Between 2025-10-04 and 2025-10-11 we selected 8 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This time I’d like to point out Absolum as a highlight - it seems to be an absolute blast if you like action / roguelite games in the same vein as Hades.

Here’s the whole list below.

HOUSE OF NECROSIS

Released on 6 Oct, 2025, developed by Warkus, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 97.2 % Positive (out of 218 total reviews)

About the game: A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.

MY CARD IS BETTER THAN YOUR CARD!

Released on 6 Oct, 2025, developed by Utu Studios, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Strategy, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 95.4 % Positive (out of 151 total reviews)

About the game: Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!

LITTLE ROCKET LAB

Released on 7 Oct, 2025, developed by Teenage Astronauts and published by No More Robots. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Adventure, RPG, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 95.3 % Positive (out of 297 total reviews)

About the game: Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family’s dream - your mother’s precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

ABSOLUM

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

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 94.4 % Positive (out of 682 total reviews)

About the game: Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.

YOOKA-REPLAYLEE

Released on 9 Oct, 2025, developed by Playtonic Games and published by PM Studios, Inc., . [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 91.9 % Positive (out of 236 total reviews)

About the game: Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?

PROJECT UNKNOWN

Released on 10 Oct, 2025, developed by PsychoRavens and published by Nightmare Studios. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 87 % Positive (out of 293 total reviews)

About the game: An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught

LOST EIDOLONS: VEIL OF THE WITCH

Released on 9 Oct, 2025, developed by Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. and published by Ocean Drive Studio, Inc., . [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, RPG, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 85.9 % Positive (out of 234 total reviews)

About the game: When stranded on a cursed island, survival takes strategy as well as strength. Conquer intense turn-based battles, recruit allies, adapt to ever-shifting events, and grow stronger with every run. Will you prevail and uncover the truth lying between life and death?

RUNEBORN

Released on 9 Oct, 2025, developed by iDream Interactive and published by Goblinz Publishing, . [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Strategy, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 100 % Positive (out of 38 total reviews)

About the game: Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!

Want to See More?

You should check last week’s feature for the new games that made it on the Steam Deck, where Lego Party and FF Tactics were mentioned.