Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 4/28/25 - 5/4/25

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This week's new Steam Deck Verified/Playable games are here, and there are some solid games to check out. V Rising and Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 got their Verified badges, while FATAL FURY, Beholder: Conductor, and RuneScape: Dragonwilds got their Playable badges.

Here are the 13 highlights we found:

Verified or Playable games don't automatically mean they work amazingly out of the box. Some of these games may require work to optimize and play well. Here are our thoughts on the system and how it can be fixed.

Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 4/28/25 - 5/4/25

V Rising (Verified)

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

The game is on sale for $17.49 until May 12th and is rated Verified.

FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

26 years on, a brand-new entry in the Fatal Fury series is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses and an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement. Here, at long last, a new legend is about to unfold…

The game is $59.99 and is rated Playable due to needing to manually bring up the virtual keyboard, minor graphical issues, and needing to configure the resolution manually.

LUNAR Remastered Collection (Verified) (SDHQ Review)

Dive into the enchanting worlds of LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete and LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue Complete! Tag along on Alex and Hiro's quests and challenge enemies like the Magic Emperor and God of Destruction to save the world from dire peril in two adventures set 1000 years apart from each other!

The game is $49.99 and is rated Verified.

Beholder: Conductor (Playable)

A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!

The game is $13.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text and needing a community controller configuration.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds (Playable)

On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

The game is $29.99 and is rated Playable due to needing a community controller configurations, needing to manually bring up the virtual keyboard, small in-game text, and needing to set the graphics settings for optimal play.

Monument Valley 2 (Verified)

Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

The game is $7.99 and is rated Verified.

Empyreal (Playable)

Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.

The game can be wishlisted ahead of its May 8th release and is rated Playable due to small in-game text.

NIMRODS (Playable)

Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

The game is $9.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text.

Cook Serve Forever (Playable)

Bathe in the sights, sounds, and story of Cook Serve Forever, a narrative cooking game where you serve delicious recipes to the hungry masses of Helianthus.

The game is on sale for $13.49 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text.

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (Verified)

MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.

The game is on sale for $13.99 until May 6th and is rated Verified.

Blacksmith Master (Playable)

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

The game can be wishlisted ahead of its May 15th release and is rated Playable due to

of the Devil (Verified)

Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

The game is free to play and is rated Verified.

SILT (Verified)

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

The game is $13.99 and is rated Verified.

And that's all for this week's list! You can check out the previous week's list as well, which includes titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, and The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-.

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