Aperture desk job will show off what the deck can do. Not graphics wise but controls wise.
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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Welcome, you're in for a treat !
- If you stick to verified games on Steam, there is little need for tinkering, if at all.
- If you do want to tinker, this well is so deep it can become a hobby in and of itself.
- As for recommendations for single player games, there are so many and often heavily discounted. Somewhat randomly, I'm going to suggest Prey (FPS, scifi setting) and Sniper Elite 4 (TPS, WW2 setting). Get them on sale !
Note that even though a game isn't verified, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll need to do any tinkering. You might have to, but it's not a guarantee or even necessarily incredibly likely.
The only time I've had to do eg. configuration file editing was to get Starfield (yes yes I know, shame on me) to run a bit better, but otherwise I haven't had to do any sort of fuckery to get non-verified games to run.
Apex Legends' Anti cheat supports the Steam Deck but The Finals' devs are still working to support the steam deck on their anticheat so you'll have to wait to play that game or play it on console
apex legends works. the finals does not, because of their anti-cheat solution.
for multi-player fps games remember that you'll play against pc players, they'll have keyboard and mouse and you won't have assistance features you might be used to from console fps. Experiment with gyro controls, the touchpads and/or "flick stick" you'll might find a way to get similar speed and accuracy as a mouse user, but i'd guess you are in for an uphill battle.
have a look at the control schemes provided by the community for games, if you don't like the default controls.
my competitive fps days are in the past, but i can recommend some single player fps i enjoyed on the deck:
- Doom (2016)
- Black Mesa, the half-life 1 remake.
- Amid Evil
- Boltgun
- Borderlands 2
e: www.protondb.com to check how various games work on the deck. some games are not "verified" by valve because they only show xbox button prompts, or some "unplayable" games run perfectly fine with a specific launch options
what do I need to know?
Your wallet is about burst into flames with all the great verified games and deals you will see lmao
Apex Legends is verified: https://www.protondb.com/app/1172470
The finals doesn't work because of anti-cheat: https://www.protondb.com/app/2073850
Edit: World of Warships is playable: https://www.protondb.com/app/552990
I wonder if you could run The Finals via Heroic, since it has Easy Anti Cheat as an option.
Easy Anti Cheat works through Steam/Proton as well. If a game doesn't work then it is due to the developers' implementation. It won't matter what launcher you use.
I don't play... any of those. But I would recommend doing a bit of googling to confirm that ApeLegs and The Finals have an anti-cheat that supports linux (I think ApeLegs is EAC?). And I would very much check that World of Warships won't ban users for not running windows. Competitive multiplayer and live service games are still somewhat hit or miss on linux/steam deck.
Aside from that: Games bought directly on Steam have ridiculously nice refund policies. But you can often get them for cheaper (even during sales) from legitimate resellers so it is good to get into the habit of checking https://isthereanydeal.com/. https://www.fanatical.com and, to a lesser extent these days, https://www.humblebundle.com/ are great sites to get a good number of good games for a great price.
And there are key resellers/grey market sites like Green Man Gaming* and CDKeys but, if you are going that route, just pirate it since it is less of a burden on the developers that way.
Other stores work, to varying levels of hassle, so it is worth keeping an eye out for https://www.gog.com/ deals and https://store.epicgames.com/ freebies.
*: Just to speed through this. Yes, GMG is still a grey market site. They got caught the better part of a decade back when CD Projekt Red and Rebellion called them out and even revoked a lot of keys. And they had been known to source keys from strange locations which is why so many Call of Duty keys were ROW and games had no pre-order bonuses. For a year or two they acknowledged this and marked what games they were official resellers for and what they weren't but... they stopped doing that. Speculation is they buy in bulk from lower purchasing power regions, like Brazil, and then sell the keys at crazy mark-up. So, at best, you are letting them screw you over while also encouraging more developers to stop doing regional pricing.