Pretty much title, and looking for game recommendations. I’m hoping I can play Apex Legends and The Finals reasonably well on it. I’m out of cell service frequently so I’m looking for interesting games I can download. I’m mostly a FPS player but do third person for World of Warships on console.
Aperture desk job will show off what the deck can do. Not graphics wise but controls wise.
apex legends works. the finals does not, because of their anti-cheat solution.
for multi-player fps games remember that you’ll play against pc players, they’ll have keyboard and mouse and you won’t have assistance features you might be used to from console fps. Experiment with gyro controls, the touchpads and/or “flick stick” you’ll might find a way to get similar speed and accuracy as a mouse user, but i’d guess you are in for an uphill battle.
have a look at the control schemes provided by the community for games, if you don’t like the default controls.
my competitive fps days are in the past, but i can recommend some single player fps i enjoyed on the deck:
- Doom (2016)
- Black Mesa, the half-life 1 remake.
- Amid Evil
- Boltgun
- Borderlands 2
e: www.protondb.com to check how various games work on the deck. some games are not “verified” by valve because they only show xbox button prompts, or some “unplayable” games run perfectly fine with a specific launch options
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I thought Apex Legends added aim assist for PC controller users some time ago? Could be misremembering.
As someone else mentioned, Humble Bundle. The subscription option (Humble Choice) is a great way to get some game options on your Steam account, as well as a decent discount on all games. Not to mention the Humble Bundles themselves.
In the Steam Store, add all your interests to your wishlist. I’m sure you’ve seen the memes and discussion around the several Steam Sales throughout the year…
For the bundles, buy them for one game you want to try. I bought so many and never played most of the games. 700 games sounds fun till you realise you play the same 10 games on rotation.
This is very true. But, when you’re paying pennies for them, and helping charities…
Fanatical is also good for bundles. And before buying anything I always check isthereanydeal, but you need to specify that you are looking for steam games on there.
Get started with Steam on your PC or Phone. You can find games you want before it arrives!
I’m actually building my wishlist now!
You may want to check out isthereanydeal.com to build your wishlist. It allows you to set the price thresholds at which you want to be notified and also supports other fully-legitimate (as in devs actively collaborate with them and get paid) stores than just Steam. Many of which sell Steam keys which are codes you can redeem in Steam to activate the game there.
You have all the benefits of Steam games such as no to little extra fiddling to play games on Linux, library and cloud save sync, Steam community and workshop content, playtime tracking etc.
The only real downside is that you’re not covered by Steam’s super lenient refund policy, which is actually quite good to have, since not all games run perfectly on Deck yet. If you buy from other stores, it’s usually hard to refund games that you’ve already redeemed. But if you’re fairly confident that it will run and you won’t refund it, you can sometimes find really good sales “off-season” this way.
Hope that helps :)
Start with creating a steam account and start looking around. Put the games you’d like to buy on your wishlist. There is a big sale just about every two months, with smaller sales in between. Most games are heavily discounted during the sales, so waiting a few weeks can save you a lot of money.
With the steam deck, you can also play games from other stores like epic, but the setup is a little bit more complicated.
Good news, The Finals is now supported on Steam Deck.
Woooooo, thanks! I’m not good, but I can play with my son while he’s away at college
Thank you all for the warm welcome and replies, I appreciate your input.
What do you suggest for audio options? Can I Bluetooth a set of earbuds? I love my Turtle Beaches, but they’re Xbox only.
Bluetooth works fine for me, just as you would expect it. But I don’t know about your specific headphones.
Unless you don’t care about audio delay, you’ll ideally use a pair that has a low latency mode. I personally can’t use any otherwise, and even then the delay is too much for a game such as Hifi Rush.
Steam’s verification badges are a good starting point for a game’s playability. For more information, or to confirm if a game can actually be played when Steam says otherwise, give ProtonDB a look.
Valve has done well at making the Steam Deck a ‘play things out of the box’ experience but there may be occasions where you’ll need to do a bit of tinkering. If that happens there’s thankfully a lot of good community resources out there to help you work through it.
Get the official dock - it just works. Don’t bother with the aftermarket docks. I started with a JSAUX one and it was flaky. Since upgrading to the Valve one everything has been perfect.
The Dbrand Killswitch case is great if you’re taking your deck places and need to minimise packing volume. Adds weight, but it’s rock solid.
Vampire Survivors is the perfect deck game.
Apex Legends’ Anti cheat supports the Steam Deck but The Finals’ devs are still working to support the steam deck on their anticheat so you’ll have to wait to play that game or play it on console
