hi so i’m sorry if this is an obvious question but i keep trying to find answers on it and i just keep finding answers that don’t entirely answer what i wanna know or conflict with what i thought so i’m turning here
my initial thought when i heard of the steam deck was that it was a very costly console but purchasing it gave you a large portion of steam’s library for free, but now i’m not sure and i’m thinking about getting a steam deck for christmas because there are a lot of steam games i’m becoming interested in. so i’d like to finally get an answer to this before i commit. do you download the games for free on steam deck or do you still have to purchase them?? again i’m sorry for the dumb question, but thanks in advance
Over 50,000 games are available on Steam in the US. I can’t even imagine the thinking that because someone buys a Steam Deck that Valve is going to give away a large portion of those 50,000 games for free.
The Steam Deck is an extension of your Steam Account. Not a separate console. it’s another computer but in handheld console form. Consoles have ruined that aspect imo and is primarily why I went to PC gaming in 2013. I was tired of having a Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S and not having any backwards compatibility for the games I wanted to play. Any games you purchase inside Steam will work (for free - no repurchase needed) on any device you log into provided the specs of that device meet the requirements for the game you want to play.
You get the same games you get on your pc steam account. So whatever you bought on that. Otherwise its like any other console and you buy the games.