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?
I love my Steam Deck and use it for smaller indie titles I can play for a short time through the week.
At the moment I play Flood of Light, which works pretty well despite being a game relying heavily on mouse controls.
And as a second: Super Panda Adventure. A surprisingly fun metroidvania.
Casette Beasts is next, already played about an hour, but I want to finish the others first.Vampire Survivors, Halls of Torment, Time Wasters, Diablo 4, Cult of the Lamb. I prefer 2D games, the controls are a lot easier - I’m not used to controllers :) I also have to finish Octopath Traveller so I can play the sequel.
Dark Souls 2 with a very nice lighting mod. It’s called DS2LightingEngine SOFTS. I played DS1 and DS3 but could never get into DS2, partly owing to the visuals which I really didn’t like. Now it looks cool and I’m getting a few deaths in here and there on the deck.
I had a hard time getting into DS2 for a variety of reasons, but I did play all the way through on the deck. Being able to set negative deadzones to fix DS2’s horrible defaults went a long way toward making it more playable for me. Kinda wish I’d found that mod, but I wasn’t too put off by the visuals.
Can you explain the negative dead zones? I noticed the controls are kinda janky but didn’t think of fixing it.
Im currently swapping between playing Rimworld, and Tape to Tape.
Tape to Tape is a hockey rogue lite that playes like classic nhl games with a bit of Mario Strikers.
How is Rimworld on the deck? I’ve seen that it’s supposed to be “Verified” but it seems like a game with so much mouse-based activity that it would be really annoying to try to do on the deck.
Also, how does it handle mods? Because I may have… one or two… hundred.
Not the OC, but I personally wasn’t fond of trying to play it on the Steam Deck. The UI just really lends itself to mouse and keyboard IMO.
I’m sure you could get comfortable playing on the Steam Deck with time, but there’s definitely going to be an adjustment period.
As for mods, I probably don’t have nearly as many as you installed, but it worked perfectly fine with the 5-6 mods I was using.
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
Dead Cells, and it’s fantastic. It feels like the Steamdeck is made for platformers.
Diablo 4 runs very well on the SteamDeck and has annihilated my free time
I’ve been streaming it from my PC onto my deck with Moonlight and love it as a handheld game. That said, being able to run in natively is more appealing, what kind of framerate are you getting on the Deck?
I’m getting solid 60 fps with low-medium settings and FSR 2.
I’m using the Steam Deck to play games, that work well with controller and where I want to get all the achievements. Like Bloodstained, Forager, Graveyard Keeper and such. These are all games that you can play very well on the steam deck and every time I’m lying on the couch I can play a few hours to get a bit closer to all achievements of that game :-)
Mostly point and click adventures. Harvey’s New Eyes is my favorite among those I’ve finished for now
I have been playing Hades and bejeweled on mine lately, they are some fun games
I basically bought the Steam Deck as a Hades machine and I don’t regret it one bit, lol. Such a fantastic game. I’ve loved everything Supergiant has put out, but the replay value of Hades makes it one of my all-time favourites, and the Steam Deck is just perfect for quick rounds of a rogue-like.
I’m using it almost exclusively during commuting between my hometown and my girlfriend’s current city (nearly 4h) for which the deck is an absolute godsent
Played through the Sherlock Holmes games and now am playing the Ace Attorney games (for which the Deck is probably a bit overpowered but so what).
Not a huge fan of fast-paced games on the deck since I have a pretty good PC at home with a 144hz 1440p monitor which I really miss with games like Else Ring or (especially) Rocket League
- Hifi rush
- hades
- curse of the dead gods
- crash bandicoot 4
I’m loving a lesser known game called Necesse, which runs great on the Deck!
Fromsoft Games and I just started Metal Gear Rising for the first time. God I love Platinum Games.
Fromsoft Games and I
That’s nice of them to play Metal Gear Rising with you.
I 100% Vampire Survivors and am currently playing through one of the first games I ever owned, FIFA 07. It sometimes feels like I am a child again sitting in front of the CRT-TV trying to shoot goals from the center-line. Good memories there
