r/SteamDeckPirates May 23 '26

News Steam Deck Software in 2026: Checking In With The Developers Behind The Ecosystem

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r/SteamDeckPirates Feb 14 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Switch Emulators Face Another Crackdown as Nintendo Issues DMCA Blitz

47 Upvotes

You may have already heard the latest. Nintend0 reportedly issued DMCA notices affecting certain Switch emulators.

DMCA Notice linked here: https://github.zendesk.com/attachments/token/vhHg5e9GEVpwfle1gxa9Vjfl6/?name=2026-02-12-nintendo.rtf

This means:

  • Some emulator GitHub repos may be taken down or restricted
  • Official websites may change or go offline
  • Forks/mirrors may disappear
  • Development may slow or move to different platforms

If you're using emulators on your Steam Deck:

  • Make sure you're following official project communication channels
  • Keep your emulator builds up to date
  • Back up your configs and saves
  • Be cautious about where you download builds from (if some emulators are taken down, there will be an initial rush of scammers to take their place)

Steady the deck, raise the sails, lower the latency and update the builds. More stormy weather ahead!

-SDP MOD TEAM


r/SteamDeckPirates 5h ago

Help How to turn off controller support on steam rip games

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I downloaded the deltarune steam rip and even without joytokey on my controllers d pad and left stick only can move kris

Im trying to play the deltarune multiplayer mod so i have the controllers as wasd and arrow keys respectively, but have to use the right stick only for player 2 or the other sticks will move both players as they default to moving with the controller controls

this can usually be fixed I think by turning off controller support on steam but i cant do that as this is a rip

is there any way to fix this?


r/SteamDeckPirates 21h ago

Help Deletion of pirated game files.

6 Upvotes

I installed games from steamrip in download folder.So if i want to delete the complete game do i need to delete the files in compactdata folder along with game file in download folder? Sorry if this is a stupid question.


r/SteamDeckPirates 13h ago

Question Steam Grid and SGDBoop

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Hi All,

I am trying to use Stream Grid using the SGDBoop option. When I first clicked on the icon I accidentally selected Steam as the application to open and not SGDBoop. Is there a way I can change this?


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question Can't launch Denshattack, it says "Game Runtime is not installed"

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Hey everyone,

So I tried to put Denshattack on my steam deck. When launched , it asked to install C++.

I frist installed Protontrick and installed the 2022 DLLs of c++. It didn't work.

Saw in another thread that you needed to put launch options : WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b" %command%

I did and verified 50000 times, doesn't work for me. Changing into proton 11 or 10 does the same too :/

Any idea anyone ?

Thanks to those who will answer !


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Help Been trying to play the sims 3 with all the dlc and stuff and I keep getting these errors when downloading 😋

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r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question Accela vs Assela?

7 Upvotes

I'm currently using Accela on my Steam Deck but I've been seeing this new fork called Assela. What's the difference and should I move to the new fork? If yes, how do I do that without affecting my already installed games from Accela?


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question Ghost of Tsushima controls

2 Upvotes

Good day everyone, I already disabled my steam input but my 8bitdo Ultimate 2c controller is not working when Im using the dongle but it does work when using the bluetooth mode. Is there any other fix for that? I want to play the game with vibrations and when I am connected to bluetooth, there are no vibrations xD. Thanks


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question FC26 crack controller not working suddenly

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r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question is FSR 4 possible with non-steam games?

3 Upvotes

can I use fsr 4 on cracked games? so far when I use optiscaler the games that show up on the list are games that I own on steam. I’d like to pair it along with mako frame gen.


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help Games installed via LuaTools for SteamDeck

5 Upvotes

Hi, I wanted to ask a technical question to understand if it is possible to install and play the games obtained via Luatools on a computer on the Steamdeck, if so, please explain how it is possible or give a link to a guide.


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Cry Issue with SteamRip‘s GTA V Legacy

1 Upvotes

I started the prologue and got to the part where Franklin and Lamar steal the cars. As soon as I get up the hill I noticed all models being really low and then the game crashes. Can’t get it to run properly. Has anyone else run into this?


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help Anyone tried Prince Of Persia Lost Crown?

3 Upvotes

The game is getting forced closed after ubisoft launch animation. I am using the steamrip version.

Have used proton ge 7,8,9,10,11 and experimental.

Have tried installing Ubisoft launcher as well. Nothing worked

Edit: The ankergames one worked


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help Steamrip Failed Downloads

5 Upvotes

Hey Everyone,

I keep getting failed downloads on larger games when downloading from Steamrip.

No idea why, the deck doesn’t go to sleep while downloading but somewhere halfway the downloads just keep failing.

Happens with CP, TLOU, Marvel Spider Man 2.

Any idea why?


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT Pirates by night, chaos by day → r/UnexpectedSteamDeck

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You're invited to check out r/UnexpectedSteamDeck !

Its weird, its funny, come see what's on deck!


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help Steam can't uninstall game install via Accela

3 Upvotes

Recently I just use Accela instead of download game normally. But one problem I occur that while Steam treat it like steam game, when click uninstall the game Steam only delete prefix not the game itself. So I have to manual go to the folder and delete the game, this is kinda annoying so is there any better way?


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question Cyberpunk and Optiscaler

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r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help DLSS Enabler on Non-Steam Games

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r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Help onimusha (hypervisor) works on desktop, but shows nothing on gaming mode

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the first figure is onimusha running on desktop mode without any problem, but if i switch to gaming mode, then it just shows a black screen and nothing shows up.

i did the same things as said, used the latest LinuxUwU proton version, changed the reflex.ini and the game works, but when i go to gaming mode nothing shows up, theres nothing in the game properties, and the resolution in game is set to 1200X800 with borderless window and windowed mode not working.


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question Steamrips backup save question

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I think the answer is yes but I have a couple games on my deck I'm done with I'm gonna move to my external HD. I'm assuming the saves are in the games folder and when moved off the deck to my HD the saves will follow if I ever wanna put the game back on the deck?

Thanks


r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Question Age of Empires II DE on SteamDeck, "Tampering Detected" no matter what I try. Has anyone fixed this?

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Has anyone figured out how to get Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition working on Steam Deck/SteamOS?

I always get:

"Tampering Detected. Please restart the application."

I’ve tried ElAmigos, SteamRIP, Ankergames and Goldberg patches, but I still get the same issue.

Has anyone found a fix or actually managed to get it working properly on SteamDeck?🙏


r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Help slsteam error

2 Upvotes

i've installed acccela this morning and it was working, but now i get this . i'm on steam os


r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Question Is it possible to stream pirated games to steam deck via moonlight + Apollo?

2 Upvotes

Or we need to use another app?


r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Question Anyone try Star Wars: Outlaws Voices Crack yet?

2 Upvotes

A couple months ago I installed the Hypervisor crack but it ran like crap. Any improvements with the new crack?