Between 2025-09-20 and 2025-09-27 we selected 17 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This is a pretty big week ! Sonic Racing Crossworlds appears to be one of the best arcade racing games ever made, you get a new Silent Hill as well, Hades II comes out of Early Access, and Mars First Logistics brings Lego-like robot building on Mars. Phew!

There’s more so check the whole list below:

SONIC RACING: CROSSWORLDS

Released on 25 SEP 2025, developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Racing

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 97.4 % Positive (out of 2881 total reviews)

About the game: Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! Warp through Travel Rings into new dimensions where something new awaits around every twist and turn.

BLOODTHIEF

Released on Sep 22, 2025, developed by Blargis, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 97.1 % Positive (out of 205 total reviews)

About the game: Bloodthief is an ultra-fast melee dungeon-runner where you use momentum to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speed-run through haunted crypts and castles and learn what dark secrets lie beneath.

HADES II

Released on Sep 25, 2025, developed by Supergiant Games, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 97 % Positive (out of 39894 total reviews)

About the game: Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

MARS FIRST LOGISTICS

Released on 25 Sep, 2025, developed by Shape Shop and published by Shape Shop, . [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 96.2 % Positive (out of 1048 total reviews)

About the game: Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!

TOKYO XTREME RACER

Released on Sep 24, 2025, developed by Genki Co., Ltd., self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Racing, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 96.1 % Positive (out of 8314 total reviews)

About the game: "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" is a racing game set in a blocked-off future Tokyo, where players aim to be the fastest by driving their best cars on the highways that weave through the city.

CLOVERPIT

Released on 26 Sep, 2025, developed by Panik Arcade and published by Future Friends Games. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Free To Play

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 94.6 % Positive (out of 1120 total reviews)

About the game: A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

SLIME RANCHER 2

Released on Sep 23, 2025, developed by Monomi Park, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 94.3 % Positive (out of 18655 total reviews)

About the game: Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

DEADLY DAYS: ROADTRIP

Released on 22 Sep, 2025, developed by Pixelsplit and published by Sidekick Publishing. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 94.3 % Positive (out of 159 total reviews)

About the game: Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.

AETHERMANCER

Released on 23 Sep, 2025, developed by moi rai games and published by offbrand games. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 91.6 % Positive (out of 320 total reviews)

About the game: Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!

BABY STEPS

Released on 23 Sep, 2025, developed by Gabe Cuzzillo, and published by Devolver Digital. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 89.5 % Positive (out of 276 total reviews)

About the game: Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other.

SWORN

Released on 23 Sep, 2025, developed by Windwalk Games and published by Team17. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 85.9 % Positive (out of 1737 total reviews)

About the game: SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

SILENT HILL F

Released on 24 Sep, 2025, developed by NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. and published by KONAMI. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 84 % Positive (out of 2526 total reviews)

About the game: Hinako’s hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.

CONSUME ME

Released on 24 Sep, 2025, developed by Jenny Jiao Hsia, and published by Hexecutable. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, RPG, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 95.8 % Positive (out of 96 total reviews)

About the game: did you feel stupid, fat, lazy, and ugly in high school? well i did…but at least i made a life-simulation RPG about it!

BLIPPO+

Released on Sep 23, 2025, developed by YACHT, and published by Panic. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 95.6 % Positive (out of 45 total reviews)

About the game: Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote—everything’s about to get bent.

IT HAS MY FACE

Released on 23 Sep, 2025, developed by NightByte Games and published by Behaviour Interactive Inc.. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Indie, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 94 % Positive (out of 83 total reviews)

About the game: IT HAS YOUR FACE. Now it wants your life. Hide, seek, and try to kill your clone in this deceptively simple first-person horror roguelite.

WITCHY BUSINESS

Released on 22 Sep, 2025, developed by Rogue Duck Interactive, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 90.8 % Positive (out of 76 total reviews)

About the game: Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!

NOT ENOUGH?

Check out last week’s edition of the new Steam Deck releases, we have featured Dying Light: The Beast and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.