Saving won’t hurt but I just pause my games and put the device in sleep mode. That way when I open it, everything is ready. I never had any issues not even with AAA games. The device works perfectly as soon as I open it as if it wasn’t sleeping.

Nine Parchments. I always find that game relaxing and fun.

There are 2 main differences between OLED and LED version other than some minor differences such as slightly better performance, slightly more silent fans and a little better touchpad(as I hear- I might be wrong here)…etc. The big difference is of course the secreen. I am told it looks amazing. The LED one is good-looks pretty so don’t get me wrong but OLED is probably as good as it gets. Super eye pleasing. The other main difference is the battery. OLED one can run (I assume) about %40 longer then LED one. Don’t forget that those AAA games you want to play will drain battery fast so with LED one you will need to play plugged most of the time. The smaller games will not be an issue, you can play them for 5 hours non-stop with LED no problem as long as you limit your brightness, device power and framerate a bit.

+1 armor is actually +5 on allied heroes +allied creeps, summon etc. That is a singificant buff for any item.

You know what they say. “When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back.”

LCD does everything OLED does but OLED does it bit better. To me the main upgrade is the battery life. You can have at most 2 hours of gaming with big-heavy games on LCD while OLED offers about %40 more battery life. Small indie games are much better. If you play with half brightness, reduced power and FPS settings you can easily get at least 5 hours of gameplay with some awasome games such as Brotato.

If you don’t care much about OLED display, (LCD still looks good btw) and you will play those big titles mostly while your device plugged, then LCD is more than enough. However if you want to take your Deck outside and use it away from plugs then OLED will give you more gaming time with a better screen. Besides those, OLED has some other small neat things going for it such as having slightly less noisy fans and giving slightly more FPS.

All in all if you don’t care about money much, OLED is good either way. The difference in price is not that big. However if you really care about money, LCD is still as awasome as ever.

It certainly improved however, it is default very yellowish. I went to the settings last night and changed the options to actually get a better display. If I am not wrong, I pulled the first option all the way to left and the second one to all the way to right but you guys can go and experiment.

Depends on the person of course. OLED SD looks amazing for someone who will use SD for mostly STEAM games. The support, QOL features and overall the device’s controller feel(touchpads and buttons etc.) much better while Rog Ally is stronger so can run more demanding games.

I personally think SD is better because I would prefer playing high demanding games on a desktop anyway. It just feels better and if there is indeed a good game, why not play it on desktop to enhance the experience?

There are many games that feel better to play on a handheld device so my aim is to play such games on my SD. Since Steam has a lot of games, I have been browsing a lot, bought a few and added a lot of games to my wishlist.

Nine Parchments is a very simple but fun game to play solo or with friends.

Unconventional: Flatout series. Such a blast to play against real people but works fine in single player too. I may be wrong but I remember it works well on SD.

In high level plays the opponent should just kill it or won’t bother with it. The strategies that rely on the opponent to make mistakes are often bad. However it can be used for vision if you have no other options.

Both the LED one and OLED one are amazing. While LED is good for the cost, OLED has nice improvements.

Nine Parchments, Slay the Spire, Brotato, Path of Exile, Trine

I was playing Brotato this weekend it is so fun and light. My SD can run it for hours.

I had a blast playing Brotatos this weekend. It was awasome. I also suggest Nine Parchments. That is a hidden gem from creators of Trine and while we mentioned Trine I can recommend that game as well.

The OLED version looks like on fire, I wish I had it but it is not avaliable on my country and I already bought mine. I am 35 and while I have a PC, I don’t have time to play. I also bought BG3 and I think it is great but I can’t play it all due to being busy. SD plays BG3 decently well but let me say I won’t be playing much BG3 there. It just feels better to play on PC for me although I must admit SD has nice QOL settings for controller. However I recently bought Brotatos and it is so fun to play on a handheld device. Just sit on your couch and play all of these little-fun games that could be played well on controller. While you can surely connect a controller to pc, stream it on your tv and play on your couch, I think its much better to just grab SD, play those fast and fun games and get a lot of value for your time.

There is a section in steam that says runs great on steam deck. Also people suggest checking Protondb.com . I personally find games that works well with controller to play well in SD.