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Anyone else own a Steam Deck?
Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:47 pm
I use it for when I'm deployed (military) and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for games. I currently have FFVII: Remake, FFVII: Rebirth, Police Simulator (lol!), Cyber Punk 2077, and Balder's Gate III purchased. However, I was wondering if anyone has any other recommendations.
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:00 pm to RollTide1987
I'm considering getting one for the shitload of indie horror titles I've been wanting to play.
Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:32 pm to RollTide1987
Vampire Survivors, all the Persona games, Mad Max, Forza Horizon 4, Metal Gear Revengeance, Death Stranding, Forza Horizon 4 but don’t know if you can get that one anymore tho.
Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:42 pm to RollTide1987
Ghost of tsushima is great on deck. Path of exile. Diablo 4. Dave the diver. Streets of rage 4. Hades 1 and 2. Slay the spire. Thronefall
Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:59 pm to RollTide1987
Hades
Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:47 pm to RollTide1987
Do you have the ability to turn it to a portable desktop setup ever?
I guess I’m wondering if you are asking what games run well on the hardware or what games are compatible with the steam deck interface without counterintuitive key bindings.
(Ignoring having both are ideal obviously)
I guess I’m wondering if you are asking what games run well on the hardware or what games are compatible with the steam deck interface without counterintuitive key bindings.
(Ignoring having both are ideal obviously)
This post was edited on 4/8/25 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:32 am to RollTide1987
Planning on getting the Asus ROG Ally for when I travel internationally later this year. How are you liking the Steam deck?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:05 am to Volvagia
quote:
Do you have the ability to turn it to a portable desktop setup ever
Yes. They have a dock you can buy which you can then use to plug into a TV, or monitor. Also can use a mouse keyboard etc
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:23 am to geauxtigers87
I know the steam deck can do it. I use it all the time. I don’t know if HE can do it in a deployed application.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 10:28 am to Volvagia
quote:
Do you have the ability to turn it to a portable desktop setup ever?
I guess I’m wondering if you are asking what games run well on the hardware or what games are compatible with the steam deck interface without counterintuitive key bindings.
(Ignoring having both are ideal obviously)
Kind of.
I use my Steamdeck on a dock to play some PC games from my TV. It runs most things fine but a lot of the more graphically intensive games don't run well natively on the Deck (Monster Hunter Wilds!!!).
You can use Steam Connect to run the game remotely on your PC while playing from the Deck if you're on the same network. It works well most of the time and looks beautiful on the Deck/TV. But there are times it has lag. You'll have to play with settings and MAY have to go wired ethernet to get it perfect.
Indie type games run really well natively on the Deck - things like Hades, Balatro, Enter the Gungeon. Some of the bigger games can run well also. I've played Diablo 4, Metaphor ReFantazio, No Mans Sky, Witcher 3 natively.
This post was edited on 4/9/25 at 10:31 am
Posted on 4/10/25 at 2:47 pm to OliverTwist225
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Planning on getting the Asus ROG Ally for when I travel internationally later this year. How are you liking the Steam deck?
I'd go with the higher end Ally. I've got a z1 extreme and the battery life sucks bad. Other than that it's nice and easy to upgrade HD. I've heard someone is starting to sell a battery mod but haven't looked into it yet.
Also have heard about SD card issues with them, but I haven't had that problem as i'm not using any sd cards on it.
This post was edited on 4/10/25 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 4/10/25 at 2:56 pm to shutterspeed
ROG ally >>> Steam deck
Imo
Love my Ally
Imo
Love my Ally
Posted on 4/10/25 at 3:06 pm to hawgfaninc
I have my ROG ally connected to a 65 inch tv most of the time with two 4TB external SSD’s
Highly recommend
Highly recommend
Posted on 4/11/25 at 2:13 pm to geauxtigers87
Could I use a controller instead of a mouse
Posted on 4/11/25 at 3:49 pm to dawgfan24348
Yes
Posted on 4/11/25 at 7:38 pm to RollTide1987
I love my Steam Deck, but use it almost exclusively with Sunshine/Moonlight to stream games to it from my PC.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 9:55 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
ROG ally >>> Steam deck
What's the difference?
Posted on 4/12/25 at 12:11 pm to shutterspeed
Ally has more upside from a raw tech point standpoint but the steam deck has a lot more optimization and polish.
To me, the ally is self defeating because the only time you really can use the legs the extra horsepower gives you is plugged in. I’m talking a battery life of close to a half hour when at full bore. The device is meant to be a self contained portable handheld.
In practice it’s a gaming laptop you can hold in your hand but often will use it in a dock or tethered to the wall.
Contrast to the Deck, where even higher end AAA titles I can get around 2 hours on battery. Lower end stuff (think Factorio or Stardew Valley) I can get 8+. Additionally, from what I hear the ability to throttle performance to conserve battery life is better implemented in Deck.
Finally (though not a hard separation) you have the convenance of OS level integration into steam
To me, the ally is self defeating because the only time you really can use the legs the extra horsepower gives you is plugged in. I’m talking a battery life of close to a half hour when at full bore. The device is meant to be a self contained portable handheld.
In practice it’s a gaming laptop you can hold in your hand but often will use it in a dock or tethered to the wall.
Contrast to the Deck, where even higher end AAA titles I can get around 2 hours on battery. Lower end stuff (think Factorio or Stardew Valley) I can get 8+. Additionally, from what I hear the ability to throttle performance to conserve battery life is better implemented in Deck.
Finally (though not a hard separation) you have the convenance of OS level integration into steam
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:02 pm to Volvagia
90% of what I’d want to play are indie horror titles on Steam (the others being on Itch) while docked to my tv, so I’m guessing I should stick with a Steam Deck?
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 7:00 pm to shutterspeed
Can someone answer a genuine non troll question? What is the advantage/disadvantage of the switch 2 over the steam deck outside Nintendos exclusives? My steam library carries over there yes and looks roughly the same in price maybe a bit more with added storage.
Not too much of a tech guy I bought my gaming pc pre built. Thanks
Not too much of a tech guy I bought my gaming pc pre built. Thanks
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 7:01 pm
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