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.
Kingdom come deliverance really drew me in on the Deck.
Install the PS2 games (or whatever was your first console) of your childhood and bring back old memories. For the PS2 I can especially recommend the OpenGOAL project which let‘s you play Jak & Daxter in modern resolutions. It is basically free if you (like me) own the games anyway.
Both valheim and project zomboid can be had fire less than $20 each. That leaves some cash left over for a couple dollar games that look interesting.
Both games are amazingly fun and you can get a self hosted server set up for fun with friends… If you have another computer available.
Scrub for valheim. Amazing game
In a thread like this a long time ago someone recommended Nail’d Steam page
It’s typically 0.99 and just a silly, fun racer. It’s fun to kill some time on.
The killer app for steam deck for me was emulators. I played through some Zelda games (windwaker, OOT via ship of Harkinian). And some Pokémon. What’s nice is for emulators the battery life feels near infinite, and you can hit the power button for instant sleep. Makes picking up games on down time really easy.
Last recommendation is outer wilds. Played great on the deck and the controls are good.
dragon age origins, inquisition, veilguard. all on pretty hefty sales right now.
all excellent games. Hades and Hades 2 are also great ones.
Terraria is very cheap and is always a blast as well.
Origins is awesome, but does it have controller support for the deck?
honestly you can make any setup work with steam input. I even play WoW with it.
both docked and handheld mode.
Vampire survivors is a couple bucks and worth every penny. I got slay the spire balatro bundle for 13 bucks and would also recommend.
I’ve been playing this the last two days. It is great, but very addicting.
Oxygen not included
Factorio
These two will consume your life for so long and they’re both on sale :D
Factorio is on sale, I thought that never happens?! Also, it’s not on sale for me.
Factorio is nice, but maybe not the one to pick at this budget.
Oxygen Not Included is a solid choice, though.
If you’re on a budget, make sure to redeem the weekly free games from Epic and Amazon if you have Prime. You can play them all on your deck via Heroic Games Launcher.
Hades is a great roguelite and is on sale for $9.75CAD right now. If you like that then there’s also Hades 2.
Try to find slightly older games and they’ll have steeper discounts.
Megabonk, Balatro, or Cyberpunk are my rotation. Hunt those steam sales
Satisfactory sucked up about 3 months of my time and thinking about it as I type this I really want to start a new play through.
Not sure what games you like, but I will suggest Terraria to almost anyone.50% of currently on steam. store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/
You might check out some of the different game bundles available right now, they can quickly give you a lot of good games to play for cheap.
One month of humble choice ($15) will get you Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden, Streets of Rage 4, and a bunch of other games.
Fanatical has a ton of build a bundle available right now for their winter sale. Of those bundles, the Prestige, Best of Platinum, Winter SuperStars, and Play on the Go bundles are all especially recommendes.
I got a lot of mileage off my SD with Steamworld games, and they are very cheap right now SteamWorld Essentials
CP2077 is a great game! Runs really well on the deck. But so is the Witcher 3 which also runs really well on the deck! Personally cp2077 would be the one I pick.
If you have a little extra money and want to tinker a bit, you can install Decky and the plugins Power Tools, Decky LSFG-VK from decky and Lossless Scaling from the steam store. Decky LSFG-VK needs Lossless Scaling to work and I think it is around 5 bucks. With the above installed you can get around 100 fps in both cp2077, The Witcher 3 and many other games. I haven’t found a game that these plugins dont work on and increase performance and playability albeit at the cost of battery drain.
I hope you many happy hours of gaming on your new deck. I really love mine!
Doom (2016) or Doom Eternal. Both fantastic games, run on anything and I saw Doom Eternal on sale foe 10%.
Tactical Breach Wizards!!! Then save the other $40ish for the next sale.
I would set aside $0.00 of the $50.00 for my free copies of Luanti (Minecraft clone) and Mindustry - Factory building tower defense.
You can buy Mindustry for around $5 on Steam or Itch.io to support the developers, but it is also available for free in the Arch software center (by briefly rebooting the SteamDeck into desktop mode).
That’s like, my favorite price man!
Maybe list games you have enjoyed in the past ? So we can suggest games more tailored to your interests.
Lies of p, wildermyth, silksong, divinity original sin 2, caves of qud, persona 5 royal, baldurs gate 3
Axiom verge and ori bundles are great
The Messenger is cheap right now and such a good platformer!
Biy Sleeping Dogs, it plays great on the steam deck and its now 85% down to 3 euros.
Great story, graphics still hold up.
Furthermore consider Distance (Race like game), the precinct, hot brass, coromon.
“A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man!”
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I hate using a joystick for camera control, so I only play 2d titles on my deck. Mostly DRG: Survivor, Tribal Hunter (no, really. It is excellent), and Hades.
BG3 is another good bet too.
There’s already a very long list of excellent suggestions , so I’m going to chip in and add only two others. Tunic and Tinykin. Both are Deck verified and on sale right now.
These are both really cute looking! I’ll have to pick the up eventually!
I also was gifted a Humble Bundle game for Batman Arkham Knight.
Then perhaps redeem the game and complete the bundle at store.steampowered.com/sub/320795/ to play Arkham Asylum first?
Get UFO 50 and get 50 games in one.
I got Overgrowth a few days ago for my Deck and it is very fun, especially when it only cost 6€ to get it
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Get Rimworld, and write a letter to your friends and family that you wouldn’t see them in a while. Consider spending the rest of the money on IV stand so you stay hydrated.
Rimworld is a drug, it should be classified as a controlled substance.
Emotional@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
can confirm, wife is addicted and so was I for a while. I relapse every so often.