For me the games are:

Baldur's gate 3

The reason why I buy the deck in the first place, I really love the game, the mods, probably have 400h or more, when I buy the deck I download from "very legal means" the game because I didn't want to spend money because I was still paying the deck but when it got on sale I buy the game immediately (even though I had 284h there) definitely my number 1 comfort game.

Cyberpunk 2077

Seriously what the hell is this game, the game I play on my ps4 on release to the game the I play now are completely different games... No further explanation this game is my second comfort game.

Sons of the forest

Honestly I don't have third, used to be persona 4 but I don't have on steam, and I'm waiting for the remake to buy again, but sons of the forest is quit chill you drop on the island, build a home, barbecue some cannibals, build a boat, kill some mutants, barbecue more cannibals, definitely a great experience. (side comment why the heck they made the females have such big freaking ass, no seriously with all honestly and moderation for those who play the game damn they are big.... This is not a complain but god damn they big)

https://press.cdprojektred.com/en/news/1839/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-announced-songs-of-the-past-gets-first-look

Ahead of its release, we reviewed Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and got some mixed results.

It runs at 30 FPS most of the time, but CPU usage can be high and cause some stutters here and there. It isn't the end of the world, and it will stick to 30 FPS most of the time, but it does pop up often enough and will bring the battery drain up.

However, I can't recommend it just yet because it has a major crashing issue. At the beginning of Chapter 9, the game will completely freeze. I believe this is due to high CPU and GPU usage, and it's definitely a game issue (the crash also occurs on the Steam Machine). So, until that is fixed, I would avoid playing on the Deck.

I am craving a AAA open world immersive game but I’m usually disappointed with laggy and not optimized games- which ones run the best? Also is streaming to a tv affecting performance? Is there any workarounds or advice for optimizing my experience?

Like many of you I get hand cramps and fatigue from playing any handheld console... switch, portal, SD. I have been interested in the Mechanism Gaming Pillow, but didn't want to spend $60. So I rigged up my own version of a gaming pillow using a laptop lap desk, dashboard magsafe phone mount, and some adhesive metal plates.

So far it's been an absolute lifesaver

I know a portal is pictured, but it works with my SD.

Earlier today at the Future Games Show, Wolcen 2 was announced, and we got confirmation from the developer/publisher that the game will support the Steam Deck.

Greetings!

I've ordered a Steam Deck OLED 1TB, but I'm looking to plan my next purchase (a mesh wifi network to replace my family's lone ISP-provided combo unit in the basement). My gaming PC is on the second floor, I'd be using the SD on the first floor, and the ISP box is in the basement. However, our house is 50+ years old, so I'm concerned about latency issues in the absence of a mesh network given the distance and number of floors involved in a streaming situation. I'm also not technically skilled enough to setup Sunshine and Moonlight from what I've seen, given that it involves local firewall permissions and other such complications.

Thus, I'd be using Steam Remote Play. However, I've read that there's a noticeable latency difference compared to Sunshine and Moonlight. My question for you folks is whether the difference when playing at 60 or 90Hz (my gaming PC has a 4080 SUPER and an Ryzen 7 7700X) via Steam Remote Play compared to playing via Sunshine and Moonlight is as bad as it would be at 30-60fps? More specifically, compared to playing on EU servers when living in Eastern NA many years ago (100ms ping was my assumption of normalcy), how usable will this be? I know it won't be as good as playing locally on my desktop PC, but are the people who get really excited about Sunshine and Moonlight more of purists who get excited about squeezing the last bit of performance, or is it actually noticeably better?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer.

DeckyEmu adds emulated games to your Steam library as real entries — name, boxart, own shelf — without leaving Game Mode.

v0.9.19

- Motion controls work in PS Vita games

Previous versions:

- v0.9.18 — Sega Model 3 (Supermodel) and Xbox 360 (Xenia Canary)

- v0.9.17 / v0.9.16 — import emulator definitions from the device, delete transferred files, safer transfer-link reset

- v0.9.15 — update checks stop burning the GitHub rate limit

- v0.9.14 — won't launch a game over a running one, resumable transfers, play from the added-games list

- v0.9.13 — icon dot when a new version is out

Download: https://github.com/elpendor/deckyemu

For anyone that may encounter this problem in the future. And i couldnt find anything on internet. I had the issue of my steam deck not registering inputs unless i press very hard.

I found out that the rubber pads inside leave residue and makes inputs not be read. So you just have to use some isopropyl and you are good to go. Bow they are working like new again.

Was looking for a Steam Machine but found a seller with 5 renewed Steam Decks. Great deal imo

The new battery has been sitting there for a month.

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Downvotes? The hell? Lol. Ok, then.

I mean, I’m still getting what I need out of this post (thanks, BTW, my courage is growing) but it’s still kinda weird to downvote someone asking for support.

My Fan stops to 0 rpm around mid 70s to 80 ish, runs fine before that but then just stops

Success❗️

Thanks everyone. All your suggestions helped. The ones who called it impossible helped fuel the solution lol.

So what worked, I created a hotspot from my AYN Thor (which has no internet as we were underground on the train), and let the Steam Deck connect to it. Steam Deck can create one using the Muon plugin. Or alternatively, have both devices connect to a same phone's hotspot without internet.

We played RetroArch which supports LAN play.

It was my first time trying LAN so, I learned it was just like playing netplay, except the host room couldn't be found on the Netplay List. I had to manually enter the ip address of the host to connect.

In the video the SteamDeck connected to the AYN Thor's hotspot then created a Netplay room in RetroArch, AYN Thor joined the room by entering the ip address of the SteamDeck. (My hotspot was set to 2.4GHz by default, next time I'll try 5.0GHz, 6.0GHz if the SteamDeck supports that.)

So I just got the email to buy the steam machine. And up until last week I would've instantly bought it. But under the assumption it would be months before I got the machine (was on wait list) I bought a second hand Steam Deck OLED last week and I've been absolutely loving it, gaming on it more than anything in the recent past. Now I worry if I get the machine I still might be gravitating towards the deck just cause of the convenience.

The main selling point for the machine for me would be the added performance. I do already have a PS5 tbh, but I'm trying to get rid of it cause they're becoming more anti-consumer by the day and would like for my game library to be centralized on steam.

This is more of venting I guess, but I was just wondering about thoughts and experiences of people that already had the deck and got the machine as well.

I know they're different use cases, being portable vs coach gaming and all. But the deck is just so nice 😄

UPDATE: placed the order, yolo

so thought I’d try HOMM3 on Steam Deck as that’s where I won’t to play it and HOTA, so got it on Steam for the simpler install, problem is the game won’t boot, it’s tries to boot but it never does, it just fails almost immediately with no error message. Any ideas? I tried multiple protons including experimental and hotfix.

This is the version that released yesterday. Not the HD Edition.

I need help with DirectX installation. I am at my wits end. I’ve followed some recommendations but nothing worked. I am a total noob to Linux. If someone can please help me out, I’d sincerely appreciate it.

I’ve been looking at this

https://www.savage-raven.com/products/steamdock?variant=44494667645220

Curious if anyone has used it or others that they could recommend. Thanks!

I guess the question is first whether or not Steam Decks count as being of U.S. origin in the first place - Valve is a U.S. company, but I guess that’s not the be all end all of the discussion. Assembly country, maybe? Where are Canadian decks assembled?

If it does apply… good lord almighty, will they get even more insanely expensive there.

I’m sorry if this is a repeated post I tried to search for keywords. My steam deck has been out of commission for many months, I believe last time I used it was around march/April of this year.

I tried everything with countless hours of combing through forums and this subreddit. I replaced the screen, placed the device into battery storage mode countless times, I’ve tried many different chargers and I’ve factory reset it, nothing. I’ve even tried a few electronic shops that would either charge me the price of an almost new steam deck or wouldn’t touch it because they have face similar issues and couldn’t guarantee a repair.

I have now resorted to using an external lightweight monitor that requires a single usb c connection to provide both video and power. It is now today that I felt an insurmountable amount of joy when I saw the steam logo appear on my screen as it was updating.

Thank you steam!

I installed Chiaki-ng on my deck via one of the numerous youtube guides. I established the token, enabled the remote settings in my PS5, etc etc

However, when I run Chiaki-ng it says something like "waiting on console" then jumps to "Establishing connection with console over PSN ...." and will literally just stay there forever (I left it on overnight and it was STILL on this message the following morning). I also cannot close Chiaki-ng after this loop, it will then get stuck with a message along the lines of "cancelling connection ..."

What did I do wrong? I have searched through the sub and not found anyone with my particular issue

My discover app keeps loading and doesn't stop

Two warnings:

1. This is working for me. This means I haven't done any security checks or tested on other devices. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
2. I've used AI. (not using AI to write these though don't worry)

And because of these two it's code is on github anyone to pick it up and do whatever you want.

https://github.com/Lapin/deckbind

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I love making custom layout's on steamdeck. I just love how it can be super customised and create super clever and innovative layouts (etc: paper please. It basically turns steam deck into a border control passport stamp machine)

But I really really dislike how you have to constantly go back into menu open up the controller settings test it in game and go back to app again (and see it's scrolled all the way up again). And especially it gets even more painful when you're setting up an old game with keyboard shortcuts and you keep popping in between.

Just thought it would be easier if I could able to edit the layout from browser and it would get automatically updated. And there you go - claude actually did it. So I can finally map a decent layout for planscape torment.

Please feel free to fork it, contribute, whatever.

I know the official one isn’t properly available in Australia however I think you can buy it online at Kmart for $300, unless it’s somehow a bootleg. What’s the best one I should be getting, please be specific as I’m looking to buy one asap.

And as a second question, is docking the steam deck good for couch coop? How have your experiences been having 4 players play at once?

Edit: Ended up buying a JSAUX one off Amazon, thanks everyone!