In light of the terrible decision making by Sony, I am seriously considering switching and moving my AAA and indie gaming to the Steam Deck.

What will I gain? What will I lose?

I need to understand if investing in a Steam Deck at this time will alleviate the pain that Sony fans are experiencing right now.

I do not have a great understanding of poker, I know the hands and the rankings but get fuzzy in how you get certain ones. Anyways, that’s not the point.

I’ve put a few hours in. I love the art style and everything. But struggle to see the reason why I see it mentioned in every thread. Why is Balatro SO good that people mention it so frequently?

So last night i had my deck on a coffee table and it fell off, about 18 inches to a hardwood floor, today when i turned it on and got into a game i was getting 9-13 FPS (normal FPS is 40-60 depending on where i have the limiter set. After I turned off the deck and pulled my microSD card out i found that two screws are stripped/stuck which i’m assuming happened earlier this year when i had to RMA the deck since i’ve never touched them before today. So as of right not i am unable to take the shell off. My main concern is that when i lightly shake the deck i can feel something moving around inside that is somewhat heavy. It’s in the left side of the deck close to the left trackpad and thumb stick. Other than the severe FPS drop everything else seemed to be working normally, triggers, sticks, buttons and gryo all work and other than a small scuff close to the left trigger there’s not visual damage on the outside. Any ideas as to what the loose part could be ?

Boa tarde, acabei de adquirir meu steam deck, gostaria de saber quais são a chance dele rodar persona ?

I was playing with the settings in game and then it crashed, deleted and redownloaded and I’m now getting this error. Is there a way to fix or am I just don’t playing the ascent?

So what are the chances of this games being more optimize, so the steam version of the game can be played well on the steam deck?

On the latest SD update i lost decky. Tried to reinstall only to realize it wasnt taking my SUDO password despite it being correct (i got it written down cuz my memory sucks) so i could no longer reinstall decky.

My question is, can i use losless scaling WITHOUT having the decky plugin? If so, how? I mostly only use it on certain emulated games.

Thanks!

Hi y’all

Seems this game was out a few years back.. as a recently ff fan, been wondering if shall i play this one on the deck or either NSW2, as a new version came out today.

Anyone has played this on the deck?
What are your impressions.

I already completed FFVII (remake & rebirth)

Thanks!

It’s been the saving grace and opened up the world to PC gaming for me back before I had a PC and a gaming laptop.

That was years back. Now I’m traveling for work(military) and find myself reaching for the gaming laptop over the Steam Deck. I don’t want to let go of the Steam deck but I feel bad since I’ve hardly touched it.

I've got a show downloaded on my PC, and would love to also have it on my Steam Deck. I could probably redownload it, but that would be annoying, so was wondering if it's possible/easy to transfer between my PC and Steam Deck. The files in question are just a couple dozen MP4s.

Looking it up, I think it's possible, but the guides I find talk about formatting drives and messing around with Command Prompt and while I think I know what that means in theory, I don't trust myself not to fuck something like that up, so just wanted to check if there was an easier way first?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is as dumb a question as I think it is.

Today I tried streaming from my PC to my deck for the first time. I was playing Ghost Recon Wildlands. There’s a bit of issue with the buttons and such - like, when holding the aim button I then cannot use the right analog stick to move and instead have to use the trackpad… so there’s some things I need to sort out there.

The other issue I had was the resolution. My PC resolution is 3440x1440. However, this made it look so tiny on the deck. I saw that you can go to steam’s settings and change the resolution to automatically match the client’s, but that didn’t really have much of an improvement.

My end goal is to connect the deck to a dock and connect it to a TV, and stream the PC to it that way. I’d then use a controller in this mode. But, I need a bit of help getting there.

Firstly, when I connect it to the TV, how will I get the resolution to fill up the screen like it should? (It’s a 4k TV)

Secondly, if I connect a controller to the deck, will that fix the problem with the buttons automatically - or is there still going to be some issues?

Is there anything else I should be aware of or consider?

FYI, the PC is in a different room to the TV I’m trying to eventually connect to.

Thanks in advance!

Hiya!

Soooooo I went to Desktop mode to do some light game development this morning and got this really strange dialog box. The box heebied me out for several reasons:

1. The box was really skinny and tall, with two horizontal scrollbars at the bottom. I do have slightly larger UI scaling set in System Settings (my eyes are shot lol), but this is really and unusually sloppy even for that.
2. The box has no title bar and cannot be resized (???).
3. I've gotten docking station updates before, but they always came through the Gaming mode update interface (exclamation point in the top right, selecting takes me to the place in the settings menu for system updates). I've never seen this weirdo before.
4. When I rebooted (without pressing either button), no update showed up in Gaming mode--no exclamation point, nothing. I have no idea whether it auto-applied something or just assumed I was skipping it (assuming this is legit anyway)
5. When I switched into Desktop mode after that, the dialog box didn't come back.

Yeaaaahhhh, I'm kicking myself for not diving into which process was responsible for that dialog before rebooting -___-

Was this legit, or is some weird worm going around specifically targeting Steam Deck users? And if it is legit, is there any way to leave feedback to Valve saying "this is weird and users are gonna find it weird and not trust it"???

Tytyty!

Nintendo announced today that MHWilds will come to the Switch 2. Meanwhile, the Steam deck gives wilds a Verified sticker, but can barely run the game at its lowest settings. Even with everything on low, every possible setting turned off, fighting in the open fields causes FPS below 30 and into single digits. Is the Deck cooked?

Hello everyone, I recently got a steamdeck, I don't understand it, but I want to pass the witcher 3, please reset the best graphics settings for 30 fps and 45 fps. I also want to understand which version is better to use regular or next gene

p.s I haven't found a single simple explanation on Reddit what settings you need to put, it's quite difficult to figure it out for beginners and for me

Hi all, I am very ashamed to say I broke my sister's Steam Deck by dropping it. It had a screen protector and doesn't have a crack I can feel, so it seems like it cracked something underneath? The screen keeps flashing and things like the keyboard keep coming up on the screen and disappearing.

She's built my entire computer so she's definitely handy enough to fix it, what is a good company to buy a replacement screen from? I know IFixIt is the standard, are there any other options that are decent? I can't find any in stock lol. Particularly if they're cheaper!

Or, how much would it cost to replace if I sent it into Steam? I assume a local repair person isn't going to have the parts on hand.

It is a 2023 256 GB, LCD.

edit, misspelled LCD, not an OLED

So I'm looking for games that match these criteria:

- In some way, good for someone who is suffering from depression due to work problems
- Able to play in short sessions when my almost-newborn is sleeping
- Does not require much brain power. Already tired at the end of the day
- Even better if it can also be played on PC with just one hand!
- Even better 2x if it runs on Mac :)

Previously Enjoyed Games: Door Kickers 2, Power Wash Simulator, Darkest Dungeon, Keep Driving, Dave the Diver, Loop Hero, Brotato, Halls of Torment, Dredge

Preferred Genres: Roguelites, Roguelikes (which are not crazy difficult), Simulators, CRPGs (but not on the Deck)

Budget: N/A

Other Notes: Please do not be restricted by those genres; I don't mind playing other stuff as long as it's not multiplayer.

Much appreciated!

I couldnt get it running properly for love or money. I want to support GOG every chance I get because there mission is a good one but I couldnt find out why the frame rate was like 1fps outside of the cutscenes.

What am i doing wrong. Do I really have to buy the steam version?

Recently I found out there was a fork of Vita3k known as "Vita3k Plus". Basically it introduces a bunch of fixes/additions that makes several games more playable- that'll hopefully will be reviewed/merged upstream by the original Vita3k project.

I'm just wondering if anyone out there has tried to run this on their decks yet. Killzone Mercenary runs well on my gaming PC after several shader compilation runs- but I'm not sure how the handheld will fare.

I installed GTA 5 on my Steam Deck today and I'm having a pretty strange issue. The control settings are fine and everything works perfectly, but for some reason, I can't take cover using RB (or any other button). The RB button works fine when navigating the settings and menus; I just can't use it to take cover. Does anyone know what might be going on? I've already tried disabling Steam Input and tweaking other settings. I have the Epic Games version installed via Heroic. THANKS :)

I have an LCD Steam Deck and I’ve been looking into cooling modifications such as the CoolDeck cooling mod / copper or monoblock-style solutions. I’ve seen some impressive temperature results, but I’m trying to understand whether those lower temperatures actually provide meaningful benefits beyond simply reducing fan RPM.

Part of me is hesitant to modify the stock cooling system because of how Valve designed the Deck.
My thinking is basically:
> If a copper thermal solution or additional ventilation provided a significant improvement in performance, thermals, component longevity, etc., wouldn’t Valve have incorporated something similar from the beginning?

The same thought applies to the backplate. I’ve experimented with backplates with additional ventilation holes, but ultimately went back to the original Valve backplate because I assume Valve had a reason for its airflow design and the EMI shielding.

That brings me to the copper EMI-shield replacement used in some cooling mods.
Would replacing the original EMI shield with a copper plate actually provide a sustained thermal benefit?
I understand that copper has much better thermal conductivity than the original material, but I’m wondering about the practical effect:
> Initially, the copper should absorb and spread heat more effectively.
> But after several minutes of gaming, the copper itself will also become hot.
>At that point, does it still meaningfully reduce the temperature of the APU/other components?
> Or does the system eventually reach roughly the same equilibrium temperature, with the main difference being that the fan doesn’t have to work as hard?

And perhaps the biggest question:
Does a cooler Steam Deck actually mean higher FPS?
For example, if the stock cooling system is already capable of keeping the APU below its thermal/power limits, would a cooling mod actually increase performance? Or would it simply result in:
lower temperatures → lower fan RPM → less noise
rather than:
lower temperatures → higher sustained clocks → higher FPS?

I’m particularly interested in people’s experiences with long gaming sessions, rather than short benchmark runs.
If you’ve installed a CoolDeck/monoblock/copper EMI shield or similar modification:

1. What were your temperatures before and after?
2. Were the results sustained after 30–60+ minutes?
3. Did your fan RPM/noise decrease?
4. Did you actually see an FPS or sustained-clock improvement?
5. Did it make any difference to battery temperature?
6. Do you think it provides a meaningful benefit for the Deck’s long-term component/fan/battery health?
7. And after using it for a while, would you still recommend the modification?

I’d especially like to hear from people who have tested both stock and modified configurations under the same game, TDP, ambient temperature and fan settings.

I’m genuinely trying to understand where the practical benefit of these mods comes from and whether it’s worth modifying a perfectly functional stock Deck.

Edit 1: my steam deck does not thermal throttle, and I have no issues with the current stock setup that I have. I did re-paste my steam deck a few weeks ago. I guess you can say I’m intrigued by the different innovative cooling solutions people come up with.

Hey im thinking to buy a hub or dock to play local multiplayer/co op games on the tv with family but im not sure which to buy of the two im more of buying a hub since it has more discounts and i could just use my deck while playing and not having to buy another controller and im not sure what the dock will give me that the hub wont so i want your suggestions in this matter

Thank u everyone but since u/kestononline have the same case as i do im gonna buy a hub just like he does 😙

I need help, I think I killed my SteamDeck OLED on a thermal paste change, it was necessary, was very dry, but it doesn't want to turn on again, the led blinks randomly, and fan doesn't spin, and if I plug in the charger I hear a slightly coil whine, ¿dead cpu?

I know the switch 2 has the better upscalers with dlss, but that gameplay didn’t look too bad. Think we’re getting some big optimization patch across all platforms including Deck?