Looking for those games that you may have heard about but never tried until you got a Deck. Or old games on systems you never had that you’re trying for the first time. Or new AAA games that just released in the last year or two that you picked up for the first time specifically to play on Steam Deck and have kept you glued to the device.
I’m trying to reinvigorate my old, nostalgic love of gaming and hoping to find the perfect Steam Deck + addicting game combo.
Farming Simulator 22. ONE MORE PASS
World of Warcraft Classic
How do you get this set up on the Deck?
It quite easy. Youtube has a lot tutorials. In short: first download battlenet on steam deck and install it. Then add battlenet in steam (add non-steam game). Secondly start battlenet trough steam and log in. Install wow. After that install curse forge for addons. Obviosly you have to install the addon ConsolePort. Also nice to have is VoiceOver for quests. Have fun.
Rock. And. Stone.
Half-life, originally had only an intel chip macbook as a “gaming pc”. When I got my Steam Deck, I’ve never played a fps shooter before but Black Friday Sales occured and the entirety of the Half-Life series that I’ve seen animations and praise before was just roughly $3
Dome Keeper
Coming from being a solely Xbox series x gamer to the deck, being able to play PlayStation studios exclusives has been amazing. Now I can understand what the hype and hoopla was about.
Rimworld. It’s just so chill to cozy up on the couch and commit warcrimes
Slay the spire
One of the most impressive RPG Maker games I’ve ever seen. It has a pretty extensive demo for anyone curious too, and it’s perfect for the steam deck.
The shop mechanics keep expanding like an incremental game, meanwhile you explore the modest open world with metroidvania elements, unlocking shortcuts in the same creative way as Dark Souls 1 or even The Outer Wilds (where they were always there, you just needed to know where to look! A+)
Every 30 minutes the game introduces a new feature, and even just hours in you begin to juggle multiple systems on the go. It keeps getting deeper and the pacing is fantastic. By the end you’re able to purchase any building in the world to add to your trading empire.
dark souls remastered, i could never put it down on pc and now i can even have it on the go 60fps!!
Persona 4
Vampire Survivors, God of War, Breath of the Wild.
Monster Hunter Worlds
Half sword. Free demo only right now but it’s so fun
Bricktales, where you build random lego structures and move around in a lego diorama… God I love it so much.