by BRANE, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Simulation, Sports

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 84.9 % Positive (out of 139 total reviews)

About the game: Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide. Become World Champion in the first and only chess career simulator!

BEYOND SUNSET

Released on 12 Sep, 2025, developed by Metacorp / Vaporware and published by Movie Games S.A.. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 81.3 % Positive (out of 134 total reviews)

About the game: Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!

CHRONO GEAR: WARDEN OF TIME

Released on 11 Sep, 2025, developed by Team Chrono Gear, and published by holo Indie. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 100 % Positive (out of 40 total reviews)

About the game: Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

DEAD RESET

Released on 11 Sep, 2025, developed by Dark Rift Horror, and published by Wales Interactive. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Adventure

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 97.8 % Positive (out of 46 total reviews)

About the game: Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.

KNIGHTS OF THE CRUSADES

Released on 6 Sep, 2025, developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 91.9 % Positive (out of 62 total reviews)

About the game: Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

THE TROLLEY SOLUTION

Released on 12 Sep, 2025, developed by byDanDans and published by The Bueno Interactive. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 89.7 % Positive (out of 39 total reviews)

About the game: The Trolley Solution is a compilation of point-and-click minigames based on the famous thought experiment originally proposed by Philippa Foot.

BUBSY IN: THE PURRFECT COLLECTION

Released on 9 Sep, 2025, developed by Limited Run Games and published by Atari. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 85.2 % Positive (out of 54 total reviews)

About the game: Is Bubsy a celebrated icon from the mascot wars of the early 90s or a platforming punchline? Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection explores the franchise’s troubled history and enduring popularity. A playable history that includes games, artifacts and interviews. What could possibly go wrong?

Want More?

You should check last week’s list as well, where we identified Silksong on top of 7 other games for the Steam Deck.