The most highly rated Steam Deck Verified games for August 2026

21 Sep 2026 at 4:18 pm UTC | Last updated: 21 Sep 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand

Here's some of the highest-rated Steam Deck Verified games released on Steam during August 2026. Helping you find something great to play on the go! Be sure to also check out our sweet Native Linux game round-up too.

A top 20 based on user reviews, to help you cut through the noise since there's thousands releasing all the time. The Steam Deck Verified library is packed full with some fantastic experiences across all different genres so perhaps you might find your next favourite thanks to this!

Since they are all fully Steam Deck Verified, you should be able to just hit play and away you go on your adventures. That said, sometimes…Valve don't get the rating quite right but it's largely fine. As a bonus - they should all work great on the Steam Machine too.

Fields of Mistria

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (25,209 reviews)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
"Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!"

Big Walk

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (24,784 reviews)
Release Date: 04/08/2026
"Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game."

How to Fish

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (24,303 reviews)
Release Date: 20/08/2026
"A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish."

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (7,506 reviews)
Release Date: 06/08/2026
"IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?"

Yet Another Zombie Survivors

Review Score: Very Positive (5,561 reviews)
Release Date: 20/08/2026
"The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game."

ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (5,101 reviews)
Release Date: 06/08/2026
"Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices. Talk to customers, hear their stories, and see how your decisions impact both their lives and your shop."

Ostranauts

Review Score: Mostly Positive (2,721 reviews)
Release Date: 03/08/2026
"Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim."

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition

Review Score: Very Positive (1,889 reviews)
Release Date: 11/08/2026
"Step into a darker, grittier Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings: War in the North™ - Legacy Edition expands Tolkien’s epic legendarium, delving into the brutal, untold story of Agandaûr, a Black Númenórean and servant of Sauron who has rallied an immense force in the ruins of Fornost."

Twisted Tower

Review Score: Very Positive (1,870 reviews)
Release Date: 18/08/2026
"Blast your way through an abandoned 1950s theme park crawling with fairy-tale mascots, twisted puzzles, and deadly traps. Uncover the dark secrets of your past as you race to the top to win back the love of your life."

METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (1,746 reviews)
Release Date: 27/08/2026
"Solid Snake's final mission. Five years after the Big Shell incident, in an era where war has become a business due to the rise of PMCs (Private Military Contractors). To stop Liquid Ocelot's uprising, the legendary hero Solid Snake faces his final battle."

Sovereign Tower

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (1,644 reviews)
Release Date: 06/08/2026
"Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again."

Breathedge 2

Review Score: Very Positive (1,557 reviews)
Release Date: 31/08/2026
"Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?"

Sort Them Ducks

Review Score: Very Positive (1,523 reviews)
Release Date: 13/08/2026
"Sort Them Ducks is a cozy organizing simulator where you sort over 4,000 unique rubber ducks onto the correct shelves. Enjoy the satisfying process of turning a messy duck store into a perfectly organized collection at your own pace."

Servant of the Lake

Review Score: Overwhelmingly Positive (1,482 reviews)
Release Date: 13/08/2026
"Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series."

After Inc: Revival

Review Score: Mostly Positive (1,481 reviews)
Release Date: 19/08/2026
"Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness."

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

Review Score: Very Positive (1,415 reviews)
Release Date: 27/08/2026
"Embark on an original story, prequel to the award-winning games: A Plague Tale. As Sophia, journey to the Minotaur’s Island, outsmart deadly foes, unravel ancient secrets, and confront a mythical creature at the heart of a devastating curse."

Anomaly President

Review Score: Very Positive (1,385 reviews)
Release Date: 03/08/2026
"In this presidential rogue-like action game, gather votes and run for presidency by day, then transform into a warrior to take down your enemies by night! Master unique skills to become a swordmaster, a cyber mage, or anything in between, and overthrow the ruthless president!"

Funguys Swarm

Review Score: Very Positive (1,117 reviews)
Release Date: 25/08/2026
"Funguys Swarm is a cartoony survivor bullet hell where the forest is on fire. Become a Funguy, arm yourself with forest-crafted weapons, and unleash some bonkers powers on the Fireking’s army. And maybe... just maybe, save the day if you’re skilled (or lucky) enough."

METAL GEAR SOLID: Peace Walker - Master Collection Version

Review Score: Mostly Positive (1,000 reviews)
Release Date: 27/08/2026
"From Naked Snake to Big Boss. Ten years after Operation Snake Eater. While commanding a private military force in Colombia, guests from Costa Rica visit Snake. Accepting their request, Snake leads his men into confronting the conspiracy behind the East-West Cold War."

Project P.I.T.T.

Review Score: Mostly Positive (982 reviews)
Release Date: 19/08/2026
"Feed rubber ducks to a corporate void. Build physics contraptions. Chain combos for profit as the Maw grows hungrier... and larger. Brutalist PSX satire meets first-person sandbox chaos."

That's it for this little Steam Deck Verified round-up. Be sure to keep checking back on GamingOnLinux for more news!

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