I have a hard time playing games like Elden Ring or any big budget games on the Deck. Games like Ballatro or Animal Well are much better.
My biggest use case for the deck is to be able to keep playing the same games as I do on my main gaming PC when I go on vacation. This was really put to the test with Cyberpunk 2077 and it worked shockingly well.
That said… it’s definitely not ideal, and it’s generally relegated to similar games like you’re talking about. Peglin, Celeste, etc
I am surprised there aren’t more local multiplayer games on the list. The steam deck is great hooked up to a TV with multiple controllers
I suspect most people who buy one already have another gaming device. If I’m gonna play couch co-op games, I’m just switching the video output of my desktop to the projector, not docking my deck.
I used to use Steam link with my desktop but I find the experience of docking the steam deck way more reliable.
That’s nice. But I think most people literally just hook up the big screen with an actual display cable.
Maybe if you live in an apartment or dorm where your gaming PC is in your living room.
Sure. And two controllers. Really useful when traveling.
I’m surprised by Helldiver’s. Has there been some performance patches? I tried playing that on my deck near launch and it really struggled even at minimum settings - I can’t imagine how it would run at higher difficulties.
I recently tried it on Deck and it’s rough, but I think a lot of people only have a deck as an option to play it, so they use what they have. It’s a fun game, so it makes sense. If you have the option to play on a PC, it’s not worth using your steam deck though.
I play it on the deck all the time and it’s fine, graphics turned down to potato but they still look decent, and the FPS stays good in all but the most insane of situations (I play on difficulty 8/9, so I’m experiencing the most enemies possible). Only “hard” part is there’s no aim assist for controller so the high precision weapons like snipers are harder to use, but that doesn’t stop me from trying haha
Neat!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
While every month Valve has been posting a fresh set of the most played Steam Deck games for the previous month, they’ve now added a dedicated Steam Chart for it.
Like the most played for May and again for April.
So you no longer have to wait for Valve to post about what’s currently hot, you can just go and see for yourself.
Like other Steam Charts you can filter it and with the Steam Deck chart it lets you view the most played games over the last week, month and year based on player counts.
For example, this is for the last week, and handily it shows the Deck Verified rating too:
While you’re here, why not hop on over to our Forum to talk about Your favourite game so far of 2024?
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