Getting my steam deck tomorrow. Already had Linux like steam deck on my laptop a while ago (didn’t work well because fuck Nvidia)
But wanted to know what you all think is important to put on a steam deck, that’s not something that’s not what duckduckgo says with the websites it has. (I worded that horribly)
What are some niche things can I could do/install/play on the steam deck that most people wouldn’t really do or think about doing?
I don’t know a lot about Linux as I wish but I know a ok ish amount. Just wanting to find anything really interesting or useful to do with my steam deck
Also anybody know any casual games I can play randomly on public transit and don’t have to sit down and play. Things that I can just easily stop. (Something like balentro kinda way you can just stop whenever)
1 - Check the headphone jack
2 - Buy a decent screen protector
3 - Enjoy it
Optional > Use a cheap dock and a bluetooth controller (don’t wast money on the original) x a great console experience from your tv. Also great for watch movies and youtube with adblock.
I’d it’s an OLED model, test the headphone jack. Many decks have constant hiss/static/noise on that port - you can get it RMA’d if you contact support, but that means you’ll be sending it away for 10 days or so to get sound board replaced.
Other than that, I recommend installing DECKY which is an ad on that in turn allows installing useful plugging such as incorporating deck compatibility rating into games displayed, better power management, etc
Also anybody know any casual games I can play randomly on public transit and don’t have to sit down and play. Things that I can just easily stop. (Something like balentro kinda way you can just stop whenever)
The beauty of the Steam Deck for me is that any non-online game can now be played in short sessions. I like a lot of jrpgs, but I’ve gotten stuck in cut scene/boss fight sequences that last 1+ hours without being able to save and stop. The Steam deck is amazing for games like this, because I can literally suspend at any point and then pick right back up where I left off. Being able to play a game without having to worry about running out of time or accidentally getting myself into a part of the game I can’t stop has really freed me up to play a lot more games.
What are some niche things can could do/install/play on the steam deck that most people wouldn’t really do or think about doing?
I will say that the support for some of these “less used” games is very difficult to get running for someone who hasn’t used Linux before and controls will be tough depending on the game.
Getting OSRS with runelite was difficult but nice once i got it working. You need to get Wine to run the Jagex launcher then install Runelite separately. Don’t ask me how as I hardly remember how I did it myself lol
Also I haven’t tried this but getting Flash games would be dope. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone try it yet, but I’m sure someone has.
Also anybody know any casual games can play randomly on public transit and don’t have to sit down and play.
Celeste, Doom 1993, webfishing single player.
However the ‘sleep’ feature means most games work well portably, you don’t really need a special game (but still get Celeste it’s awesome!) just playing the games you own already will be MORE than enough.
Set up parsec and play windows games Set up windroid and play android games
Also steam deck sleep feature is so fucking good you can stop anywhere
