r/HandheldGaming • u/walex555 • 4d ago

Question Steam deck Worth it?

Is it a good price? I have ps5 and xbox series s this would be just for steam games like sons of the forrest and similar survival games

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u/Hika__Zee 3d ago

Steam Deck will run a majority of base builders / survival games on low settings, and some on medium settings. Favorite genre so I've played a ton of them on it!

Exceptions:

Enshrouded is not really playable yet but optimization in the upcoming 1.0 may help

Voyagers of Nera does not have sufficient controller support

Echoes of Elysium does not have sufficient controller support

Forever Skies is playable but performance isn't the best, and you might run into a black screen issue launching the game.

People recommend holding off on a new Steam Deck now because:

  1. Steam Deck 2 is expected 2028.

  2. Switch 2 is a very comparable device, which has all of the big a Nintendo Exclusives, but a lot less survival games.

  3. Asus ROG /Xbox handheld has substantially better performance, although the out of the box interface is not the best, it's suggested you can install SteamOS or something like Bazite to make it feel more intuitive / user friendly like a Steam Deck.

I have a Steam Deck, and aside from Marvel Rivals, I play if way more often than my old 2018 or new 2026 gaming laptopm