Right now, I’m playing the early access version of Baldurs Gate 3. I’m getting ready to put it down (frustrated: BG3 has the potential to be good, but without controller support, I’m getting really frustrated with the UI. ) and switch to Yakuza Like a Dragon.
What are you playing now and what are you looking forward to playing next?
Steam Deck best tech purchase for me in a long time. Don’t judge me too much but I’ve been playing Disney Speedstorm between TotK sessions.
Yeah! It’s such a perfect device. So easy to stuff it in a backpack and just bring it out whenever. It’s honestly everything I’ve ever wanted the switch to be
Disco Elysium. Fantastic writing and pretty hilarious at times.
It’s also pretty good as a portable PC when traveling too, so that’s nice.
Not a steamdeck user but a linux pc gamer so solidarity. Currently playing RE2 and Like a dragon Ishin.
Same here. I’ve been playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, which runs very well and is a really fun game.
Celeste Strawberry Jam An absolute masterpiece that runs perfectly on the Deck
Yeah, baby! Somebody point me in the direction of another Steam Deck subre-… Channel?
I’ve been playing lots of Street Fighter 6, but also Metroidvania indies. Currently playing through They Always Run and it’s pretty much pixel 2d Mandalorian and it’s pretty damn cool!
Stardew Valley works nicely with the Steam Deck, though with all the mods it literally takes 10 minutes to load. On the plus side though, the suspend feature basically let’s me just keep the game running for days.
Stardew with mods is great on the deck. In my case getting rid of PyTK made the boot time like 20x faster. Unfortunately there are a few mods that require it.
What kind of mods are you playing with? I only ever played the regular game
Big ones I’m playing is with Stardew Valley Expanded, PPJA, and harder Community Bundles.
Stardew Valley Expanded adds more events, new characters, and some alters the map to feel more lived in, like how you aren’t the only farm.
PPJA adds new crops. That’s it.
And Harder Community Bundles is self-explanatory. For example, instead of submitting 1 Parsnip, you need 40. It has a version that uses the new crops in both SVE and PPJA too.
After religiously following the order number tracking efforts on the Steam Deck subreddit (finally got mine May '22) it’s been my ‘clearing the backlog whilst sitting with the significant other’ device…heavily punctuated with Vampire Survivors and, lately, Diablo 4. It’s a great little roguelike device – stuff like Cult of the Lamb, Spelunky 2, and Rogue Legacy 2 – that I can just play for a few minutes wherever the Heck I’d like.
I still find it like holding black magic. I’m a software engineer, and I understand how it works, but playing a Windows port of a PS4 game (like Horizon) in Linux in my hands is something I don’t think I’ll ever not be impressed by!
I have 400 steam games, a Series X, a PS5, a Switch OLED, a gaming PC, but I spend most of my time playing Brotato on my Steam Deck.
Usually Indies, a lot of slay the spire recently, but I’ve just started Street Fighter VI.
Tempted by System Shock next cos I never played the original.
Diablo 4 for me! Amazing performance, it can even run on Ultra but battery is sucked dry within 45 minutes
Playing Diablo 4 aswell. Just finished the main quest line. Also currently playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Does blizzard ever do sales? I have 40€ in bnet balance since 2016 and it would be good to pay ~40-50€ for D4.
I believe so, yes. Will be a while though until D4 gets a discount.
I don’t mind waiting. I got plenty of games to play.
This is the way
Have you tried lower settings to see if you get better battery life? Do you have any issues with the always online if you put it to sleep? I almost never exit a game on my steam deck unless I’m switching to a new one
Yeah, I can get better battery life on Medium. I don’t know how much more because I haven’t tried.
Putting to sleep means I have to close and reopen battlenet. Not a deal breaker for me because the process is pretty fast
Diablo 4 has been the move for me too. Easily installed and has been running great.
I’ve been pondering getting this. I must be one of 10 people who have never played a Diablo game. Do you think 4 is approachable for newbs to the franchise?
I definitely think so yes. Don’t worry about any build guides, or handholding. Build your character however you like! I’m having a great time and I’m nowhere near a hardcore player. If you keep it on World Tier 1 (difficulty wise) you will be absolutely fine. It’s a blast to play.
I think it is imo. The story seemed totally disconnected from previous games and can stand on its own.
I’ve actually set my Deck up with a wireless keyboard and mouse and a monitor and spend a lot of time using it in desktop mode. The “real” gaming PC is still around, but it’s a fallback. So I’m arguably playing Beehaw on it right now, but I just alt-tabbed away from Overload to do this. I’ll play Guild Wars 2 on it for a while tomorrow…
Playing Cyberpunk and Ace Combat.
As a toddler+newborn dad I flat out need the option of playing on TV or in bed, and instantly flipping on or off.
I honestly never dreamed of something like this when I grew up gaming on Windows 95+. Can’t wait 'til I can game with my sons.
TOTK! Runs great via some of the latest Yuzu updates.
Also Pizza Tower and a bit of PGA 2K21 here and there.
Been playing BOTW but also XCOM 2 and the roguelike deckbuilders bundle from Humble Bundle recently. Loving the steamdeck so much.
I mostly play older games because I’m a bit of a patient gamer. Here are some I’m playing:
- Yakuza 2 - kinda stalled on it, but it runs fantastically on SD; looking forward to finishing the rest of the series
- Okami HD - not sure if it’s a SD issue or the game is weird, but it controls weird; still having fun with it
- Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - stalled out a bit, but I’ll get back to it
- Nier Replicant - fantastic experience, I’m looking forward to Automata
And games I’m looking forward to:
- Mass Effect Legendary - never played the originals, so it’ll be a treat, but I’m not looking forward to the massive 100GB download
- Alan Wake, Control, and new Alan Wake - haven’t played any, so it’ll be a treat
- Mount & Blade Bannerlord - interested in how the controls will map; I haven’t played this yet, but I have played the original on PC
- tons of smaller indie games - I’ve played a ton and I still have a ton in my library
