Some games I’d rather play on PC for various reasons (immersion, control scheme, etc), but then some games felt just right to play on the Deck, Blasphemous, Pentiment, Citizen Sleeper…
I’m looking for more games like that, ideally 20-30 hours to complete, easy to pick up and put down, and good performance
Nova Drift - Asteroids-like shooter roguelite.
Perfect game for steam deck.
All of them except recent Capcom open world stuff, because Capcom only makes spaghetti code.
Caves of Qud
Doesn’t seem like a controller friendly game at first glance, but it’s so well optimized that I cannot go back to PC with it.
I also get like 4 hours of battery life out of it, which I use up regularly.
Have bought that game a while ago but never came around to play it so far. Hope I get a bit of time to spend delving into Qud during holidays.
After playing CoQ with controller support I find similar games unplayably uncomfortable. It’s done so well that it’s shocking to look back at how the UI used to be and remember the game wasn’t designed from the ground up with controller in mind.
Bring the TDP down to 6W and you’ll get at least 6.5 with no impact on gameplay
Ive been waiting for a good sale to get it, can’t wait to dive into it
Yakuza 0
I wish so much I could play it for the first time again.
Wreckfest
CrossCode is really nice on the deck
Dredge.
Yes! The basic graphics and textures worked well on a small screen but the 3d and lighting was still a treat
Doom TDA, it’s good on keyboard and mouse don’t get me wrong but it’s SO GOOD on steam deck
I might cheat a bit here, but for me its emulation with RetroArch since launch! I love the additional trackpads that give me features not possible on a regular gamepad. I setup my own menus and functionality. Can’t wait for the official Steam Controller (2) to launch, so I can use this on my PC too.
Kentum and Megabonk are by far my most played games on Deck and both have almost no desktop playtime for me.
Hades 2
Gonna have to go with the KilaFlow demo because it can actually run on my deck without being low FPS. Most other games I play work just fine on my desktop but I like the demo and wanna play it on a good FPS.
I got hooked to the new Shinobi game demo I got when on Vacation. I freaking love the Deck.
Well, any 2D indie game with controller support is perfect for the deck: (Like the hollow Knight series, or Hades).
Got Hi-Fi Rush on sale. And the inputs feel much better than on my PC (I blame my Bluetooth controller).
Want something with a classic feel (other than emulators)? “Heretic + Hexen” (for some doom-like action) and the Soul Reaver remaster play really well (and I got that one on GoG).
I have more, but those are the ones I play exclusively on my deck, now.
Were Heretic and Hexen remastered? I’ll get them if so. Heretic was the first game I played multiplayer on a PC, before we even had Internet. My friend hosted a game across town and I dialed into his PC with a modem. Blew our parents’ minds.
Yes! They just shadow-dropped the remaster out of the blue. I got it for free since I owned the old versions of both games on steam.
I just need to convince my friends to play with me xD
Master Key - a little zelda-like (old school zelda) which was kind of a surprise find for me but got me hooked quite a bit. Very well suited to be played on the deck 🎮
