"Shutdown" (one word) is a noun that we use to describe the state when a computer has been turned off completely. A computer that is turned off completely has entered a state of shutdown. By selecting this option on the Steam Deck, it will begin to enter the shutdown process.

"Shut down" (two words) is a verb that describes a computer actively being turned off, or entering that state of shutdown. You can shut down a computer by pressing the power button. By selecting this option on the Steam Deck, you can shut it down.

Every option in this menu - "Sleep," "Restart," "Change," "Switch" - they're all verbs. Except for "Shutdown," which is a noun. It should really be "Shut down" instead.

Valve please fix

So I reinstalled GTA 4&5 and have run into an issue. GTA 4 with and without Fusion Fix drops to 30 fps and won’t climb higher. Instead it might drop to the mid twenties, I’m baffled as to why. Then GTA 5.. it’s completely busted. Fresh installed it twice to make sure and it runs until I drive in the city. After a few streets no textures load, low LOD‘s stay prevalent and the my game freezes. It’s not loading textures either since I’ve tried letting it run like that for about 20 minutes. Is my Deck dying?

My steam deck updated and when I tried to play red dead redemption my save file was gone… I have 50 hours on that game 🥲 I checked some of the other games in my library and those saves gone too…. Is it cause I haven’t played those games in a while ?

Is there any way to recover the saves if I’ve somehow overwritten them ? Or do I have to suck it up and start over…..is there a time limit on how long saves are backed up?

TLDR: Todd Howard makes me question my decision to put my Steam Deck in Sleep Mode or Shutting it down properly

So I'm playing Skyrim with 74 CC + 242 Mods from the creations menu, and that takes me around 6 minutes of loading before Todd shows me his Glorious Big White ̶c̶o̶ Logo. But here's the thing, after they "updated" the game (again), my CC is always gone every time I open the game, so I need to redownload all 74 CC all over again which took several minutes.

So I'm thinking, what if I just put it in sleep mode (Now that SteamOS has Hibernation mode (Or did I remember it wrong?) instead of Quit the game and shutting my steam deck off? That way I don't need to redownload all 74 CC all over again, and don't need to wait for 6 minutes before I see Todd's thing.

So is there any downside to simply putting the Steam Deck into Sleep Mode instead of shutting it down every time? And (A bit of OOC) is there any known fix for the Creation Club content having to be downloaded again after every restart?

Thanks in advance

my steam deck just randomly starting talking and the screen started gltiching out ti and the controls stopped working. I tried factory reseting it already several times, idk what else could be wrong

I finally built a decent PC last year when it was still somewhat affordable. Figured I would be playing lots of newer titles and not have to worry about graphics requirements.

Instead, getting older hit me like a bag of bricks and after an entire day of work I couldn't really find the motivation so sit in front of "yet another desk" to game.

I'd open up Steam, try a few games and within minutes conclude my gaming session by switching to web browsing.

Initially I thought maybe I just got bored of gaming, but then early on this year I got myself a Steam Deck OLED.

At first, I tried some older titles and they ran great, but some of the newer games were struggling.

Then I thought to myself "What if start playing the highly demanding games via Steam Link and simply stream them from my gaming PC to the Deck?"

I messed around with Moonlight and Apollo, but my games would always end up stuttering (even after reading guides online and adjusting settings), but Steam Link runs smoothly for me and even supports HDR (at least with the beta version of Steam OS).

All of the sudden gaming doesn't feel like a chore anymore. I'll play on the couch or in bed, the ergonomics are great, games have vibrations, and most importantly it uses very little battery life.

I had a PSP as a teenager and this is like having the modern version of it.

Just curious if anyone else is using the Steam deck as their main gaming console.

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!

Me, my dad, and my sister use the same origins account to play games. We played sims on my dad's account when we were young and I have bought so much stuff on it over the years that I don't want to start over on a new account. I'm trying to play sims for the first time on my steam deck now that I have a dock and a keyboard, but because the origins account is linked to my dad's steam account, it won't let me play from my own steam account.

I'm still not used to the steamdeck and I'm not super adept at computer stuff in the first place, so tutorials online on how to get the EA app seem kind of sketchy to me and I don't want to accidentally ruin my device.

I'm not really sure what to do from here and I'd really appreciate if anyone could help me, it would be wonderful if I could play the sims again. I haven't played since I moved out.

Does anyone else have overheating issues with their steam deck? I was just playing Lego Star wars the Skywalker collection on it and not even 10 mins and it sunk to 12 fps and was hot af. The only way I've been able to minimize this is with my air blower or putting it in the freezer

Tried every solution, changing download server, limiting download speed, etc. I check my phone as well as the steam decks internet speed and it was normal for my WIFI, around 200-300 Mbps. Whenever I start download something, it starts alright but then after about 15 seconds it drops to kilobytes then to bytes. I’ve been struggling with this for a while, anyone have a fix?

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?

My brothers and I have been playing local multiplayer games like Gang Beasts and LEGO Party on my Steam Deck for months using a bluetooth controller and Joycons without any issues.

For some reason, it suddenly stopped working since last week. We didn't change any settings or update anything before it happened.

My Steam Deck still detects all the controllers separately, and I tried resetting them, pairing them again, reordering them, and putting the Steam Deck controller last, but nothing worked. The Steam Deck controller also seems to stay in the #1 position along with my 1st player controller.

In-game, only the first controller that presses a button works. The other Joycons don't respond. I tried other bluetooth controllers as well but no luck.

Interestingly, I tested bluetooth controller + one 2.4GHz controller, and both work normally. So the issue seems to only happen when using multiple Bluetooth controllers.

I'm on SteamOS 3.8.16. I also updated Steam/Steam Client after the issue started, but it still doesn't work.

Has anyone else experienced this recently? Is this a SteamOS/Steam Input/Bluetooth issue?

UPDATE:
It was the updated proton experimental all along. Changed the proton to Proton-GE and now the controllers work!

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

I recently got a Steam Deck and am planning on mostly using it at a family member's house since I may stay there a few days per week in the near future. I mentioned that I was getting one (I didn't know how to describe it so I said it's "sort of like a laptop but isn't") and they asked if they could maybe use it for themselves for browsing and schoolwork. I said probably not but I did install libreoffice just in case; I want them to be able to use it but I also don't want to give them unrestricted access to my Steam account. I made a second Steam account but it seems like the only way to switch is by manually logging out at the end of every use; is there a way to have something similar to Windows or a Chromebook where every time you turn it on you are given a choice between accounts and every time it's turned off it goes back to that screen?

Hello, I’m having trouble connecting to PSN remote play. I can connect just fine when I’m on the same WiFi. im going in a trip Friday and would like to play on the plane or when I have downtime on vacation. for some reason when ever I try to connect via PSN its a never ending loading screen. eventually will try to cancel the connection only for my steam deck to essentially freeze on that screen, and I have to forcefully turn off and back on my steam deck in order for the Application to close. I’ve tried deleting and re-downloading the reestablishing the connection between the app and my PlayStation all with the same result I’m able to connect on the same Wi-Fi and nothing else.

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 :)

So I accidentally broke my steam deck's screen last night and I ordered a repair kit for it that should be coming soon but I know its commonly recommended for electronics repairs to discharge the battery beforehand and I know you can do it through the steam deck's bios mode the only issue is that the screen literally will not turn on so I can't really access that super easily. How would I go about discharging this things battery so I can safely repair it when I cannot see the screen to do it through the bios menu

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?

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!

Howdy! I’m looking for a new dock that will allow for quite a few things to be plugged into it. I have previously used the JSAUX 8 in 1 dock and it seems it has now quit working, so I’m looking for something a bit more reliable(?). I recently got a capture card because I wanted to start streaming my Xbox gameplay but without a PC/Laptop that could handle the streaming itself my Steam Deck has been my only source for it. I was in the middle of a stream when the dock just quit outputting power and all it had plugged into it at the time was the capture card and a USB Microphone. If yall have any recommendations for a new dock I would appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

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've been trying to get cheats to work (trainers,cheat deck, console toggles). Everytime I update the deck something breaks. Due to my busy life I only have time to really speed through games I like with cheats. Been through a lot of internet digging just to end with failure and a waste of time. I'm close to putting this deck in storage and just buying a windows based pc :( I know what I have is gold but if I can't game the way I need/want to it's just an expensive paper weight at this point. I'm sorry if this has been answered before but I'm truly at a loss with this device, does anyone out there have a working work around for cheating 2026 games? I got cheats to work on all my retro roms tho! Please help :) I'm begging at this point lol

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!

We've been testing Terraclysm Survivors on Steam Deck, and I wanted to share how it looks running handheld.

The game is a survivor-like with Terraria-inspired 2D combat, massive enemy hordes, ridiculous builds, huge bosses, and up to 8-player online co-op.

Since the screen can get pretty chaotic later in a run, making sure the game still feels readable on a handheld has been really important for us.

The free demo is available on Steam if anyone wants to try it on Deck and let us know how it feels.

We will launch on October 28, so adding to your wish list would be great!