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See at a glance how games will play on Steam Deck. With Steam Deck, we're bringing your Steam Library to a new form factor—a portable gaming PC. While many games run great on Deck out of the box, this shift means there are some games that, while they may be great on a desktop PC, aren't a great experience on Steam Deck.
Nov 21, 2022 · So far, not every game on Steam has been verified to work on the new handheld. Here's a full list of what we know you can play right now on your Steam Deck.
- Jesse Lennox
- Rogue Legacy 2. This fantastic roguelite’s one-more-go nature makes it the perfect fit for Steam Deck. Steam Deck is the only platform on which you can play it natively on a handheld.
- Tunic. Think top-down Zelda s of old, but Link is a little fox, and you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Tunic. It was one of 2022’s best indie games.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. When The Witcher 3 was ported to Switch it was lauded as something of a technological miracle, albeit one that involved more than a few performance sacrifices.
- Vampire Survivors. The Steam Deck makes it possible to play graphically stunning AAA titles wherever you are. Vampire Survivors is categorically not one of those games, but it is one of the most addictive games we’ve played this year.
Sep 9, 2024 · To curate the list, we’ve pick games that benefit the most from the Steam Deck’s special features. You will find PC exclusives, Switch games that benefit here from faster load times, and...
- Aperture Desk Job
- Hades 2
- Elden Ring
- Deathbulge: Battle of The Bands
- Signalis
- Vampire Survivors
- Planet of Lana
- Diablo IV
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The short and sweet Aperture Desk Job isn’t just one of the best games to play on the Steam Deck – it should probably be the first one you try. It’s essentially a free Steam Deck tutorial, designed to help you get used to the controls layout, but is entertainingly administered through a genuinely funny mini-jaunt through a pre-Portal Aperture Scien...
Even in early access form, Hades 2 is Steam Deck material par excellence. Flawless performance, frugal battery usage, and a favouring of gamepad controls make this roguelike sequel one to take with you. My only regret about adding it to this list is that it shunts off the original Hades, which is also excellent on handhelds (and for all the same re...
For all of its performance hiccups on Windows, Elden Ring is such a good match for the Steam Deck that it’s earned Verified status from Valve. It’s certainly more comfortable to play and navigate menus with the thumbsticks than to deal with Elden Ring’s wonky mouse and keyboard support, and running on Proton – with its shader pre-caching feature - ...
British comedy meets colourful turn-based violence in this music-themed, often hilarious RPG. No complaints at all with how Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands takes to the Steam Deck – it runs faultlessly, controls smoothly, and goes easy on the battery – so your attention can stay firmly fixed on managing your trio of rock 'n' roll weirdoes. And kick...
Come to Signalisfor the classic-styled survival horror, stay for the deep, dense, tragic love story that will keep your brain tied in fascinated knots for weeks. The jump to a Steam Deck does absolutely nothing to dull its creepiness, and if anything, its controls are better suited to those gamepadish buttons and sticks than the mouse and keyboard ...
At the suggestion of several RPS readers (and with the implicit recommendation of, apparently, scores of other Steam Deck owners), I finally got round to playing Vampire Survivors. And fine, FINE, it rocks. Simply moving around and auto-attacking sounds like a dreadfully dull premise but as the XP-unlocked weapon upgrades stack up, and the initial ...
This lush puzzle-platformer was one of my favourite games of 2023, and I happily played through the whole thing on a Steam Deck OLED. Planet of Lanacatches the eye with some splendidly colourful, Studio Ghibli-inspired visuals, and will keep your attention with its keenly paced adventuring – all without taxing the Deck’s hardware much, nor requirin...
When Diablo IV first released, the only way to wrestle it onto Valve handheld was with a strong will and a conveniently step-by-step guide to installing Battle.net on the Steam Deck. These days, you can just get the ARPG demon pummeller on Steam, which certainly makes things easier – though the old ways still work, if you happen to already own it o...
Hi-Fi Rushis the kind of game that plays better on gamepad controls than a mouse and keyboard, so it always had the chance of being a great Steam Deck game. That chance becomes a certainty with its easygoing performance, allowing Medium quality to run at a nearly constant 60fps and High quality to rock n’ roll along at 45fps or more. I’d happily re...
Look at us lucky PC folk – the first R&C game on Steam just happens to be the best one in the entire, two-decades-old series. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartis a funny, inventive, intelligently paced shooter-platformer with delightfully mad sci-fi weaponry, from the burrowing rocket launcher to the grenade that turns baddies into topiary sculptures. On...
- James Archer
- Hardware Editor
- james.archer@rockpapershotgun.com
Mar 18, 2024 · Enjoy Steam Deck Verified games for hassle-free gameplay. Older games can still be played but may have issues on Steam Deck. More games are developed with the console in mind, expanding the...
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May 1, 2024 · One of the best games you can play on your Steam Deck is Octopath Traveler 2, as its epic narrative, outstanding combat system, and stunning HD-2D visuals work perfectly on the portable PC.
