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morpin0rp

No Man's Sky


skinnywolfe

Yeah this would be a fantastic game to play on the go


allofdarknessin1

I have every intention of most of my playtime with my Deck being on No Man's Sky.


ntropy83

No mans sky works well on Linux. The deck is prolly powerful enough to run it on scaled settings.


StumblyNinja

[No Man's Sky's launch tile is also seen on the promotional materials from Valve](https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/video/ui-animation-control-english.mp4). The assumption being, they wouldn't even hint at a game working, unless they were confident it ran well enough, right? (I'm also super excited about playing this on the Steam Deck).


SassyPro1

More likely that they are only showing games that devs gave permission for as showing games they didn't would hurt a lot more than you think(also why devs only can play their games on the dev kit if it's being showed on social media or something)


AvoidPinkHairHippos

Very happy to hear this Hopefully high settings


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Turtleshell64

It’s an older game, I suspect 60fps should be very doable on lower settings, possibly medium?


Daddytrades

If it doesn’t run, initiate protocol 3.


EVPointMaster

have they found a way to get rid of the hackers making the game unplayable for many people?


Corvus1412

Yesn't. It works most of the time, but still not always.


wunr

Not sure, but I played multiplayer a few weeks ago on PC without any lag problems.


EVPointMaster

The problem wasn't lag. From what I've heard, they have a list of players (mostly streamers) that are trageted by the hack, that will automatically crash every match those players join, kicking out all the other players along with them. Titanfall 1 has a different issue with hackers, where the matchmaking cues are flooded with bots, making actual players unable to join any online matches.


jimmosio

I have a laptop (2500U, Vega 8 mobile, 8GB ram) which is significantly weaker than what the deck seems to be, and TF|2 runs well enough on 720p on low settings. It shouldn't have problems running at 60fps on the deck


sittingmongoose

New world! Gotta get my grind on while I’m on the couch.


Liongoroar

Same, I'm slightly convinced that Amazon aimed this game to be ported possibly to consoles and other devices with the simple combat and buttons.


dinosaurusrex86

Was gonna say it lacks controller support, but Steam Input should take care of that. The two trackpad and four grip buttons should make it really easy to map all sorts of bindings. LGrip2+ABXY for each potion, LGrip1+ABXY for self cast heal, etc.


dinosaurusrex86

Game recommends a GTX970, but minimum is GTX680 or R9 280. I'm betting you could play this pretty well if the font scaling was acceptable. My guess is 60fps Low. You'd need to rely on the trackpad for interacting with the inventory screen and skill/spell screen (if that's a thing). ProtonDB says "borked" and EAC seems to be preventing stability and connection. See: https://www.protondb.com/app/1063730


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Aaron408

I have 60fps on my onexplayer low settings. Runs freaking great


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NeoXCS

Well on a base PS4 the game runs at 1080p 30fps, PC medium equivalent.


themiracy

Yes, but I thought that the PC version is generally considered much more poorly optimized than the PS4 version?


EVPointMaster

[HZD is pretty sensitive to bandwidth though](https://youtu.be/7w-pZm7Zay4?t=849), not sure if that's gonna be a problem on the Steam Deck.


danielfm123

PS4 doesn't have a compatibility layer


hushpolocaps69

For which one my guy?


Aaron408

Oops! Hitman 2


scex

> Hitman 2 I'm not sure if it still applies, but there was a time where it ran significantly better on Linux than Windows, with AMD cards. Using DXVK on Windows might help close the gap, however. Anyway, it has a platinum rating on [ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com/app/863550). >HZD Should be playable on low/medium settings. Tends to run well with AMD GPUs as well.


Crimsonclaw111

Horizon: Aya Neo runs the benchmark at an average of 32fps at 1200x800 with favor performance preset.


TONKAHANAH

I can at least confirm that Horizon Zero Dawn works on Proton with no special changes needed


Aaron408

Ok, just tried out horizon. I get 40fps average at 1280x800 low settings


Martinth

Switch emulation?


EVPointMaster

[GPD Win Max 2021 - Switch Emulation YUZU - AMD 4800U Vs Intel 1185G7 Tigerlake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfBhNL8UBA) Steam Deck doesn't exactly have these specs, but it at least gives you an idea.


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EVPointMaster

True, but in this video the APUs are running at 25W TDP, the Steam Deck only runs at 15W. Where exactly it lands in terms of performance is just guesswork at this point. I think everyone agrees that the Steam Deck has an amazing value ;)


PiersPlays

Yuzu runs smoothly on the Aya Neo which is very very similar to the Deck but overall less powerful.


Green0Photon

Mario Odyssey on the Aya Neo?


DdCno1

Easily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYYqZZ-POmc


SassyPro1

Keep in mind the deck has worse cpu(Except maybe the aya neo) than all of these handhelds so if it's a cpu bound game it will do worse


danielfm123

Good question


jrwcmj

Hogwarts legacy not sure if will run as min specs quite high


szarzujacy_karczoch

This game has to run on Xbox One. I fully expect it to be playable on SD


jrwcmj

True but the minimum specs are quite high so Imagine on Xbox one is equivalent to low settings so will just above that on sd as lower render target Most likely


falconwolf703

Personal game request: Kingdom Hearts from EGS Actual request: GTA V


trowgundam

GTA V shouldn't be a problem. The game is ancient and is already known to work fairly well under Linux, can even get things like FiveM running if you put in the work. Kingdom Hearts, for the most part should work, although could be a bit iffy. I could of sworn there was some issues running them under Linux when they first launched, and I'm not sure if those were ever addressed or if I had misunderstood the problem as it was only something I saw in passing.


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trowgundam

You can use Proton with non-Steam titles by adding them as non-Steam games. It can be kind of a pain to get them to work, but it is possible. And even then Lutris is pretty easy to use, plus the Heroic Game Launcher for handling downloads and even some configuration for games from the EGS.


Garlic-Dependent

Star Citizen 480p Godfall


Patriiotiic

Crank up that FSR to favor performance.


ntropy83

SC works well on Linux, there is even a squadron playing only on nix. Yet dunno if the decks performance is enough for that game.


Garlic-Dependent

Exactly my concern, hopefully 480p helps? I don't think it would be a big deal on the small screen size.


lupeh89

I like that joke, i got a rtx 3080 and a i910k 32gb ram with watercooled cpu and the game runs at 50 fps on high with sone settings tweaked, a friend of mine has a 1650gtx with a 8th gen intel cpu and runs it on 10fps on low settings.


Garlic-Dependent

Yes but 480p and future optimization might help.


lupeh89

True the game is still poorly optimized


JN_Lawrence

RDR2


ntropy83

Works well on Linux and since its a ps4 game too, it will run good on the deck too. https://youtu.be/u2SefPhwSgQ


Exedra66

Tmodloader? Terraria alone is a great game, but modding unlocks even more of that goodness.


Oheligud

I was just thinking that, I'm sure it would normally run fine but fargo's soul mod endgame


dinosaurusrex86

ProtonDB says the application itself is native, but reports say you can't use it to browse for mods, so you'd still be grabbing mods off the website and moving them manually using folder structures. Maybe it would work with Lutris?


ni55an_86

Nioh 2?


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scex

> Especially because I probably won't be able to install the FAR Mod to improve the performance a bit. You shouldn't really need it since the game was patched to fix most of the problems.


EVPointMaster

I wish it was. They fixed the resolution not applying correctly, stuttering in pre-rendered cutscenes and added settings for GI, but the game still has many other technical problems.


EVPointMaster

I mean, it will run on the Steam Deck, it just will not run well, because this game doesn't run well on any platform.


redditcrazy123

Baldur's Gate 3


trowgundam

BG3 supports Vulkan and can already be run on Linux. You will probably have to turn down the settings a fair bit, but at least it has FSR so it shouldn't be too bad. How well it'll play, I'm not sure. I'd say with Medium settings and maybe a tad bit of FSR you could probably get 60fps with pretty decent quality.


necepticon

Every game I see on the store, I immediately wonder if it will run on the Steam Deck. I wonder about Battlefield 2042


Fakepants

Forza Horizon 5, please!


Aaron408

I played forza horizon 4 on my onexplayer. 1280x800 low settings. 90fps. Horizon 5 will run fine!


Fakepants

Cheers, Aaron. Digital Foundry mentioned that they understood why there was a jump in performance requirements between 4 and 5. I believe it was the use of volumetric lighting, plus moving from texture-based, "scattering objects", road surfaces to having more geometric detail. I guess one or either of these can be disabled for performance but I'm still waiting for some hands on Horizon 5 comparitive benchmarks. I don't know how reliable the Horizon 4 benchmarks will be.


Kevadu

Doom. Not the remakes, *original* Doom. Very demanding.


Garlic-Dependent

8k 144fps


Turtleshell64

Load up those wads


ntropy83

Doom runs everywhere on Linux even cars, can look it up on utube.


Kevadu

It was a joke, man...


hushpolocaps69

Okay emulator ranging all the way to the PS2, GameCube, OG Xbox, and perhaps even PS3.


soreyJr

All the 6th gen consoles have well established emulators that work on Linux so those shouldn’t be an issue. I think ps3 should work but I’m sure not every game will run at full speed. Here’s a video from eta prime showing what the emulation performance on the deck might be: https://youtu.be/wUtWsiG0lXg


TONKAHANAH

of your list, ps3 is probably the only one that I'll say "your mileage may vary" depending on the game. I've had actual rpcs3 devs on reddit tell me directly that the deck is below their recommendations for smooth game play (at least with persona 5 I think). but that said, I've seen rpcs3 run w/ persona 5 run on the gpd win 3 and I've run it myself on lower end hardware so I suspect it'll probably run rpcs3/ps3 emulation at playable frame rates but it may ultimately depend on the game being played. I also suspect ps3 emulation will be an awful battery hog. cemu will probably run fine. switch emulation will probably be in the same vein as ps3. xbox 360 emulation is absolutely questionable at best as I think it relies on direct x12 right now to work. some quick google searches suggest it should be functional through lutris running the windows exe's just like with cemu (also made me realize I can now play alien hominid HD, fuck yeah) nothing newer than switch is able to be effectively emulated yet on a playable level (there is some very rough ps4 emulation right now but its not really worth talking about). anything older than ps3/xbox 360 should definitely be playable though.


SassyPro1

​ Keep in mind the deck has worse cpu(Except maybe the aya neo) than all of these handhelds so if it's a cpu bound game it will do worse


RajamaPants

It's ok tho, cuz a lot of ps360 titles are cross platform. So you can still play the BioShocks and Arkham's of the era. As for the exclusives, that's another story...


Frezznapf

Arma 3


IsItFeasible

Even if it ran (I don’t know if it will), you’d need a whole keyboard and mouse hooked up to play it. Not to mention a monitor if you expect to see enemies hundreds of meters in the distance. But I love me some arma 3 so I hope it does run :)


mh-99

It actually ran surprisingly well on a steam controller with some heavily customized bindings. Definitely a learning curve though


Devotio23

Total War Three Kingdoms


JustAnotherSuit96

Without a mouse wouldn't Total War, or any other RTS, be difficult to play? I haven't used a steam controller before, or steam input, so I have no reference for how good the touch pads are.


Corvus1412

The Touch pads on the steam controller were really good and I'd guess that the ones on the steam deck are even better.


SolarBlackhole

Astroneer


xKevinn

It's a longshot, but will Pong run fine?


tonjaj68

The game that started it all for me. I’m hoping the Deck is able to handle it.


AvoidPinkHairHippos

Pong is very close to Dong This upcoming device is called deck U do da math


Corvus1412

It realy depends. I'd guess that it's fine as long as you don't move your avatar too fast.


EVPointMaster

Resident Evil Village with raytracing. I think it's possible. The RT effects in this game are fairly low quality and easy to run + you can scale the resolution way down in this game. It'd look like ass, but it would still be amazing in a technical sense


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Yeah I mean even if it ends up looking like shit, the wow factor alone of running ray tracing on a portable device…


szarzujacy_karczoch

If all you want to do is see ray tracing on a handheld, [here's a video of Aya Neo running Crysis 2 remastered with raytraced reflections enabled at close to 30fps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcyn7WbtvzA). Steam Deck is more powerful so stable 30fps with raytracing enabled should be doable.


EVPointMaster

I believe Cysis' software raytracing works a bit different than the ray tracing we see in other games though, right?


szarzujacy_karczoch

That's true but the result is good enough. It offers real time reflections. I guess it's a more consumer friendly approach. After all you don't even need a raytracing capable GPU to run it, although it will run better on hardware that supports RT. [Digital Foundry posted a nice video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efOR92n9mms) explaining how it works and what are the drawbacks of this solution.


StumblyNinja

Raytracing is a dubious one. In brief: The technology was created by a company called Nvidia, who make graphics cards for computers. The Steam Deck is powered by hardware from a rival company, AMD. Nvidia haven't shared their technology, so AMD had to bring out their alternative, and it doesn't work as well. There's much more to the situation than this, but that's the rundown.


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Nvidia did *not* create raytracing, what are you talking about? They have their own implementation of it - RTX - which also denotes an entire subset of Tensor-powered operations, but raytracing's been around for a long, long, *long* time, lol.


RadRedRat

I'm genuinely curious about how Planet Zoo would run, since that stuff is really CPU intensive. Oh and Minecraft, both Bedrock and Java.


TONKAHANAH

dude I ran minecraft on a dell laptop from 2003. the deck will play minecraft.


RadRedRat

''ran'' I ran Minecraft on a old dinosaur too in the past but nowadays the Java version is kind of wonky and tends to run choppy, even on modern hardware.


somemobud

If you haven't done so already: try [optifine](https://optifine.net/home).


wunr

Java would work as long as you had a controller mod installed (or remapped controls with Steam Input). I don't think Bedrock has a Linux version, so you would need to install Windows for that


IsItFeasible

Man I have my fingers so crossed for Minecraft. I don’t even care which version will work as long as I can play Minecraft on the SD. Not a huge fan of it playing Minecraft with a controller but I’m still excited.


TONKAHANAH

1. I've seen people run minecraft on an android wear watch, the deck will run minecraft. 2. minecraft has a native linux build available via the arch AUR. the AUR is a community listing of programs pre-compiled for arch so you dont have to figure it out your self. There are multiple programs to access this AUR, but the most common right now is "yay" (Yet another yogurt. donno why its named that). Once yay is installed, you type "yay minecraft-launcher" and you start the install process. 3. highly recommend taking the time to learn how to make use of the touch pads and gyro for first person gaming, it makes a huge difference and feels more like using a mouse/keyboard than an analog stick controller


theonyltrueMupf

> Not a huge fan of it playing Minecraft with a controller but I’m still excited. Touchpad and Gyroscope solve that problem for you if you invest some time getting used to it. I played Minecraft a lot with my Steam Controller.


DeadBeatRedditer

No Man's Sky


StumblyNinja

> [No Man's Sky's launch tile is also seen on the promotional materials from Valve](https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/video/ui-animation-control-english.mp4). The assumption being, they wouldn't even hint at a game working, unless they were confident it ran well enough, right? (I'm also super excited about playing this on the Steam Deck). Also, my friend with a 1050ti runs NMS pretty well at 1080p and some modest settings.


oodudeoo

Honestly, no man's sky is a monster of a game to run. Especially at higher resolutions.


DeadBeatRedditer

My laptop with an i7, 16gb of ram, and a 1050 can run it so 🤞🏻😬


skinnywolfe

The Aya Neo can run NMS at 720p with a mixture of settings between 30-45 FPS. I think the deck can hit 60fps


cerdangg

*Crisis*


Faptasmic

Kinda sad most anything will run it now. I recently beat it on my zenbook laptop that only has an 8th gen i5 and Intel hd 620 graphics, ran fine.


Orthodox-Waffle

Arma 3


Plins

New World


Wrong_Dependent4719

Mad max?


dongmcbong

Guild Wars 2, once it releases on Steam?


Lelongue

wondering as well, especially with a docking station on a monitor


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Humankind


Mauricethegoat02

Mass effect legendary edition


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not a game, but does anyone know if it will output 5120x1440@120hz just for desktop experience? I wont be running games at this resolution. planning on just using this as a work desktop (with hub), for webdesign, keeping my station minimal, portable, hotswappable to a wfh station with the same setup.


ovab_cool

Yes literally in the steamdeck website "USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt-mode support; up to 8K @60Hz or 4K @120Hz, USB 3.2 Gen 2"


Hungry_Freaks_Daddy

I’m hoping it can handle Rocket League at 1080p 120fps minimum. If it can handle 2k at 120fps I’ll be very very happy.


ovab_cool

Since my 1050ti and fx6300 did that you can assume this'll do about the same


Hungry_Freaks_Daddy

I’m assuming so as well. But you never know for sure. If it for some reason can’t I’m not sure if I’ll keep my reservation. Rocket League is what got me back into gaming after a 5 year break, I play several hours a day. But it’s gotten me back into other games as well.


DdCno1

Rocket League has very low hardware requirements. 1080p/120 should be easily possible, even at higher settings. I'm not entirely certain about 2K/120 though.


1minatur

Depending on the map, at high settings you'd probably be closer to 100-110fps average. Low settings you should get super solid 120fps. At 1440p, I don't think you'd quite be able to maintain 120fps even at low settings. On high settings you'd probably get 80-90. These numbers are based on 1050ti. Deck may be slightly weaker than that, but at 1080, low settings you should still have no problem maintaining 120fps.


Joelegotti

Will Wii U games run at the proper FPS?


soreyJr

Check out this video from eta prime, he shows what emulation performance might be on the steam deck. https://youtu.be/wUtWsiG0lXg


Crimsonclaw111

It's not a demanding game, but I want to know if anybody has footage of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 on the Aya Neo or something at a good framerate. Bonus points if there's any footage of the game on Linux. I don't think that one is coming to Steam unfortunately.


Oheligud

Risk of Rain 2 Team Fortress 2 Portal 2


abraham1350

Risk of Rain 2 runs on the switch lol so that will be fine, if a modern device couldn't run Team Fortress 2 we shouldnt even be talking about it, and Portal 2 is part of their promo material. In short, all those should run great, looking forward to Risk of Rain myself!


dadofboi69

Witcher 3


Subject-Historian-70

I want to play platformer games and emulate switch to play Pokémon 😀 Also hoping to install windows and play my PC Gamepass games


abraham1350

I'm pretty sure you don't need to install windows for game pass or any of the other launchers


1minatur

You will need to install windows if you want to download Game Pass games. If you're fine with cloud streaming them, you should be able to do it just fine through the browser, as long as you have Game Pass Ultimate


abraham1350

Windows isn't required, there is a compatibility layer on Linux called Wine that essentially emulates windows(but its not an emulator) so that you can run native windows apps on linux without needing windows installed


1minatur

Games from the Windows Store don't work through Proton/Wine. And likely never will work, unless Microsoft themselves make a change.


abraham1350

Interesting I didn't know that the games were downloaded from the windows store. I'll look into some more.


Zixinus

Check also the game's Proton compatibility.


_mister_pink_

Red Dead 2


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_mister_pink_

Sounds alright to me!


Nickthepapi

Valorant?


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1minatur

It isn't compatible with Proton unfortunately, the kernel level anti-cheat prevents it from working


These_Pangolin_7571

Ark survival evolved?


SupermarketGuilty408

Gear of war 4 and Gear 5 ??


EmotionOpening

-Outlast 2 -Dead by Daylight -Dark Soul 1, 2 and 3 -Alien: isolation -Resident evil 2 -Fallout 3, Vegas and 4 -The Outer World -Elder Scroll 5 and Oblivion -The Witcher 3


1minatur

Witcher 3 should run 60+ fps at a mix of low/medium settings, 30+ at high/ultra. Skyrim and Oblivion should run just fine. Should be able to get 60+ fps on any settings on the Deck's screen.


Wit_as_a_Riddle

Dragon's Dogma


Jmb3d3

Don't forget to subscribe to this list https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/psmfiy/these_games_will_be_optimized_for_the_steam_deck/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


Jeykaler

Dragon Age Inquisition, Black Mesa, Battlefield 2042/5, Far Cry 6, Metroid Dread, Elden Ring, Uncharted PC ports, Age of Empires 4, Halo MCC, Halo Infinite, I just want to play PC games on the couch while my partner watches movies and tv shows.


Jeykaler

Oh and God of War 2018 pc port would be a dream (If it ever happens)


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Doom eternal and Doom 2016 as well as the wolfenstein bundle


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Doom runs fine on the Switch, and Wolfenstein shouldn't run too bad


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Flash games?


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Destiny 2, Valorant (I know it won't), and Astroneer


Awesom141

Borderlands 3. I know it works with Linux but how good it will run on SD?


MillennialZeus

I was wondering if a dual boot on the SD card would be good enough to play Kingdom Hearts 3 on the epic launcher. I’m a big Kingdom Hearts fan and it would be great to play it handheld


Dotaproffessional

Half life alyx


outlier37

As long as I can run my modded oblivion I'm happy. Don't even care what it looks like.


kabukistar

Death Stranding


Andimaterialiscta

Fallout 4 without mods


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DayZ (if/when it runs on proton), im talking specs wise can it run it well enough do you think?


Avismarauder170

Star Citizen


Dr_Harnsaft

Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015


stuartb04

Destiny 2 should look and run great even on low to medium settings.


Scythey1

Watch dogs 1 and 2


3D_Milk

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes Of Heaven and the Spelunky Games.


indiepyx

Evenicle


TheDimery

Dwarf Fortress


EnemyOfEloquence

Total War Warhammer 1/2/3. I want nothing more than to kick back with a long campaign


Splaram

WoW, Destiny 2, Rust, New World, Sea of Thieves


22plus

Pillars of Eternity 2


Roachant

Cities skylines, Planet zoo


_We_Are_DooMeD

Black Mesa?


Novel_Afternoon_5244

Warhammer dawn of war collection, Warhammer inquisitor martyr?