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.

Edit, ended up doing the following:

Becoming a Steam Family member with my dad and buying the following.

  • FFVII Retrograde
  • Mass Effect Legendary
  • Divinity 1 and 2
  • Caveblazers
  • Portal 2
  • Hollow Knight

I also set up emudeck and transferred all my GBA, GBC, and GCN games that I have ROMS for.

  • AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    27 days ago

    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.

  • MrEC@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    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.

  • janNatan@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

    You’re getting all kinds of recommendations for Steam games. But what about free games? In desktop mode, the “discovery” app let’s you install programs, including games.

    There’s tons of free games. I’ll admit a lot of them aren’t the highest quality. They are mostly open source clones of more popular games.

    One game I recommend in particular is Super Tux Kart. (Tux is the mascot of Linux, and SteamOS is Linux based.) It’s a kart racer game. It’s one of the highest quality open source clones out there, though. Great graphics too.

    If you own Minecraft, the Prism launcher will allow you to run it in the Deck. Just go into the steam menu in desktop mode and click “add non stream game” to add any apps you install this way to your steam menu. Now they can be launched in handheld mode as well!

  • BoosBeau@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    My favorites on the Steam Deck so far are Marvel Cosmic Invasion (arcade style Beat 'em Up) and Deep Rock Galactic Survivor.

  • Orion the Elder@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    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.

  • WagnasT@piefed.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    So I had a huge backlog of games I never got around to, now I just snatch up games that are 90% off, odds are they will play great on the deck. There are a lot of F2P games that play well.
    Path of Exile plays OK, you’re not going to be setting league records but you can casually play.
    OpenMW with total overhaul mods probably has the most hours played for me, that game is endless.
    Ori and the blind forest and Hollow Knight have been a blast. I just started Silksong and love/hate it.
    The entire BioShock series was great, got the whole series on GoG for like $10 a while back.
    Primehack is awesome.
    Divinity original sin 1 and 2 play great.
    Just wait for stuff to go on sale and there’s unlimited fun to be had.

  • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    27 days 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.

  • scoobford@lemmy.zip
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    27 days ago

    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.

  • Freakazoid@lemmy.ml
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    26 days ago

    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.