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Top 20 games played on Steam Deck in the past month, sorted by playtime.
WarmSodaTime to play spot the actual RPGs.
I’m going with 4
It’s awesome to see No Man’s Sky still up there. I gave up on it long ago but that team has been resiliant with the updates and just making it better for free.
And the Witcher!
NMS works really well on Steam Deck! Low/med settings limited to 40 fps, getting 2 to 2.5 hrs battery life and the fan is barely spinning.
I am absolutely some of that NMS time. I just run it at default, and I get about an hour. Which is great, because after that I really should take a break.
Yeh I played it for 4 or 5 hours upon release and then threw the disc in the garbage when gamestop wouldn’t give me a refund or take it as a trade in.
Great to see all the updates but I still feel robbed and refuse to pick it up again because I’m stubborn.
I tried it when it hit Game Pass years ago and had the same experience. Although people tout the expansions as game changing I found it incredibly dull.
The fact the SteamDeck can play all of these at decent graphics and FPS in their full fat PC version still blows my mind
NimaI honestly reach for it more than my Xbox or switch. it’s easy to pick up and put down. easy to charge. and stuff runs fine on it.
It’s not for everybody, but I love my deck.
I was skeptical at first and I finally gave in two weeks ago and it arrived last week.
I love my Steam Deck, this seems dumb but I actually use it to stream my ps5 and more intensive PC games. It easier to move around and pick up and put down. I’ve started to play games I bought years ago. Finished Limbo and Inside and playing Bioshock Remastered.
that’s not dumb at all, it’s a great use for it! I had planned to make mine strictly an emulation device (which it’s amazing for) until I realized how well it handled bigger titles. not perfectly by any stretch, but mostly smooth and playable.
I had never played any of the fallout games and I’ve had a blast with new Vegas and fallout 4. I’d owned them for years but just never got around to it.
if only I could stop playing bg3 for long enough to get through some more of my backlog…
I’ve been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on my Steam Deck since release, it’s been such a great experience I can not recommend it enough, I never thought I would be able to play such a great game confortably from my bed on a “handheld” (?).
How far are you? I’ve played it on my laptop but I’m concerned how well it would run act 3
Just started 2nd act and I’ve spent like 55 hours in the game.
I’m the kind of person who can’t sleep unless I open each and every crate, chest and vase there is.
That’s why being able to easily pickup the SD and play for a while is a bliss for me.
Right?? A great experience on a game that literally just released and is HUUGE
Even a theoretical Switch Pro probably couldn’t keep up 😂
metalslug53Ehh… Starfield chugs on my Steam Deck to the point where the slowdowns make it practically unplayable. >.<
Yeah I wouldn’t recommend Starfield on the Deck at this point. It’s a bit too unstable to be enjoyable.
Very true, I should’ve thought more clearly about this specifics of some of these. Pretty sure it’s literally only up there because either people are trying to fix it and this constantly launching it / having it open makes it #2… or it’s just up there because it’s new and very popular
I know for a fact I dumped a good 2+ hours into it on my Deck trying to get it playable. XD
See? Hahaha, hopefully it’ll be smooth as butter in future. Here’s to hoping for ya
I myself am still enjoying BG3 and Vampire Survivors on the deck. Not sure what game I will move to after BG3, but that won’t be for another month or two at the pace I am going.
Wait starfield works on SD? I thought it was too slow. Has there been a new patch?
I actually went on vacation the day it released. I installed it on my deck to be able to play when at the hotel. I put 14 hours in starfield on my deck. It’s PLAYABLE but not really ENJOYABLE. You have to turn it down to almost the lowest setting to play it reliably.
Mods + cryoutilities has it running pretty dang good!
I played like 80 hours on steam deck. I don’t think it’s as optimized as Todd claims (RDR2 is much older and looks much better), but it plays alright.
I did not know you could play with a controller on PC. Is thist a steam customization for the deck ? (When I plug my xbox controller nothing happens in control settings or anywhere)
KumaIt is weird it doesn’t work for you. I always use my Xbox controller when I play games on my pc with a very few exceptions because of the need of hot keys. I am playing with a Xbox one controller with Bluetooth. Before did I use a Xbox 360 controller with wire until it started to not listen to me anymore (dead zone grew and dpad was always unsure what direction I clicked).
It isn’t a steam thing. But steam do have configurations so you can change the layout if you wish. For me is it plug and play but you can check out their documentation. They have a section at the bottom how you connect USB, wireless and Bluetooth.
I honestly couldn’t tell you how it works. Maybe check input settings in game? The game isn’t verified on deck so I wouldn’t think steam has done anything specific to make the controller work.
I found it playable but being completely honest, the graphic settings are the lowest and while it looks fine enough for things nearby… shooting at enemies more than a few meters away means aiming under their name. Due to dumb circumstances making my gaming pc unavailable, I’m currently playing it “on my Mac” through GeForce Now.
jballsDave the Diver is such a gem
I played about 8 games in a row that I couldn’t get into until I found this one. It is definitely enjoyable.
Vampire Survivors is still ging strong.
It’s weird how the fromsoft games are the only ones in all caps.
Famous from soft game DAVE THE DIVER
Oh, haha…I hadn’t noticed that it is also in caps. Good call.
shroomatoYOU DIVED
Seems to be a Japanese thing. Several of em do that. Wish they wouldn’t.
Crazy that Binding of Isaac is still in there, it’s been years since the last release and it’s not really in the public consciousness the same way something like Vampire Survivors is. Fantastic game though, happy to see it continue to succeed
Replayability is fantastic, keeps me coming back.
Probably because the new one is getting a lot of press and people go back to it
Edmund said there’s will be a normal online coop, finally.
it’s pretty telling to the state of games that GTA V and RDR2 is still there.
I wish it would go on sale… ever. I’ve bought it multiple times across several platforms now, I really don’t want to spend $60 trying to get all the DLC on PC
Worth noting that Steam doesn’t track playtime for non-Steam games. So this doesn’t include Minecraft, Retroarch, or anything purchased through Itch, GOG, or Epic.
ClarkZuckerbergNo doubt Fortnite would be somewhere on this list. Minecraft too. Not sure what else would be a guarantee.
Fortnite can’t be played unless you’re running windows
Ah that’s a good point. I main Windows myself on Deck, due to Game Pass, so I forget about that side of things.
I main Windows
🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
The guy just shared how they use a device they bought with their money. You don’t need to gatekeep. Or whatever this is.
It’s not gatekeeping, it’s just an opinion (his and mine). If anything, the gate is open on linux and closed on windows.
omg puke puke you like something different than me gross ew.
Wah wah snark exists my fragile world collapses because mean
I plan to add the GOG version of Cyberpunk once I get an SSD.
KissakiDo you think any of such games would be in the list?
I’d imagine only a smaller subset of people even set up their Steam Deck for third party games.
Emulation Station might, since a lot of people use it as a frontend for their emulators. Since ES runs in a separate window while you play, all the time spent playing emulated games would all add to ES’s total.
I dunno, I feel like the Steam Deck’s core audience is “people who liked the Switch’s form factor but also like mods and third-party launchers.”
I think that’s what we see and may be misattributing of a small active subset that is very technical and invested.
It’s on the steam store. I’m sure many people buy and play, and don’t ever read or write on a community like this. They’re “invisible” here, but impact if not dominate the playtime ranking.
- under Home -> Power, select "Desktop Mode."
- Open Steam in desktop mode, and go to your Library.
- Select a game, and go to Properties -> Local Files.
- a file browser should open and show the game files just like you’d see on PC.
This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥people who liked the Switch’s form factor but also fucking hate Nintendo
Ftfy