New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Neo Junk City and Hillthorn - 2026-11-14 Edition

Between 2026-11-07 and 2026-11-14 we selected 15 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. The highlight is certainly Neo Junk City that is rated as a top-tier adventure game that deserves a sequel.

There’ s also Hillthorn that brilliantly involves a detective story using cards only. To get on sale, as the game is somewhat short all things considered.

Full details below.

ANNIHILATED

Released on 9 Nov, 2026, developed by Death Kumiai, published by Death Kumiai and Flashlight Games. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 96.2 % Positive (out of 1040 total reviews)

About the game: A story-driven roguelite RPG about a journey through the depths with a broken hero — and what they have to answer for. The hero’s party has been annihilated: you carry one of them out of a cursed dungeon, learn what broke them, and settle it together. Four routes, four heroes, four reckonings.

Steam Reviews Summary: Reviewers call the weapon-break loop the standout mechanic: weapons have limited uses, a staggered enemy drops its unique weapon on a last-blow kill, and breaking gear at the right moment gives a power spike. A skill-based QTE timing mode and a probability-based alternative keep it accessible. The art, CGs, OST and character writing get near-universal praise, with four party routes (Hero, Warrior, Mage, Priest) each offering distinct branching stories, multiple endings, and roughly six hours of content. The magicless Mage route is the fan favourite. The most repeated complaint is a clearly machine-translated, unproofed English script: jumbled sentences, swapped pronouns, and card text players had to test to understand a proper story game. Others: no save right before critical route choices, no CG gallery or ending tracker, no NG+ or meta-progression, cluttered combat UI with overlapping HP bars, and a hidden true ending whose conditions are so strict (fresh save, zero deaths, specific route order) that players resorted to editing save files. On Steam Deck, the first-launch graphics preset is low, which makes text hard to read: bump the setting at launch.

DRAWQUARIUM

Released on 13 Nov, 2026, developed by byKaleb and published by rokaplay. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 98.9 % Positive (out of 180 total reviews)

About the game: Draw your very own fish and build a cozy little aquarium. And if you like, set it as your animated desktop wallpaper! Watch your drawings come to life. Feed them, raise them and collect golden scales to unlock new decorations. There’s also some handy tools to help you focus and unwind.

Steam Reviews Summary: Players describe it as a wholesome, stress-free sandbox that encourages silly, imperfect drawings and lets them watch creations swim in a beautiful, well-lit tank. The PNG import feature is a big plus for those who draw elsewhere, and the desktop wallpaper mode gets consistent love, along with thoughtful touches like focus tools and a “click the sad face” easter egg. Several reviews call it deeply moving in a personal way. Minor gripes: occasional drawing lag or bugs, limited brush options and zoom depth, and a report of the wallpaper toggle getting stuck behind the taskbar.

SKI-E-O! SKI RESORT TYCOON

Released on 12 Nov, 2026, developed by Falling Damage Games, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 98.9 % Positive (out of 186 total reviews)

About the game: You’re the Ski-E-O - build the cozy ski resort of your dreams in this management tycoon game. Adapt to ever-changing weather, paint trails, build lifts, and place the lodges and après bars that keep thousands of skiers warm, fed, and happy.

Steam Reviews Summary: Reviewers highlight the real-world elevation data for mountain maps, the detailed snow and weather simulation, and a cozy, addictive management loop that many compare favorably to Snowtopia and Ski Resort Tycoon. The fast patching pace and low price earn extra praise, and one reviewer confirms it runs well on Proton. Common complaints: slow simulation even at 10x, XP gating that locks lifts behind progress, long lift queues, limited lift variety, and incomplete localization. Early Access rough edges are widely acknowledged.

OBORO NO ICHI

Released on 9 Nov, 2026, developed by TheLaba, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 98.1 % Positive (out of 105 total reviews)

About the game: Build and manage a spiritual market inspired by Japan, welcome wandering spirits, produce and sell resources, and grow your space through memories and a cozy atmosphere.

Steam Reviews Summary: Players call it one of the most relaxing, atmospherically beautiful cozy games on Steam, with frequent comparisons to Spirited Away. The glowing night market aesthetic, music, and detail work (stalls visibly stocked with their goods, spirits taking umbrellas in rain) are the standout points, and the zero-pressure design is praised as perfect for unwinding. Criticisms: the economy is shallow with only three resource types (grain, protein, fresh), late-night map sizes cause frame drops, small text is hard to read on some screens, and a few reviewers feel the management depth is thin for the price outside Early Access.

CASUALTIES: UNKNOWN

Released on 9 Nov, 2026, developed by Orsoniks and published by Oro Interactive. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 97.4 % Positive (out of 2024 total reviews)

About the game: Casualties: Unknown is an unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator. Your captors have tasked you with retrieving lost cargo on a foreign planet, explore its 11 layers and do your best to survive diverse hostile environments. You are just one of the thousands of test subjects sent to die.

Steam Reviews Summary: Reviews treat the brutal death spirals as a feature, not a bug. Players describe drowning in a puddle, overmedicating, or dying to oil traps, then giving the game 10/10. The realistic medical system (defibrillation, amputation, infections) is called the best part, and many reviewers say it made them genuinely care about their furry protagonist “Expie.” The grim, melancholic atmosphere and dynamic soundtrack are widely praised. Main complaints: the full version added little new content compared to the long demo, later layers (6-11) feel like a speedrun, there is no mid-run save function, crafting bugs linger, and a few reviewers find the $20 price high. The furry aesthetic divides some buyers but most reviews say it is irrelevant to the quality.

AVIASSEMBLY

Released on 12 Nov, 2026, developed by Jelle Booij, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 96.4 % Positive (out of 6827 total reviews)

About the game: Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.

Steam Reviews Summary: Long-time players call it a great $10 game: simple, forgiving, and relaxing, with a satisfying build-fly-upgrade loop often compared to Kerbal Space Program. The low system requirements (around 300 MB) and tight price are frequently mentioned. Common criticisms: the flight physics are arcade level rather than simulation, missions are repetitive fetch quests (one cargo type), the campaign ends in roughly 10 hours, post-game content is lacking, and navigation plus UI are counterintuitive. Reviewers want more mission variety, procedural content, weather, and a Workshop for sharing builds.

9 KINGS

Released on 12 Nov, 2026, developed by Sad Socket and published by Hooded Horse. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: RPG, Strategy

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 92.7 % Positive (out of 10498 total reviews)

About the game: A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Steam Reviews Summary: Players describe it as a hugely addictive game you break with absurd synergies, with rat builds as the running community joke for scaling infinitely and crashing the game. Card combos and build experimentation are the core draw, reviewers constantly compare it to Balatro and Slay the Spire, and each king plays differently enough to drive replayability. The main repeated complaint is stability: frequent crashes with huge armies and late-game or endless mode, plus framerate drops at high levels. Several long-time players point out hidden damage and attack speed caps that pigeonhole endless mode into basically one viable build. The early access state is universally acknowledged, and the dev gets credit for staying active with balance patches.

MYCORELIC

Released on 11 Nov, 2026, developed by Sandy Dingo Games, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 88.9 % Positive (out of 190 total reviews)

About the game: MycoRelic is a cooperative third person action-RPG set on islands inhabited by tribal mushroom robots. Loot derelict foundries to upgrade your robotic body. Explore ancient temples to infuse your fungus with forgotten elemental powers.

Steam Reviews Summary: Consensus is that it is one of the best indie souls-likes of the year, a “Bionicle with mushrooms” world. Combat mixes tight souls-like rules with snappy parkour, and the swap-your-body-parts build system is the standout, since equipped limbs define your stat caps and you can re-spec at any relic. Co-op is a highlight, difficulty scales dynamically with party size, and one brutal catch: friendly fire is permanent. The map is praised for being bigger than it looks, with hidden caves and shrine dungeons. Main criticisms: no dedicated heal flask so difficulty becomes about item stockpiling, clunky inventory UI, poor hit detection on spears, and ranged enemies that one-shot you point blank. On Steam Deck, reviewers report it runs smooth after a few setting tweaks, and Steam Cloud save support has been added.

DREADMOOR

Released on 9 Nov, 2026, developed by Dream Dock and published by Digital Vortex Entertainment. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 81.2 % Positive (out of 565 total reviews)

About the game: DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.

Steam Reviews Summary: Sentiment splits into two camps over launch conduct. A visible chunk of reviews accuses the developer of buying positive reviews, citing accounts with heavy playtime in other games and no start achievement. Aside from that, fans love the atmosphere: a Lovecraftian first-person take on Dredge, with several reviewers noting the Witcher’s Geralt voice actor (in the Russian dub) plays the lead. Fishing, boat maintenance, and the dark humor are widely praised. Criticisms center on a heavy-handed tutorial where the protagonist narrates every step, fetch-quest chains, an economy so generous it breaks fishing as a loop, and night sailing that never feels dangerous. Negatives also take issue with the voice acting and dialogue quality. One reviewer ran maxed settings on a SteamOS handheld and found performance smooth.

FARM & FEAST

Released on 11 Nov, 2026, developed by dummy dino, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 98.8 % Positive (out of 84 total reviews)

About the game: Grow fresh ingredients and run your own little restaurant. Enjoy a peaceful day that stretches from the field to the table. Plan a fresh menu for a delightful day, keep your pantry full, and make your customers happy. Earn your own money and build your little world step by step.

Steam Reviews Summary: Players call it a polished, adorable cozy sim where restaurant management and deep farming systems click together, and the design where time freezes before you open your doors so you can farm at your own pace is the feature everyone loves. The art, the physics (swaying grass, bouncing characters), and the stress-free chill mode get consistent praise. One reviewer notes it runs like a dream on Steam Deck, though input selection highlights could be clearer. The main gripes are QoL: slow movement speed, carrying crops one at a time to the mill, dumb staff AI (seats solo customers at four-tops, cooks wash dishes during open orders), lingering customers after paying, and a few who feel the content is thin for the price, with repetitive farm chores. A handful of reviews questioned whether art is AI-made, but others checked the dev’s public proof that all assets are human-made.

NEO JUNK CITY

Released on 9 Nov, 2026, developed by Starblade Games, self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 98.7 % Positive (out of 75 total reviews)

About the game: Sinister tides are rising in the Drowned City. Dive into a Point and Click action-RPG with fast-paced shoot-outs and retro arcade racing. Uncover the truth behind a murder you don’t remember committing!

Steam Reviews Summary: Players treat it as a top-tier indie adventure, several comparing the story and characters to Undertale. The writing and humour land hard, Buster 09 and Rat Girl are the fan favourites, and the neon pixel art gets near-universal praise. Gameplay variety is the selling point: point and click sections alternate with rail-shooter combat and Outrun-style racing, and a full playthrough runs about 18 to 25 hours. Criticisms: the first half feels slow, dungeon combat gets repetitive in spots, one race gold medal may be impossible as tuned, a couple of dialogue trigger bugs, and the Lazarus quest reads as filler. Multiple finished players are asking for a sequel.

TANUKI: PON'S SUMMER

Released on 10 Nov, 2026, developed by Denkiworks and published by CRITICAL REFLEX. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 93.2 % Positive (out of 73 total reviews)

About the game: The Tanuki Festival is just a month away, and the shrine is in disrepair. Follow Pon, a well meaning, if a bit lazy Tanuki with a part-time job at the Post Office, as he works to restore the shrine before summer ends. Deliver packages, make friends, and get the shrine ready for the big festival!

Steam Reviews Summary: Players describe a surprisingly deep Tony Hawk style BMX delivery system wrapped in a cozy Japanese countryside slice of life. The bike handling is called snappy, forgiving and fun to master, and the art, music and adorable characters are repeated standouts. Minigames, fishing, bug catching and BMX challenges keep the loop fresh, but they are one time only, and several reviewers wish for more content and better developed characters. The main gripes: some trick challenges are brutally hard, and keyboard and mouse support is poorly tuned, with multiple reviewers strongly recommending a controller.

HOPE IN THE CITY

Released on 11 Nov, 2026, developed by Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc., self-published. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Adventure, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Playable

User Reviews: 88.4 % Positive (out of 43 total reviews)

About the game: 17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry… until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family’s mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.

Steam Reviews Summary: Reviews call it a gut punch disguised as a cute detective game. The sketch based evidence mechanics and showing findings to NPCs are praised, but the real driver is the story, which is based on true events and ends in a twist that players say sticks with them for days. The biggest complaint is length. Playtime runs about 2 to 3 hours and multiple reviewers call the launch price too high for that. Several warn the content is dark and inappropriate for children despite the cartoon style, and a few note uneven voice acting and awkward camera handling. The reception is also politically polarized: Western reviewers applaud it as brave art, while a vocal chunk of Mandarin reviews denounce it as propaganda and rate it down.

SCARECROW: 90S CRIME STORY

Released on 12 Nov, 2026, developed by ChillouT Studio and published by Stellar Stag. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 96.8 % Positive (out of 438 total reviews)

About the game: Scarecrow: 90s Crime Story blends narrative adventure with brutal top-down action. In a crime-ridden town of humans and animals, you’re a resident by day and a hitman by night. Uncover your buried past before it catches up with you.

Steam Reviews Summary: The most common description: Hotline Miami set in 90s Russia, with feral animal characters. The day/night split works. Days are exploration, conversations and choices that shape a story with multiple endings, and nights are fast, gory top clear runs. The 90s Russian crime drama atmosphere, memorable inhabitants and soundtrack get constant praise, and several players report the ending left them in tears. Criticisms: the English localization is called clunky in multiple reviews, the gunplay is noticeably easier and less punishing than Hotline Miami, and shooters make up only a quarter of the game, so action players may want to buy on sale.

HILLTHORN

Released on 10 Nov, 2026, developed by Fool Moon and published by Raw Fury. [Steam Store Page]

Genre: Adventure, Indie

Steam Deck Rating: Verified

User Reviews: 89.7 % Positive (out of 165 total reviews)

About the game: A disappearance in a secluded community. A mountain hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Welcome to Hillthorn, a dark investigation game that invites you to uncover the mystery without a single word spoken, using your skills of logic and intuition through cards.

Steam Reviews Summary: The wordless, card based detective format gets the praise: minimalist noir art, smart use of lighting and color, and a UI reviewers call one of the best in the genre. The time loop structure and six endings, including a secret paradox route built from main menu cards, add real replay value, and the characterization lands despite zero dialogue. The dominant complaint in both positive and negative reviews is length versus price: a single ending takes about 1 to 2 hours, full completion around 4 to 5, so many say full price is hard to justify and suggest waiting for a sale. A smaller group finds the puzzles too easy or occasionally confusing, and at least one reviewer hit an achievement bug that needed a fresh save.

More Steam Games for the Deck From the Past Weeks

You can also check our previous entries in the series for the New Steam Games released with Playable rating for the Steam Deck. We have them every week:

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Road Rash 30th Anniversary and Lost Host - 2026-11-07 Edition
• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sulfur and Probably Stolen - 2026-10-31 Edition
• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition
• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Enshrouded, Over the Hill, and Warhammer 40k: Boltgun 2 - 2026-10-17 Edition