I am looking to get the new Steam Deck to finally get onboard with PC gaming, coming from a console gaming background. In fact, I have never gamed on PC before.

I was very close to pulling the trigger until I found out there is an issue with the Steam Deck playing online if the game is going through the proton layer.

I have seen reports, such as Destiny 2, that won’t support Steam OS players and will ban you if you brute force it. I also saw other companies could ban players using Steam Deck’s Steam OS, mostly coming from big online games due to anti-cheat measures.

I wonder if this situation is universal for all games that are online, or if it’s more of an issue for big or AAA online games. What if I play an indie online game? Do they also usually enforce these rules?

If the majority of online games are not playable on the Steam Deck, it could be a dealbreaker for me as I wanted to get onboard with PC gaming for this specific reason.