*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***

[Dirk Diggler]

Is there a comprehensive list of the best games to have on the Steam Deck, doesn't have to be the likes of Cyberpunk or Elden Ring - I go away next week and would love to have something to play when travelling.

Batman Arkham Knight

 

[Ravenger]

RDR2 looks absolutely incredible on the deck, and performs really well too.

 

[kmax86]

Anyone know how often the oled certified refurb get restocked? Im looking at a handhelds as I found after the working day I need to get off my desk/pc which destroys any will to play

So far im looking at steamdeck oled and the legion go s steamOS. Leaning towards refurb deck due to price.

 

[Bubo]

Finally got round to installing Emudeck this weekend. Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome this would be? The most addictive thing is tweaking and sorting everything to make sure it can scrape the meta data for everything so it presents all your stuff either as direct non steam games in the main steam list, or within the Emulation Station app. Then there is just the general impressive performance in the emulation. Took me a while to get round to it but it is so worth it. Used a couple of recent guides on Youtube which made it pretty easy.

 

[Ninco!]

Finally got round to installing Emudeck this weekend. Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome this would be? The most addictive thing is tweaking and sorting everything to make sure it can scrape the meta data for everything so it presents all your stuff either as direct non steam games in the main steam list, or within the Emulation Station app. Then there is just the general impressive performance in the emulation. Took me a while to get round to it but it is so worth it. Used a couple of recent guides on Youtube which made it pretty easy.

I've never tried Emudeck and been meaning to do so - this has given me a nudge!

 

[Megahurtz400]

Haven’t really picked up my deck since my last factorio run through, but am now looking for another game to get into.

Bear with me as I have a very particular set of “requirements”

I loved factorio with no biters and it could plod around working on stuff while chilling on the sofa, or on a flight.

I don’t think I want another factory sim as I fancy a change.

I’ve always wanted to give Rimworld a go, have tried it in the past on my main PC but wasn’t gripped by it. The thing I love about factorio is just how simple it is to get started, but how endlessly complex it is, I never have the time to spend hours on “how” to play a game, I much prefer a game that lets you learn how its complexities work yourself!

Shall I give Rimworld another chance?

 

[CGrieves]

I find the games kinda polar opposites in terms of interest- Rimworld was great for a certain amount of time then I basically lost interest. I still go back to it from time to time, build a new colony and let it run its course. Conversely I've been running Factorio on a headless server for 4+ years now. There's always something to fix or improve, it never ends or (for me) gets boring. I've recently upgraded to Space Age and am refactoring everything for the new rules, which is probably going to take another four years!

Pre Space-Age, vast swathes of my factory were dedicated to producing Satellites. Now they're no longer required, merely deconstructing all that infrastructure took my 20,000 bots about 12 hours

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Maybe look at Kingdom Two Crowns if you've not already done so. It works very nicely on Steam Deck and might fit your interests; plus the expansion themed settings all add something

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I've got Minecraft on Windows store, is there any way to get it onto Steam Deck?

 

[Sone]

I found telltale games excellent on deck when working away. Screen too small for me to do fast paced games

 

[Bubo]

A quick google suggests you can, there appear to be loads of guides on how to do it.

 

[Megahurtz400]

I find the games kinda polar opposites in terms of interest- Rimworld was great for a certain amount of time then I basically lost interest. I still go back to it from time to time, build a new colony and let it run its course. Conversely I've been running Factorio on a headless server for 4+ years now. There's always something to fix or improve, it never ends or (for me) gets boring. I've recently upgraded to Space Age and am refactoring everything for the new rules, which is probably going to take another four years!

Pre Space-Age, vast swathes of my factory were dedicated to producing Satellites. Now they're no longer required, merely deconstructing all that infrastructure took my 20,000 bots about 12 hours

I don’t want to dare get into factorio again (yet) or I’ll do nothing else

 

[mountaincow]

Crazy you're playing this on the deck. It's been a long time since I tried, but it didn't feel right to me... Has the controller support come along that much?

 

[churchhawk]

I have GTA V on my EPIC store which I managed to get onto the Steam Deck but for the life of me cannot get further than the rockstar launcher login

 

[HeadlessChicken]

I've got Minecraft on Windows store, is there any way to get it onto Steam Deck?

I've still not found a way to do this for my lad yet

 

[Rob_B]

I've seen people get java working on the steamdeck sub reddit before.

 

[mountaincow]

Java works. Apparently there's the Minecraft Bedrock Launcher on the Discover store which may work.

 

[HeadlessChicken]

Yeah Java is meant to be fine, I really need bedrock for my kiddo.

I've seent he bedrock launcher - essentially it creates an android environment and runs the play store version in that. I may need to go this route if nothing else works...

 

[Epoch]

I've put both on my kids one.

Java works through Prism launcher on the discover store.
Bedrock via 'Minecraft Bedrock Launcher' in the discover store - This required an extra purchase of minecraft on the google play store.

How to install Minecraft: Bedrock edition on Steam Deck

Installing Minecraft: Bedrock on the Steam Deck doesn't take long, and this guide will walk you through all the steps

www.xda-developers.com

They seem to work okay.

 

[HeadlessChicken]

I've put both on my kids one.

Java works through Prism launcher on the discover store.
Bedrock via 'Minecraft Bedrock Launcher' in the discover store - This required an extra purchase of minecraft on the google play store.

How to install Minecraft: Bedrock edition on Steam Deck

Installing Minecraft: Bedrock on the Steam Deck doesn't take long, and this guide will walk you through all the steps

www.xda-developers.com

They seem to work okay.

Do they both perform OK?

If I've read correctly Java is more power hungry, and bedrock is obviously emulating an android instance as well as the game.

Cheers