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The thing is that for it to be a success, you don't just want the top most played games working well - you want as many as possible across every genre that developers have managed to created. Valve is clearly aware of this of course and you can see that in who they've approved for a Steam Deck dev kit.
Here's a a little round-up bundle of developers / publishers that have been showing off their dev kits:
- James Schall of Secret Mode showing shots of Penko Park (they recently added full controller support).
- Sidney Just of X-Plane showing it running, while in an actual aeroplane. Also the official X-Plane account showing a shot of it at the beach.
- Hannah Gamiel of Cyan Worlds showing a couple of videos with games like Myst.
- Chet Faliszek (Ex Valve dev) of StrayBombay with their first title The Anacrusis.
- Dylan Fitterer trying out their classic music game, Audiosurf.
- Sekai Project CEO Christopher Ling mentions needing better controller support for visual novels (plus another).
- LionShield getting ready for Kingdom and Castles.
- Mike Rose from No More Robots does a little extreme sports on the Steam Deck with Descenders.
- Cliff Harris of Positech mentions Democracy 4 works well and also did a video on Production Line.
- Dave Oshry of publisher New Blood has shots of a couple different games.
- It may not be designed for VR but that hasn't stopped people trying too and how about a little Pistol Whip?
We could keep going for a while (there's a lot) but hopefully you found this small slice interesting.
It's getting very exciting to see such a huge push and seeing so many developers genuinely excited about it and impressed. Such a completely different world to the old Steam Machines. Hopefully this really will get developers to pay attention to Linux more, although some are likely to only support the Steam Deck specifically. Our reservation is in the Q1 2022 batch so we have to wait a while.
For those that also somehow missed it both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye also recently announced support.
The question to you: what will be the first game you play on the Steam Deck when it arrives? It's a question that seems easy but I've been asking it myself and I'm completely lost.
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Looking at my Steam library, specifically at games with full controller support, I'm leaning towards The Long Dark. Might give Metro Exodus another chance, hopefully I won't get bitten by the Caspian Sea lighthouse glitch and lose all my items again.. Then there's Graveyard Keeper, something which I've been meaning to pick up again...
Last edited by WorMzy on 27 Sep 2021 at 1:54 pm UTC
Last edited by WorMzy on 27 Sep 2021 at 1:54 pm UTC
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Hades will be the first game I'll load and just try to play.
The first test on whether it can run it or not, where I am not expecting it to run it very well is probably going to be Star Citizen.
The first I'll try to complete is probably going to be Hollow Knight, though.
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The first test on whether it can run it or not, where I am not expecting it to run it very well is probably going to be Star Citizen.
The first I'll try to complete is probably going to be Hollow Knight, though.
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Currently I am thinking that the first game I am going to play on the Steam Deck will be Orcs Must Die 3.
This might still change during the time that is going to pass until I get the device in my hands in reality, but nonetheless I am really excited for it.
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This might still change during the time that is going to pass until I get the device in my hands in reality, but nonetheless I am really excited for it.
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Probably gonna try Noita, APICO, as well as some non-steam games like Guild Wars 2 and potentially something a bit more interesting like firing up Godot Engine :)
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I didn't ordered one, probably never will since I'm not interested in handhelds (dock-able or not).
I would've ordered one if it was possible to use it as a controller in a proper way (remote play doesn't count).
I'm more interested in the SteamOS version that will run.
I would've ordered one if it was possible to use it as a controller in a proper way (remote play doesn't count).
I'm more interested in the SteamOS version that will run.
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rustybroomhandle 27 Sep 2021
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You know, I'm interested in one thing, when Valve ships these kits to developers is there any clause that says (more or less): We would prefer to run your game testing on the actual SteamOS that is shipped with the device, and not installing Windows right away"?
I'm saying that because I've seen at least two videos where the devs were just running plain Windows (though maybe externally) on the kit that they received.
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I'm saying that because I've seen at least two videos where the devs were just running plain Windows (though maybe externally) on the kit that they received.
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More X-Plane. https://twitter.com/feresignum/status/1442263301283401729Already linked in the article ;)
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First game? I had the same thought a few weeks back, so I created this forum post to chat about it. There's too many games that will be epic on this device. I'm insanely hyped for its arrival, but like you, Liam, I'm in the Q1 2022 allocation. <sigh>
Hopefully we'll see some anti-cheat landing long before then, though. Exciting times!
Hopefully we'll see some anti-cheat landing long before then, though. Exciting times!
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For me the first game to try is probably Everspace 2!
What a surprise, hm?
What a surprise, hm?
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I don't have many Steam games in my library to be honest, but once I get it I want to see how Battlefield games run lol. Of course I'll also be using RetroArch
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. I know there isn't a Linux port but it runs great under Wine (I have the GOG version). As for Steam games, probably 7 Days to Die and maybe Call of Cthulhu first since I'm playing them on my PC right now.
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I don't have many Steam games in my library to be honest, but once I get it I want to see how Battlefield games run lol. Of course I'll also be using RetroArch
It would have been nice to see the likes of the Dice devs ect messing with one, We could have at least some hope of the big boys seriously thinking about SD/Linux support.
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slaapliedje 27 Sep 2021
For the later Battlefield games, it's just as much a curiosity if they'll run under Linux, as it is to see if they'll run on the Steam Deck with good enough performance! Those are some hefty games as far as requirements go.I don't have many Steam games in my library to be honest, but once I get it I want to see how Battlefield games run lol. Of course I'll also be using RetroArch
It would have been nice to see the likes of the Dice devs ect messing with one, We could have at least some hope of the big boys seriously thinking about SD/Linux support.
Now that I've got a somewhat decent set up for playing Valheim on the Steam Controller, I'll have to see how to convert that over to the Steam Deck when I get one. Q1 for 2022!
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27 Sep 2021
It's a shame they share their video's on twitter.
Their streaming capability is garbage and all I see is 240p resolution video with plenty of compression artifacts because of the video compression.
And Twitter takes forever to load the higher quality but by then it's too late and I already reached the end of the video.
But it IS good to see developers playing around with it.
Their streaming capability is garbage and all I see is 240p resolution video with plenty of compression artifacts because of the video compression.
And Twitter takes forever to load the higher quality but by then it's too late and I already reached the end of the video.
But it IS good to see developers playing around with it.
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https://uploadvr.com/valve-steam-deck-processor/
I hope that will be the big next hardware announcement (other than the Steam Deck docking station ofc.).
I hope that will be the big next hardware announcement (other than the Steam Deck docking station ofc.).
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For me the first game to try is probably Everspace 2!ERESY!!!
What a surprise, hm?
Everspace 2 deserves a BIG *VA monitor with deep blacks in a dark room and why not, ambilight/like leds on his back.
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buckysrevenge 27 Sep 2021
I'll probably install whatever game I'm currently playing, but install a few that I always go back to as well.
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Mohandevir 27 Sep 2021
Can't wait to get my hands on this thing...
I'll probably revisit some older Steam Machines classics along with their Proton sequels (for some)... Bioshocks, Metros, Shadow of Mordor/War, Tomb Raiders, Mad Max and Witcher 2&3... I'll probably replay Batman Arkham series too.
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I'll probably revisit some older Steam Machines classics along with their Proton sequels (for some)... Bioshocks, Metros, Shadow of Mordor/War, Tomb Raiders, Mad Max and Witcher 2&3... I'll probably replay Batman Arkham series too.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 27 Sep 2021 at 6:21 pm UTC
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