Steam Deck

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some grindy games to play on the deck (any genre is OK).

Currently playing monster hunter world and I think I'll give factorio a try.

Any suggestions?

The jellyfin app (self hosted video streaming) app on steam deck (installed via desktop mode->discovery as a flat pack) doesn't seem to register as 'playing' with the os. The screen will dim after a few mins.

I'm 'playing' the jellyfin app as a non steam game in game mode.

I know I can disable screen dimming in the settings but is there a way to have it auto detect when a video is playing and prevent the screen from dimming?

Edit: SteamDeckHQ now has recommended settings and performance data for the game as well.

Proton 8.0-5 Update Changelog:

Now playable:

Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes

Welcome to Princeland

Red Tie Runner

Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Made HDR options available on compatible hardware (including Steam Deck OLED) in the following games: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2, Devil May Cry 5.

I hear talks about drm and kernel anti cheat being harmful for the steam deck. Is easy anti cheat considered under the harmful a malware category, too?

one thing i miss the most about my switch is the joy con. i love being able to game while my arm is pretty much free.

i was thrilled when valve announced joy con support but when i tried it on my pc and my deck the connection is spotty and the input lag is really bad, i tried with multiple joy cons but it still the same, do you guys have the same experience or is there something i have to do with it first.

cheers.

I'm hoping someone can help me. I have my steamdeck in the office dock connected to a monitor. When I turn it on a navigate on the external monitor. I clicked on the "..." Menu and noticed a VRR option. Like an idiot I clicked it. Monitor went black. My monitor does not support vrr.

I have tried display safe mode, rebooting and the monitor remains non functional. The monitor actually is giving me a warning that the current timing is unsupported.

I can get into desktop mode and the external monitor works there but I can not find that vrr option to turn it off.

Any help would be appreciated

Here's a couple of useful info i learned after using emulators for a couple of weeks. This is by far not a tutorial, just things i wish i had known sooner.

YUZU (Switch)

This may vary from game to game, but from my experience seems that Yuzu gives better fps. The XCI roms are a bit bigger but don't require any firmware, instead Nsp does, but you can find the Firmware online pretty easily. Some game more demanding will run way better after activating some mods. Just open yuzu>help>Open Mods page and download what you need, the right click (L2) the game and select > Open Mod Data Location and past inside the (unzipped) mod.

Zelda - Breath of the wild is "kinda" playable on Switch but is way better to use the Wii U rom on Cemu (enable the FPS++ mod to fix the fps) - I can't give any link but the site where i find the best rom is "8bitsdown" (google it)

Cemu (Wii U)

You need some key codes (number and letters) but just google "Wii U keys" and past them in the txt Key file inside the Wii U folder. As yuzu some games works better with mods. Cemu > right click (L2) the game > modify the graphic package> Download the Updated package from the community> check any mod or cheats you want.

PCSX2QT (ps2)

Some roms may need the bios file. You can increase the resolution in graphic setting> internal resolution ( i use 3x native - 1080p)

Retroarch is also good for "clean" the graphics of old snes or psx games using shaders and filters (check these videos Link1 | link2) - BTW Retroarch is installable from emudeck too, after that just add the app to the library as non steam game.

That's it - Feel free to add more info below

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Changelog:

• General

Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 109.0.5414.120

Updated the quick access performance menu with descriptions for each setting, including how they affect the system and the expected power/performance/visual quality tradeoffs.

Fixed a case where the sdcard was set as the default install location on reboot.

Fixed a case where the network status icon would fail to render for virtual networks.

Fixed store button on main menu remaining disabled in Family View even if store permissions were granted to the account.

• Steam Input

Fixed occasionally creating an extra virtual controller that is non-responsive

Important note: the updated chromium version will break themes from the decky plugin CSS Loader.

With the advancements in steamlink, do you think we'll be able to use more than one source to render? If I have 2 mid desktops, could steamlink get the resource and computing distribution along with the synchronization(or pre-rendering?) to use both machines to stream to my steamdeck?

Surely, this can't be a coincidence.

Release v1.6.0 brings all these changes:

New touch-friendly and semi-controller navigable GUI.

MacOS support and Windows libplacebo renderer support.

Resume connection from sleep mode on Steam Deck.

Ability to login to PlayStation for account ID via GUI.

Fix Senkusha, lowering time for console connection and properly setting MTU.

Audio Switch to SDL including fixing audio lag building over session.

New Logo.

Qt6 support.

I installed Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen (bought from GOG) via the Heroic Game Launcher to an SD card on my steam deck. Game runs fine except for there is a connection failure pop up anytime I try to access the rift to hire pawns and when 1st loading a save file.

I've reinstalled it. I've tried protons 7, 8, and GE. Rebooted the deck. Has anyone run into this issue before? Any help would be much appreciated!

I really didn't know any better. I have edited my last post. I am really sorry.

I’m new to the Steam Deck and I haven’t really been in the PC gaming scene since Quake 3/Unreal Tournament more than 2 decades ago. So, I have a lot to learn. (I have a small child and we’ve been exploring the world of games on the Switch)

Said small child is really into hot wheels, so we picked up Hot Wheels Unleashed on the last steam sale. We’ve played it successfully for the last couple of weeks, but all of the sudden (today) the game stopped working right. When driving a car, the joystick won’t let the car turn left. It works going to the right, and it works going left on the in-game menus. (And it works on other games, so it’s not a hardware issue)

Since I’m so new to the steam deck, I really haven’t learned how to debug it yet. I tried changing the Proton version with any success, and I’ve tried some different keyboard layouts without success. I’ve tried the reboot solution and verified that I’m on the latest version of steamOS and the game.

Is there a standard set of steps to debug these type of problems?

I think that basic KDE looks pretty ugly. I used vanilla gnome for 6 months and loved it. I know about the subreddit unixporn and some "well themed" KDE DE look really good. I wanted to know that if it's worth it to customize your Steam Deck DE or should you just pretend that it's just functional and you shouldn't touch it. I mean the Steam Deck uses an APU...would it drain a lot of memory to display something more "elaborate"?

I've got an RMA on my Deck over a sticky button issue, so I ordered a 1TB external drive online to back it up before wiping and sending it off.

What's the bare minimum you would recommend I back up if I just want to preserve my desktop settings, apps, and some non-steam game content (since much of that is already tied to my account)?

1. Is it just a matter of copying folders over in desktop mode or is there an official (or recommended) backup tool I should use?
2. Would Syncthing, which I use to transfer files normally, be a reliable method to use my Mac as a potential backup location?

Thank you for any advice.

It's been long enough that I'm sure someone besides me has shelled out the $200 for a DS5+, since it's a bluetooth controller with a touchpad and grip paddle buttons. Is it worth it?

Edit: To clarify, I own a Dualsense, but I'm lusting after the Dualsense Edge revision.