Big recommendation for Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Just finished it on the Deck and it played fantastic. Will be giving Mankind Divided a go shortly.
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I could never get into Fallout New Vegas, but for whatever reason playing it on the Steam Deck made it infinitely more enjoyable! I couldn't recommend it enough.
Oh, and Mass Effect is perfect too.
I had the same experience! I’ve started New Vegas many times over the years, but never got very far along. Playing it on the Steam Deck was fantastic.
You try Shadow of Mordor? Game is really good and goes on dirt cheap sales all the time.
If you enjoyed Bioshock... Prey 2017 is a super fun game. Better, I think, outside of a bit of jank.
If you intend to play Prey, don't read or watch anything about it before!
I've had a good time with Elden Ring on the Deck, it runs without a hitch.
The Tomb Raider 2013 reboot is great and works really well on the Deck.
Thanks for reminding me of that, picked it up long ago but never finished it. Perfect excuse to get back into it.
Maybe Skyrim? It can be pretty fun modded. Same with Minecraft.
The Batman Arkham games
The Witcher series
Fallout series
FYI: the next major Steam sale starts June 29th- I got all those Arkham games for 8 bucks last year, so make a list and wait a few weeks. You can join the rest of us who have 100 games bought for 80% off and 10% played 🤣
Hey thanks for the tip!
I'll 100% get in on the coming sale, my first Steam sale...ever.
Enjoy! Glad you're liking your Deck it's really an awesome device. I would highly recommend using the wishlist feature on Steam. Add any games in here that sound good to your wishlist, and you'll get notifications from Steam when those games go on sale. There are pretty frequent sales outside of the big ones too so if you can only get a few games on the upcoming sale, don't worry because another one will be here soon enough.
Welcome! And say goodbye to your wallet :D
But seriously, I'm curious why this is your first. Always stuck to console before? Finally got some extra spending money? New to gaming in general?
Oh its been a long time!
So my return to 'PC gaming', not console gaming, is the Steam Deck! First Steam account, first Steam sale (coming up). I'm so happy to have got this, really enjoying what is possible.
If Borderlands series works for the Deck i would recommend it as well! I am absolutely in love with the franchise from the first to the last game.
I've been having a great time with Yakuza 0. It runs great on the deck.
FFVII Remake runs really well. Doom, Fable, DMC5, Control, Nier: Automata, Titanfall 2, RE2 Remake, Spider-Man Remastered all run very well too.
Dragon Age Origins is a great RPG with tons of choices and a solid story.
Metal Gear Solid V runs beautifully on the deck and has been one of the best games I've tried playing on it. The gyro controls for aiming make it a very satisfying experience.
Seconding this! Sitting in a chair and turning to aim is pretty fun. Makes me want to try a flight sim with it.
I really need to revisit MGSV I remember it looking great at the time but running fairly well.
I am currently playing through Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, both are excellent and play great on the deck.
You asked for AAA but I will mention some of my deck favorites from the indie side too: Binding of Isaac, Enter the Gungeon, Hotline Miami 1 and 2 and Monster Train.
You can never go wrong with Dark Souls.
100%! Dark Souls is challenging but incredibly rewarding. They reward pattern recognition and give you a ton of build options. If you've ever played Elden Ring, you'll probably enjoy the third game, too. 😄
All of the titles work well on Steam Deck too, with gold or platinum rankings on ProtonDB.
My grip on AAA is definitely weak. but Stellaris works very well both in terms of performance and ability to work the interface; using and customizing a community profile recommended.
Would you say any of the DLCs are a must? I’ve been enjoying the base game and can’t decide which ones to pick up.
Utopia is pretty universally agreed to be the most important DLC. Past that, Overlord is a good pick since they've made vassals something you actually want beyond RP reasons and it makes them much more effective, plus it adds hyper relays. I like Galactic Paragons a lot, a lot of people think Federations and Apocalypse are pretty essential, and at that point you're into picking and choosing what you'd like to have more of.
Thank you! I’ll pick up Utopia and look into the other ones you mentioned.
Horizon Zero Dawn is pretty good once you get past the first hour or so, not sure how well it runs on the Deck though
Depending on your definition of AAA and older
- Red Dead 2
- Persona 5
- Remnant
- Witcher 3 (runs okay)
- Ori
- Knights of the Old Republic (sometimes the audio gets messed up when pausing)
- Half-life 2
Are you asking specifically for older AAA, or is that more a description for good games that have good battery life on the Deck?
I'm about halfway through Mass Effect Legendary Edition and I'm loving it. Plays great.
I finally got around to playing the XCOM reboot entirely on my Deck and it was a fantastic experience. Those missions are short enough that I could pick it up, play a mission, and then put it down and do something, and come back to it.
Thanks for mentioning that, I sort of assumed that they didn't have controller support but now I see that they do and it works quite well too!
Well, a major focus of Valve for a while now has been getting PC-exclusive games working well with controllers. The original Steam Controller, Steam Input, and the Deck itself are all geared towards solving that problem.
Yeah, they say it is unsupported but it is totally fine. I just used one of the community templates for the controls and it worked like a dream. Looking forward to playing the sequel later this year.
Have you done any tweaking to graphics settings? Feels like it's running a bit "hot" considering that it's not that graphically intensive.
I guess I could try just lowering the TDP too.
Not on my end, I just ran it the standard settings. I rarely mess with TDP as I am playing at home mostly and always have access to my charger.
As a father of 2 the steamdeck has been amazing for me! It's allowed me to get back into games for short sprints.
That said I've been revisiting:
- doom
- doom eternal (not so old)
- the Wolfenstein series
- days gone
Oh the Doom games, that's a great idea! Thank you!
Not that it’s old but I have been playing God of War 2018 on my Steam Deck and it’s been an absolute pleasure. The visuals are still amazing and the game runs really well. Get it during a Steam sale to save some cash.
Thanks for reminding me!
I played Horizon, and actually forgot GoW was available on Steam Deck. Hopefully the upcoming sale has a good deal on it!
Halo the Master Chief Collection, runs great, looks great, and the Halo campaigns are just super fun in general. Goes on sale for $20 often too.
Thought I'd update a lil. It's currently $10. I think it's a must buy at $10.
I'm having a great time playing The Saboteur on my Deck. It's not on Steam but if you buy it on GOG you can run it through Heroic Game Launcher's Steam integration. You can also run the EA App (yuck) version on Deck but it takes a little more doing, or emulate the PS3 version.
A criminally underrated open world game from 2009 where you play as an ornery Irish man fighting Nazis in occupied Paris. It's well written and acted and nails the aesthetic of the time and place. Plus it's just fun blowing shit up.
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