Submitted 2 weeks ago by TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
My Steam library basically only consists of Witcher 3 and Spiritfarer. I also was gifted a Humble Bundle game for Batman Arkham Knight.
I’m debating on getting Elden Ring and Cyberpunk (both without DLC).
Marvel’s Spider-Man and FF7 Interograde also look like a good value right now for 40 bucks total.
If you haven’t already got it, Hades
Hollow Knight is great. I chill out with Vampire Survivors a lot.
If you have another console, there are some ways to stream from them that I think are worth mentioning to pad out what you can do on the go.
In steam there’s an app called xbplay, it’s a few bucks but it made the process of streaming from an Xbox pretty simple for me, so i found it worth it.
Not in steam, but easy enough to set up (and free) is chiaki-ng, that’s for Playstation.
If you have some time for setup and obtaining the games, emudeck is good for playing old games from systems all the way up to Xbox and ps2 (ish). Though i use it for older ones.
If you like those vampire survivor games they all run great on the deck and are usually cheap (vampire survivor, megabonk, brotato, deep rock galactic survivor)
Rocket league
From there, maybe something older you never played, it’ll probably be on sale. Maybe dead rising 1 or 2, serious Sam or doom. Speaking of doom, that similar Warhammer 40k game boltgun is 60% off at the moment.
Honestly at that price point I’d pick up a few cheap but addictive games like balatro and into the breach
If you must get something from Steam, I'd get something with great time by price ratio, like Terraria, Starbound and Stardew Valley. Or also JRPGs like Final Fantasy XII.
But from your picks, Elden Ring is the one I'd go for, mostly because it's the one that picks my attention the most.
Otherwise, maybe you'd want to follow giveaway communities and alert profiles, e.g. here on the fediverse?
I forgot about Hi-Fi Rush: https://www.protondb.com/app/1817230
Pretty cheap right now and pretty unique gameplay as well.
I really wanted to like Hi-Fi Rush. I had it on gamepass for a few months before my subscription ended but I’m just so bad at rhythm games haha
UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves is about 14 bucks and has around 60 hours of some of the best third person gaming I've played.
Initially I thought it was just a Tomb Raider clone, but both the game mechanics and story are very polished.
Plus it played buttery smooth on my system, though it depends on your settings:
https://www.protondb.com/app/1659420?device=steamDeck
The downside is that it eventually ends.
Might be worth a pickup at some point — I had a PS3 back in the day and bought these for full price and played the hell out of them all.
If you’re not one of these people who has to have everything running at 60fps to enjoy it, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is only £26.99 ($29.99) at the moment, and is a great game for hours of play, albeit you have to turn the gfx down.
I’ll second this. Great game. Definitely more than playable on SD.
Forbidden West struggles a bit more, definitely on the edge of playable, but I still enjoy it 🤷♂️ When I’m home I’ll usually stream from my PC though, looks better. You really sacrifice a lot for Forbidden West on SD.
was gonna recommend considering piracy, but since its against the rules I will respect that and recommend some of my favorite games i play on the SD and my PC instead:
Re: flying the Jolly Roger
I probably will for more expensive games I own on other platforms, such as Jedi Survivor and Expedition 33.
My main issue is that I actually don’t have a ton of data storage since I opted for the very 256 LCD model and need to buy a larger SD card or do some physical tinkering to replace the SSD.
From what I’ve seen replacing the SSD really ain’t that hard. But the SD card speeds are not that bad for many lighter games.
was gonna recommend considering piracy,
Yeah, my first thought was modchip!
I don’t think you know much about the steam deck haha
It is an actual computer with Linux on it, you can even install windows if you’re dumb enough to do that. You do not need a modchip to pirate or mod games on it. You do it like you would on any other Linux pc with wine.
I would look at indie games like nobody saves the world and look for all the emulators and roms I could get my filthy mitts on.
If you don’t have it yet I would spend some of that money on a few months worth at least of mulvad VPN. It would… Open some doors.
My favorites on the Steam Deck so far are Marvel Cosmic Invasion (arcade style Beat 'em Up) and Deep Rock Galactic Survivor.
Crashlands 2 is pretty good and quirky.
If you like retro, you can’t go far wrong with UFO 50. 50 retro-style games with a modern twist for £20 normally, but £15 on sale now. Ridiculous value for money, because I don’t mean mini-games, i mean games.
Dragon Quest XI has an extensive demo (about 10-15 hours) that lets you transfer your save game to the full game. Problem is the save transfer didn’t work on Linux last time I checked about 2 years ago. Maybe Valve fixed this since. Otherwise if you have a Windows PC you could transfer the save game there, but keep in mind you won’t be able to download the demo anymore once you’ve purchased the game. Welcome to the joys of Steam OS!
I’ve had great fun with Jedi Fallen Order and Hollow Knight / Silksong
So I had a huge backlog of games I never got around to, now I just snatch up games that are 90% off, odds are they will play great on the deck. There are a lot of F2P games that play well.
Path of Exile plays OK, you’re not going to be setting league records but you can casually play.
OpenMW with total overhaul mods probably has the most hours played for me, that game is endless.
Ori
Warframe is free to play and very little content aka only certain cosmetics are behind a pay wall. You can easily earn in game currency via trading with other players once you start opening relics. Tons of content and runs great on the deck!
Megabonk!
Great suggestions in the comments, especially in regards to great sub-10 dollar indies and the use of Isthereanydeal, but I’d also like to throw in a recommendation to not forget about Desktop mode.
If your budget is tight, the deck basically offers a portable PC, including emulated games up to GameCube era and other free non-steam things. Things like emudeck and heroic game launcher can also add shortcuts to steam mode, although I didn’t really use the latter since I didn’t use Epic or GoG.
Nubby’s Number Factory is 2.5 USD atm! Very much enjoy that game, and the touchpads on the Steam Deck work well with it, despite it being intended for mouse controls
The Persona games are on a pretty solid sale right now if you’re into those.
I’d also second the bioware games others have mentioned. Fallout and Elder scrolls are usually heavily discounted during sales too. Same with the new tomb raider games.
Aside from that, I’d also check out bundle deals on humble bundle and fanatical if you really wanna stretch your savings!
The steam deck is also super versatile and has taken pretty much anything I can throw at it from emulation to using other launchers to access games from other storefronts and such if you want. Happy gaming and congrats on the new machine!
I am currently juggling both Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077, and I honestly couldn’t choose one to suggest over the other. They’re both different games but amazing Journeys. I’ve put about 150 hours in both. I’ve beaten Cyberpunk and highly suggest the DLC. I’m maybe halfway through Elden Ring and it’s so hard but once you grow it, the difficulty becomes satisfying instead of frustrating.
Rimworld works weirdly well on the Deck, if that’s at all up your alley. Hades (both I and II) and BALLxPIT are two of my recent faves.
I was looking into BallxPit. Seems really cool.
I grew up playing Brickle on an Apple II, I think, so brick breakers have always had a special place in my heart. Add roguelite elements, and boom, I’m all over it.
I kinda need a list of all games mentioned in this post that are not first-person/in egoperspective (i get mad motion sickness) so I can go and put them all on my wishlist
More or less what I’ve been doing since I made the post haha. Pretty much none of these games were FPS outside of Half Life 2 I think.
Did that for the last hour now, couldn’t help myself XD
Also I’m currently playing a lot of Spiritfarer, it has been my holiday chill game!
Dome Keeper
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