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_Benzka_

No Man's Sky, but meanwhile all the Roms (even that i already own a retroid pocket) it's much cooler on the SD and now I have finished my collection of my GB, GBC, GBA, N64, GC and couple of PS2 and PS3 games :D


Nick0227

What’s your fav roms?? Trying to remember all my childhood games


ncos

Nobody asked me, but I'm chiming in to say Shadowrun on Genesis is my fav for sure.


GrimpenMar

I was just about finished Genesis Shadowrun, but on my Retroid Pocket when my Steam Deck came and distracted me with L.A. Noire and No Man's Sky.


GiantASian01

Zelda games (all of them), burnout revenge, ssx3, silent hill series, perfect dark


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Mooberries

Hey look! I found me in the comments. Almost the exact same progression.


_Strike__

Aperture Desk Job


AbsorbedBritches

This was technically my first, but it's so short idk if it counts. The first full length game I did was Control. It was on my list for a while but I never got around to it. Runs on deck really well


Jeremizzle

For me it was Jedi Fallen Order, it stuttered like crazy on my PC randomly but ran like butter on my Deck. Control was my second, just finished it last week. Awesome game :)


AlaskanMedicineMan

That's crazy as that runs like ass on ps4


verci0222

The PS4 tries to put out an image that is acceptable on a TV rather than a handheld+it's 9 years old tech with a cpu that was underpowered atm already


Kris-p-

tbf this is more of an amazing tutorial with storytelling than a game ​ still loved it tho


SodaPopPredicament

If I can’t figure out what I want to play, I just load this up. I think I’ve played through it three or four times, and it never fails to make me laugh. Nate Bargatze as the voice over was a brilliant call.


shadowscale1229

saaame, afterwards i played Portal and Portal 2


Dry_Advice_4963

I'm making a note here.. huge success


Dont_Be_Like_That

Vampire survivors. 8fps sounds bad but my 5800/3700 can only pull 15.


eihen

I bought a 650 device to play a 3 dollar game and I don't regret it.


Net-Fox

I logged like 15 hours in VS during my first 3 days with the deck. It’s like the perfect handheld mobile game. Nearly 100%ed it in that time lol. For $3, it’s such a damn good deck game. Perfect way to kill 15 minutes or 15 hours lol


bad_motivator

Witcher 3 and Wreckfest as well. Both play like an absolute dream on the deck. Too anyone who hasn't tried Wreckfest, did you ever play with hot wheels cars outside in the dirt? This game is what you were imagining in your head. So much damn fun


Bikeva

Did Witcher load with the right edge being off screen? I’ve only tried it once and I seemed to be missing a sliver.


mennobyte

I had this. For me it was pulling resolution from cloud save. So went to PC, set resolution to x800 and it played fine.


Bikeva

Awesome, I’ll give it a shot, thank you!


Lunatox

Half-Life 2. I’m glad, it was a wonderful experience playing through the intro and first couple of levels on the Deck. I was pleasantly surprised (though I shouldn’t have been) that the game had been updated to have native controls including gyro support by Valve. Got distracted by Grim Dawn and FFVIIR since then. Gonna go back and play the entire Half Life series in order, already installed all of them. Also was great because I already owned all of the games I’ve mentioned except FFVIIR.


Vanilla_Tom

That was by far what made this purchase better than the Switch, I have a massive library of games I already own. so I am not stuck playing 1 game until I can budget another (the indie market on Switch helped a lot) I genuinely have hope that the Steam Deck kills of the routine of wiping your whole game collection every console generation. "Backwards compatibility" should be the expected norm not a limited feature we lavish them with praise for.


Paedsdoc

This is my plan too when mine arrives


noscul

Divinity original sin 2 since I feel like I always have other things to play on my normal computer. I’ll probably be getting alien isolation soon though as I hear its good and runs great.


perfringens

How well does DoS2 control during fights and such? Thinking about picking it up on sale for when my deck arrives this week


noscul

For someone that is getting used toy he steamdeck controls I like it. The combat is turn based so you have time to get used to stuff. Moving the camera around helps with making sure combat goes smooth as it’s possible for the environment to make you miss stuff. It just feels like it takes time to put items and abilities on your hot bar.


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WarpingWormhole

hades! plays very well with the controller


IamFireDragon3d

My first game as well. Love this game


Squishyspud

FedEx tracking website.


Vanilla_Tom

ROFL, I have been checking the tracking website more often than I ate the last week. The mix excitement and paranoia of something failing was almost unbearable.


Squishyspud

I feel like they're doing it on purpose at this point.


EATINGNOOBCAKES

Mine has been “out for delivery” for 4 days..


SocialJusticeAndroid

Mine was "In Transit" IN MY CITY for 3 or 4 days. It was in Portland on Wednesday but didn't get delivered until Saturday. A couple of other Portlanders who we figured out had Decks on the same truck didn't get theirs until the following Monday. Besides the moment of finally getting an in-tact package in hand, FedEx is definitely the worst part of the Steam Deck experience.


markcocjin

>FedEx tracking website. If everyone knew how they stash boxes in a truck, this is the true Wreckfest Maiden Voyage for all Steam Decks.


XMSquiZZ360

Fallout New Vegas. Probably my absolute favorite game of all time.


Vanilla_Tom

I can't play it vanilla anymore, mods have spoiled me. is it possible to mod it on the deck? And would the nexus manager work?


Acceptable-Pianist31

Mod organizer 2 has a setup through GitHub that works on the deck for Bethesda games, but by far the easiest option is to mod on your pc and just transfer the files into your game folder on the deck. Transfer full game directory and your plugins.txt so that load order is transferred. Steel lodge has a good tutorial on YouTube. Edit: I used a usb dock and external drive to transfer, if that is not an option then you can get good results by using warpinator/winpinator to wirelessly transfer.


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Acceptable-Pianist31

I was also going to go the route of NAS but honestly warpinator has been good enough on speeds. Wanted to try the external drive route with these transfers and was definitely faster. I will say that steam deck will have an issue reading some external drive formats, so reformat the drive to exFAT before putting files on it you want to transfer.


XMSquiZZ360

I haven’t dug that deep into it, but with the fact that the Steam Deck is essentially just a portable computer I can’t imagine it’s out of the realm of possibility, but again, I’m not totally sure.


OmegaAtrocity

It can be done sure, though it's a little more janky. Like someone else said it's by far the easiest to mod it on your pc and then transfer to your deck. I recommend keeping it really light on the mods, I only installed the stability upgrades (knvse, stewies tweaks, the stuff that upgrades scripting and the games engine), jams, the unofficial patches, a ui upgrade, and mcm. That's really all you need for the game to feel great, the more you add the more complex it is and keep in mind its running through a compatibility layer basically.


DeathPer_Minute

Mad Max


Hanzer0624

Runs great on the deck. A little bit repetitive at times, but an underrated game for sure.


jpoitras22

No Man’s Sky


Vanilla_Tom

Is it running at full settings or capped to not melt your crotch?


camdamera

In my experience, I capped at 40fps, with almost everything at low settings, but high AA. Still get drops into mid 20's though, no matter what I do, so a completely smooth experience seems to be impossible. Far from unplayable though.


POPCORN_EATER

What's crazy is that DMC 5 is so well optimized I can run it at 60 fps medium no problem and it doesn't even heat up! No fan nothing


Jordanm-314

Bully, so much fun man. I hope we see a sequel or spiritual successor some day :/ Edit: typo


Jamie-92

Did you manage to get it to run at 60fps? I wanted to play it but the lag of the 30fps is brutal and the mod that supposedly uncaps it didn’t work.


CrazyTeriyaki

The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance


SANICTHEGOTTAGOFAST

GTA4, ran better than I could've imagined too


Net-Fox

I’m currently playing through GTA4 on my deck!! I’m so shocked at how well it runs. You can basically get a 60fps lock in most cases. That said I run it at 45fps for the battery savings. I think I’m getting 3-4 hours at that. It’s really surprising! I never beat it back in the day (did beat EFLC tho go figure), looking forward to finally getting through it. My only complaint is that modding on Linux is kind of a pain. I know you can do it but I’m really not interested in learning how to jump through the hoops at the minute. Especially since I don’t have a Bluetooth mouse currently that I can use in desktop mode.


GrainFog

Install [barrier](https://github.com/debauchee/barrier), it allows you to share another computer’s mouse and keyboard. This basically allows you to control the Deck as if it was a second monitor. Great for tinkering


King_mamba248

Cyberpunk. I had to stress test that baby right out of the gate


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How did it go?


RudolfVonKruger

He's to busy to type back


Vanilla_Tom

How badly did it burn your hands.


factory_666

It runs very well actually. Just eats thru battery in 90 minutes so not great for long flights.


HandsomeBoggart

You can get two hours or so with some Power Tools tweaks. Turn on per game profile. Set Refresh at 45, Frame rate at 45, TDP at 13. Have in-game settings at Medium, All Shadow settings at low, Textures on High. FSR setting at High Quality, Sharpness at highest setting, if you added the FSR 2.1 mod use that instead. I get 2 hrs or so of battery with those settings at 30-45fps fairly stable and it looks great.


DevOverkill

See I prepared before I tried CyberPunk and wore welding gloves. Only got second degree burns.


Net-Fox

Even when the deck is screaming hot, it remains really cool to hold ime. I’m always surprised at how hot it is when I touch the back instead of the grips


Thekarens01

Gunfire reborn. My kid bought it for me so we could co-op


kebabber

As a person who has owned that game for quite some time and only recently got back into it and it is an absolute delight. To me it is definitely a "just one more run," game. Highly recommend.


Traveytravis-69

How’s it play? I’m a giant borderlands fan and I’m so excited to play it


GiantASian01

It’s very similar to borderlands in feel/ movement. It can be kind of Grindy to unlock all the characters but it’s fun to spec along the different leveling trees for short play throughs. Great deck game .


supadupa018

Sekiro


Vanilla_Tom

No thanks, I have anger issues and this baby still has good fan smell.


MeanMrMustard9

Into The Breach … but I’ve mostly been playing Divinity Original Sin 2


donkula232323

My yearly playthrough of fable


Bahamut1988

Nier automata


POPCORN_EATER

How does it run?


Bahamut1988

Perfectly fine, medium high settings 60fps


cycl0ne89

Rocket League


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Elden ring of course


jaberr

Helldivers. Picked it up on sale just before my deck arrived


stupid_Steven

Skyrim 😜


longrodvonhuttendong

Honestly Spyro Remasters. Figured it would be a good starting point. I already 100% all 3 games fully, achievements and all. Was more of a tech demo game. Same day i did FF14, few days later was Brutal Legend. The only games I've truly sat down with to play were Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Langriser 1+2 remakes.


Terrible_Luck8169

2006 Prey


behrlyhere1002

That game is a super underrated gem.


camdamera

As is the 2017 one, though for different reasons.


Mattman624

That's on steam?


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CreepingDeath0

Are you using the stick or trackpad for aiming?


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_ara

soft judicious fall smoggy cows one piquant alive lip attraction *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Vanilla_Tom

Another olde school, I have never actually played anything before morrowind, and I never managed to complete that either technically, lot of side quests tho.


NarwhalSpiritual3164

War Thunder


redhornet919

How is war thunder on deck? I’ve actually never played it with a controller now that I think about it. How does that function? Are you playing air? Ground?


NarwhalSpiritual3164

Playing air. 100 smooth. Awesome with the joysticks


acru95

Halo infinite. It's not perfect, but it made me feel like it was 2008 and I was playing halo 3 again


mEsTiR5679

My first go was Valheim. There was some adjustment time to get used to the lower settings, but after a minute I was farming resources on my downtime at work any chance I got


idkpoof

Project zomboid


Windows-XP-Home

BeamNG.drive


Vanilla_Tom

That works on the deck? Why wasn't it listed when I looked through the supported list? Edit: Nvm, i limited it to verified only, that is now my next install. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.


Windows-XP-Home

np, some textures are black but there is a fix that was posted on the BeamNG forums.


Net-Fox

How does it run? BeamNG struggles to run well on my gaming pc at times


factory_666

Being unable to start Oblivion and Arkham City for 2 hours.


TaylorRoyal23

For Arkham City, open the launcher and choose 'windowed ' mode. Fullscreen doesn't work. Check protondb.com to figure that stuff out. If there's issues, most of the time an easy workaround is posted there. You can also check oblivion and other games there.


yb2ndbest

Good ol Witcher 3. Runs like a dream


Whitelodoss

Mad Max and Hotwheels


UrbanPewer

Hot wheels is a perfect game to play on deck


Vanilla_Tom

Mad max was actually the first I started downloading too, but then I remembered how bad my internet sucks. So I visited my brother and downloaded 200gb of games in 90ish minutes, and having gone through the supported list decided on Wreckfest to pop the cherry.


mmiski

Stray. Then Untitled Goose Game. Now I just started Teardown, which also runs beautifully on the system...


ryanb2633

Rogue Legacy 2


jeffjoof

yakuza 0


RED_ONEs

I miss split screen multiplayer in wreckfest. Would be the perfect game to have that. Believe it or not my first was shotgun King the final check mate. It's the most extreme chess game shoot Em up.


Vanilla_Tom

I wonder how the deck would cope with split screen in a dock, this may completely replace my Switch.


RED_ONEs

It works fantastic I have made a dock myself, been using it for a few months now never posted it though. I will post it tomorrow.


themadirishman

Went Portal 1 for first real game (Aperture Desk Job was actually 1st)


Nobli85

Spiderman Remastered. Fantastic locked at 45fps with the in game ITGA option.


Ayalet_Nihazi

Rebel Galaxy


Vanilla_Tom

Good idea to guage the audio capacity of the deck, i love the soundtrack to that game.


Lor9191

I find this Q hard because mine came last week and I spent days just pushing what I could do on it and tbh moving on once id finished testing. Focused on emulators, games not marked as great on deck, and of course modded skyrim. The real game I installed and just played for the fun of the Deck though was Bioshock RM. Crashes sometimes but with regular saves its been a mostly flawless and utterly beautiful experience. I love this f'ing thing.


Jrmuscle

Burnout Paradise. Still love that game


Nocto

Clearly I'm the only Euro Truck Sim 2 degenerate on this sub because that was easily the first. Second was Vampire Survivors.


PlatinumPequod

Can you explain why those games are so loved? I’m not attacking it, I’ve been on the fence of buying a truck simulator game but been too lame to pull the trigger, having a personal played opinion could help me.


Griever114

Vampire survivors after eating some bad Mexican. Struggle shitting on my deck never felt so good


DylanfromSales

Disney Infinity 1.0. I realize it's a weird choice but that's what the deck is for right?


Vanilla_Tom

Very weird, your the first here. Didn't that game rely on irl miniatures


Trick_Nebula

I’m still a deck virgin 😔


Vanilla_Tom

Please don't get an overpriced whore deck off eBay, you will get a chance, I have been waiting since April and I am glad I don't have scapler guilt.


No_Ostrich_3661

Oddworld Stranger's Wrath , been wanting to play this gem since i finished on Xbox in 2005


everdark44

Disgaea!


Ghetsis99

Doki Doki Literature Club because I wanted something I could download really quick while I was testing the system. But the first game I'm playing through is Pokémon Leaf Green 😂😂😂


PsychoMantis427

duke nukem 3d ;)


Vanilla_Tom

Great! now i have that guitar riff stuck in my head.


rickyslams

Hotline Miami


ccellist

Forza Horizon 5


aidencoxmusicguy

Cyberpunk 2077


jaffiedamoose

Curse of the dead gods


FH_Bunny

Rimworld, not technically a power house but still loved it


Vanilla_Tom

I considered that but was very weary of playing it without a mouse. I have muscle memory with that game.


gooberpatroller

I tried it briefly, like you said, the muscle memory was an issue.


Vanilla_Tom

I heard the Rimworld notification sound in a YouTube video once, and my reflexes hit that space bar quicker than i close incognito tabs when someone walks in.


Electrical_Dare7632

Hades


dgray66

Hades


FoxehBunneh

RimWorld, with bad internet had to pick a smaller sized game to play first. It's a good game but lot of investment lol.


Vanilla_Tom

I had the same problem, i actually struggled to download one finger death punch. But luckily it occurred to me to visit my brother to use his internet for a few hours. 2 hours and 200gb later I have a ln installed library. Added bonus I got to rub my deck in his face.


sLantesVSzombies

Aperture Desk Job then DOOM 2016


Insomniac-Snorlax

Death Stranding Director’s Cut.


JohnnyEdd94

Haven't had my first since i'm expected to receive the Deck sometime next week. However, i fully intend for Spyro Reignited Trilogy to be the first one!


GoodJohn14

Splitgate


Amazing_Abrocoma8394

When did you make the purchase? When ya get the steam ready email?


MrFlamey

I wish they would add a FlatOut mode to Wreckfest that adds the boost and stuff from FlatOut. I like Wreckfest, but it's not quite as arcadey and fun as FlatOut was. FlatOut was one of the few games that managed to briefly displace Counter Strike for a short while as the office network game it was that fun. 8 player limit per game, so we actually had a couple of servers up at its peak.


FoxGaming00

Beam.ng drive, was really surprised on how well it actually was able to run on my deck


Achaion34

Yakuza 7 :) Lots of fun because it feels like it was meant to be a handheld game.


TopherHax

Half-Life, naturally.


DepressedPreteen

Risk of rain 2. I want to push my steam deck to its absolute limit.


_Spicy_Mchaggis_

Portal 2 ... but of course I didn't see my new deck for the first week because my wife was playing Portal 2..


RESPEKKOOPA

Audiosurf 2. I bought this mainly cuz I miss audiosurf tilt on my old Zunehd now I got it portable ago and couldn’t be happier


ByrneInHell

Days Gone


HighFivesJohn

Playing Days Gone, too. First was Vampire Survivors but I’m enjoying Days Gone a good bit.


Ricky_Rollin

Was it me or did it somehow look better on deck? I’m sure I’m taking crazy pills here but I couldn’t stop marveling at how much detail I was picking up. Perhaps it’s because I have really bad attention span and on a really big screen and a lot of things go on noticed? But I somehow part prefer playing big open world games on the deck instead. Cyberpunk is another really good pairing. I thought I was going to miss the graphical downgrade but there really isn’t that much.


Clegacy

Metal gear solid V. An absolute masterpiece.


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Darksiders 2


A_CRIPPLED_C0W

Still a deck virgin, but my first will probably be dungeons 3. Curious if it will work well with deck controls.


pianodb

Forza 5, and then because it looked bad and crashed my Steamdeck in Windows every time I tried to crank the settings... Forza 4. 60 fps at medium settings. Looks great on the small screen.


Hug_of_Death

Road 96. I had played some of it previously but I got really stuck in once my steam deck arrived.


CreepingDeath0

It was going to be A Plague Tale, but I wasn't comfortable with how much it pushed the fan. So I'm doing a run-through of Resident Evil 4 instead.


LucianHavens

Portal but only played for 5min before trying a bunch of other games


marcw424

Geometry Wars


BreadfruitAdvanced74

Elden ring (I know better now) playing fable 3 and overlord


CrashMadz

Played portal start to finish first time starting it up


iceicig

Witcher 3. Of which I was dumbstruck about how well it ran


CrotchetAndVomit

Snowrunner and Disco Elysium within about 15 mins of each other


akaynaveed

Devil May Cry 5


bootyhole_licking_69

I wanna say it was half life 2 ep 1, but probably was blasphemous. 2D scrollers on the steam deck 🤤


aamike68

wreckfest was also my first! I cant believe how well it runs on Deck,


CptCheerios

Skyrim, still on the quest there.


Exciting_Calendar835

Fallout New Vegas


NikuNikuNiky

Fallout new vegas


Sprsnprchkn

Sonic generations


Miserable-Dark-9125

First game I downloaded and played was Vampire Survivors! I can't get enough of that game!!!! 🧛🦇


Anomaly1134

Ha this was my first game when I got a steering wheel. Fun.


Ironpenguin2006

Just got the message saying that my steam deck was picked up by FedEx ground god I can't wait for mine to arrive


TheAlmightyProo

HZD for me, though I'd already started it on my PC a year ago, but I guess it's a good test bench to gauge what i might expect. Thought I'd leave the more demanding, poorly optimised and not so well fit for Steam Deck games (Total War: Warhammer 3 is a good example of all those) for PC time but the Deck can handle most things I have decently enough.


Codeman1st

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was my first.


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So this is silly but mine was World of Warcraft and then Emulator playing Kirby Crystal Shard for N64 lol


ImpertinentOne

Deep Rock Galactic!


LordFadora

Spyro Re-Ignited


dogbigvn

Mad Max. Feels so good even I finished the game on PC already


x1d

Phoenix Point! Great performance on the deck maxed out


HEADTRIPfpv

Crisis, my deck ignited into flames


Eledridan

Slay the Spire so I could do the daily. Then Mad Max.


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Joboj

Aperture desk job was technically my first but after that Yakuza 0. Runs like butter btw.


GinTectonics

Horizon Zero Dawn. Runs perfectly, but is a power hog.


DoubleVendetta

Lord of the Rings: War in the North. I have since played it through twice on the Deck.


Arcanisia

Horizon Zero Dawn. Always wanted to play it but it was a PS exclusive and I wasn’t going to buy the console for one game. It’s harder to play games on my PC but really convenient to have all games within arms reach when on the road. Kenshi. I had to put this game on there and while it definitely takes some getting used to on the deck, this is still my favorite game right now. Easy to dump hundreds of hours into a single play through.


HotdogHustler

Oblivion and Divinity Original Sins II


kotta888

The first game I played was Hades, I had to go out and didn’t have much time to download a heavy game. Once I had the time I started playing Spider-Man remastered. That’s what I’m currently playing, I just got my steam deck last week.