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Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking for those games that you may have heard about but never tried until you got a Deck. Or old games on systems you never had that you’re trying for the first time. Or new AAA games that just released in the last year or two that you picked up for the first time specifically to play on Steam Deck and have kept you glued to the device.

I’m trying to reinvigorate my old, nostalgic love of gaming and hoping to find the perfect Steam Deck + addicting game combo.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I installed 1,000 old game ROMs for NES, SNES, Sega Genesis/Master System, N64, and PS1. I’ve been reliving all of my childhood games since I got it. Road Rash on the PS1 was one I never played (and forgot existed) until my wife told me about it. What a blast.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Have you seen road redemption? It's a more modern rogue-lite spiritual successor.

I can't promise it will scratch the same itch, and it's not cutting edge technically or anything, but I got some mileage from it.

Edit: It's bundled on Fanatical for a couple bucks right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I have that. I was way too excited about it too. Unfortunately it's more like a mobile quality version of road rash.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah! I binged that game when I found it. Completed the whole story and then started another playthrough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Snes games rock. They hold up really well in gameplay and artwork, and finished ones I never played before on the Deck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Rom hacks are so great, too. I always look for bug fix, QoL, and "skip the grind" mods (like 5× experience gain in JRPGs).

Some completely change the style of gameplay, too, like the Turbo mod for Secret of Mana.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Same. Emu station has to be my most played app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just curious, did you get the Deck just for that? I think you can run all of those on like the Retroid Pocket, which is like 1/4 the price of the deck?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, no haha. It was just nice to have them as categories in the Steam app alongside my 250+ PC games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ohhh gotcha gotcha. gotta love the versatility of the Deck!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nothing beats a whole library on its own on an SD card. Except multiple >:)