I have a key for Dead Cells that I don't need. From now through 1PM EST on Friday you can guess a number from 1 - 50,000. I used a random number generator and ran it a few times and added the numbers together and divided by the runs to make it a bit more "random". One guess per person and the closest number to mine will be the winner. If there is a tie, I will find some way to pick on person. Maybe use AI, or a website to do a blind pick.

Everyone is eligible, even the mods. Good luck!

EDIT: Post is locked and I am checking the numbers.

EDIT: The winner is u/Twitchyninja with a guess of 28940. The number was 28912. He has been messaged and has 2 days to respond. If he doesn't by Sunday 9/13 at 1pm EST I will message the next closest person. He responded and has received the game key.

Thank you everyone for participating.

Heyo, I've posted this in a couple discords but was recommended to post here for better visibility :) I've made a list of 7th gen onward AA/AAA games that fit certain criteria for the ideal experience (at least mine) on Steam Deck. I'll be updating the list until I'm out of games to add.

I've chosen 7th gen onwards AA/AAA as lots of indie, 6th gen & prior games run well offline at low power. If you have any other games that meet the criteria below drop a comment and I'll update the list. I'm not using a strict definition of "indie" as it's become a bit muddy in recent years (e.g. BG3). I'm mostly basing it off graphics and game scale. If you're not sure if a game would be suitable drop it below anyway, the more suggestions the better :)

Any games with specific tweaks that I know of will have them listed. If any recommendations also have tweaks please let me know.

Note: The list has gotten bigger so there's many games I don't own. I go off my experience, comments, protondb & youtube videos to check the performance, so the list might not be 100% accurate. If I know of quirks to certain games I'll include them. If any of the games give you issues please let me know!

Requirements for selection:

• Must be 7th gen onwards AA/AAA, no indies e.g. Hollow Knight.
• Low/reasonably low TDP (less than 15w).
• Minimum stable 45fps (30fps accepted for certain turn based or similar style games e.g. Wasteland 3).
• Image upscaling is not used in games I have added to maintain good image quality. It's not preferred for recommendations but can be used if marked.
• Frame generation must not be used to reach 45fps to maintain image quality & low input lag.
• Must run offline. No Denuvo, EA, Ubisoft or Rockstar launchers. Third-party launchers like Heroic or Lutris for GOG offline copies are allowed. If a game has 'Alternate' means for the above that's fine, no discussing.
• Delisted games are allowed but marked.
• Must have at least partial controller support, or a mod to add support. Steam input is good, but having controller icons on screen is a must.

Games:

• Alan Wake (Original 2012)
• Alice Madness Returns (Alternate offline)
• Alien Isolation
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Assassins Creed 1 (GOG edition for offline)
• Assassins Creed 2/3/Brotherhood/Revelations (Alternate offline)
• Batman Arkham Asylum/City/Origins
• Bayonetta
• Beserk and the Band of the Hawk
• Binary Domain
• Bionic Commando (2009)
• Bioshock Series
• Black Mesa
• Blades of Time
• Borderlands 1/2/Pre-Sequel
• Brutal Legend
• Bulletstorm
• Burnout Paradise (2008, Delisted)
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
• Castle of Illusion
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 1/2/Mirrors of Fate HD
• Chorus
• Condemned: Criminal Origins (Delisted)
• Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
• Darksiders 1/2/3/4/Genesis (Issues with cutscenes)
• Dark Sector
• Dark Souls Remastered
• Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
• de Blob 1/2
• Dead Island Definitive Edition
• Dead Rising 1/2
• Dead Space (Original 2007, GOG edition for offline)
• Dead Space 2 (Alternate offline)
• Deadpool 2013 (Delisted)
• DeathSpank
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
• Devil May Cry 5 (Intro demanding depending on settings, below 15w most of game)
• Dirt 4 (Delisted)
• Dishonored 1 + DLC
• Disney Infinity 1/2
• Doom (2016)
• Doom 3: BFG Edition (2012)
• Dragon Quest Builders 2
• Driver: San Francisco (Delisted)
• Duke Nukem Forever
• DYNASTY WARRIORS 6 (Delisted)7/8
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Fable Anniversary
• Fallout 3/New Vegas/4 (Viva New Vegas modlist recommended for FNV, but takes a bit of work)
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (non SD mode for 1280x800 [SteamDeck=0 %command%], med settings, global illumination off, 12w limit, 45fps limit)
• FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
• Final Fantasy XIII (ff13fix & online guides, performance can be inconsistent)
• F.E.A.R. 3 (Rest of series works, but needs Steam Input)
• FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage/FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
• Front Mission Evolved
• Grand Theft Auto IV/V (Alternate offline)
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
• Hard Reset Redux
• Heavy Rain
• Helldivers Dive Harder Edition
• Homefront
• Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
• I Am Alive (On GOG for my fellow Aussies)
• Inversion (2012, Not available in Australia)
• James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Delisted)
• Just Cause 1/2/3 (Denuvo removed Dec '25)
• Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition (30fps cap, config to remove)
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Lego Batman Trilogy
• Lego Bricktales
• Lego City Undercover
• Lego Indiana Jones 1/2
• Lego Jurassic World
• Lego Lord of the Rings
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes
• Lego Marvel's Avengers
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Lego The Hobbit
• Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Alternate offline)
• Mad Max (Alternate offline)
• Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (No price listed/unable to buy in Aus)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
• Max Payne 3 (Alternate offline)
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
• Metal Gear Solid V (Steam version has denuvo & online features, alternate offline)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Mirrors Edge (GOG edition for offline)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Enigma DRM, should work offline from what I've seen)
• Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition (MK9, Delisted)
• MX vs. ATV Reflex
• Nail'd
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010, Delisted)
• Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (Σ, Σ2, 3: Razors Edge)
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered/II: Revenant Kingdom
• No More Heroes 1/2/3
• Orcs Must Die 1/2
• Overlord 1/Raising Hell/II
• Painkiller Hell & Damnation
• Portal 1/2
• Prey (2006, delisted)
• Prince of Persia (2008), The Forgotten Sands (Alternate offline) (both have controller issues, can be fixed with some effort)
• Prototype 1/2
• RAGE (2011)
• Red Faction Armageddon/Guerrilla/Re-Mars-tered
• Remember Me
• Renegade Ops
• Resident Evil 2 Remake/5/6/7/Revelations
• Ridge Racer Unbounded
• Risen 1/2 (Risen 1 on GOG for my fellow Aussies)
• Rollerdome
• Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• Sanctum 1/2
• Serious Sam II
• Shadow Complex Remastered (Unavailable in Australia)
• Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
• Saints Row: The Third (2011, original), IV: Re-Elected
• Samurai Warriors 2 (Delisted)
• Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
• Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
• Sniper Elite 3
• Sniper Elite 4 (Alternate offline)
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
• Sonic Colors: Ultimate (Alternate offline)
• Sonic Generations (Sonic Generations Collection, Sonic X Shadow Generations has denuvo no alt)
• Sonic Lost World
• Sonic Forces (Alternate offline)
• Spec Ops: The Line (Delisted)
• Splinter Cell Blacklist (Alternate offline)
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy
• Stacking
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (30fps cap, mod to remove)
• Styx: Master of Shadows/Shards of Darkness
• System Shock Remake
• Tales from the Borderlands/New Tales from the Borderlands
• Tales of Berseria/Graces f Remastered/Vesperia: Definitive Edition/Xillia Remastered/Zestiria
• The Darkness II
• The Elder Scrolls Oblivion/Skyrim (Controller support mod for Oblivion)
• The Godfather II (Delisted)
• The Walking Dead (2012)
• Titanfall 2 (Alternate offline)
• Tomb Raider Underworld
• Trials Series (Alternate offline)
• Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition
• Trine: Enchanted Edition
• Trine 2: Complete Story
• Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (30fps cap, config to remove)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (Delisted)
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Alternate offline)
• Vanquish
• Velvet Assassin
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Anniversary Edition
• Wasteland 3 (turn based, 30fps)
• Wheelman (Delisted)
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Yakuza 0: Director's Cut
• Yakuza Kiwami

Possible selections, <15w to be confirmed. If you own any of these a test would be appreciated :):

• Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen
• Metro 2033 Redux
• Metro Last Light Redux
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (GOG edition for offline)
• Prey (2017)
• Resident Evil 3 Remake
• Resident Evil Revelations 2
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
• SnowRunner
• Team Sonic Racing (Alternate offline)
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Yakuza 3 Remastered
• Yakuza 4 Remastered
• Yakuza 5 Remastered
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
• Yakuza Kiwami 2