Steam Deck

Stardew Valley

for the thousandth time (new patches = new farm)

Currently playing Mindustry, a factory management tower defense game. Very addicting. It’s free on flathub

Hades 2

After beating Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, I decided to revisit the previous game, Yakuza: Like A Dragon. I first tried playing YLAD a few years ago on my gaming PC, but the incredibly long, unskippable cut scenes were super frustrating. Infinite Wealth had some of that same problem, but the story clicked with me a bit more and I've fallen in love with the mix of heartfelt quirky gameplay.

Plus, the Steam Deck makes the long cut scenes way easier to deal with when you can just pause and sleep your console if you need a break.

Everyone always says balatro and i finally got it on sale and now i can't stop

I'm just getting to the end of the Dragonborn DLC before returning to continue my first run through Skyrim.

Currently started playing Kingdom Come Deliverance. Still trying out some graphics settings, but so far a good experience.

I recently have been trying to play through all of the final fantasy games in chronological order. (Mainline games). Playing the gba dawn of souls currently. Playing through ff1

Heard mixed things about Fallout 4 new update for the deck. I decided to try it out with the default settings. Happy to report that it works great, I'm getting stable 60 (at least up to Concord) and it looks nice.

I want to play the Dead Space remake, but its like I'm watching a flipbook that doesn't move nearly fast enough :(

Slay the spire and Portal 2 are my current time sinks tho

Steam World: Heist. Tactical turn based shooter. Somewhere between Worms and X-Com, definitely on the lighter side. It's the same vibe as Steam World 1 and 2, but now the cowboy robots are in space. It's perfect for the Deck and easy to pick up for a few minutes at lunch or in between meetings.

Picked up warhammer Boltgun during the fps sale. Never been into warhammer or played this style of game before but loving it so far. Also playing Stardew Valley on a new farm for the 1.6 update

Switch games with yuzu and the other one that I don't know how to spell besides that super hot and super hot mine control delete

Playing Prince of Persia the lost crown! It plays amazing on the steam deck!

Pseudoregalia. It's a 3D platformer/Metroidvania that mimics PSX/N64 graphics. I'm only a couple hours in, but so far it's fun. The controls are buttery smooth.

I've setup up emulation and have had a blast playing Everybody's Golf 6 for the PS3. It is such a chill game. Golf games are really underrated and everybody's golf does a great job of cartoony arcade game mixed with just enough real golf to make it interesting. Perfect on the Deck.

Mr Sun's Hatbox (maybe my GotY?)

Dragons Dogma 1

I learned this week-end that Vita3k runs great on the Deck and that game compatibility has tremendously advanced, so I'm doing WipEout 2048 right now :D

Ur-Quan Masters Mega Mod, Talos Principle 2, and Pictopix.

I'm getting annoyed with the constant crashes of Workers & Resources (Industrial Planning, Construction and Management Game). It is by far my favourite game at the moment, but the game is very unstable on Linux, which can be very frustrating. I'd really like to learn more about troubleshooting compatibility layers and start options.

Minecraft runs smooth with Prism Launcher, which doesn't even have this annoying credential-loss bug like on the official launcher. Why would anyone map shift to pressing the stick in Minecraft? Proper crouching is but so important to edge-work and digging down.

I've mostly been playing a F2P game called Minion Masters. It's a card game, but the cards come alive in 2-lane combat like a tiny auto-battle MOBA. It has short game lengths (6-10 min are typical), is generous with F2P players (I've paid $0 so far), and has enough strategic (deck building) and tactical (card playing) depth to stay interesting throughout.

It plays great on the Deck without any configuration, even though it's "unsupported". I suppose some of the card text might be a bit small for some, but that's only relevant in the deck building screen where you can easily zoom in on cards. There's a UI option to read your partner's cards in 2v2, but I've never felt the need to. By the time you're good enough at the game to react to your partner's hand, you'll already know the cards well enough that you don't need to read them.

I should maybe add that I got a bunch of free cards when they had free DLC to celebrate the release of the game on Android, so idk if my F2P experience is typical.

"Yellow taxi goes vroom" is delightful to play on the Deck.

Finally managed to get my hands on a Deck this last week. Been having a blast with both Hades 2 and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

I was a bit worried with Pathfinder since it's not verified, but I figured the controller scheme would be functional since they have a console version. So far I've been quite impressed with how smoothly it controls.

I just found Super Woden GT 2 an amazing Retro-Indy-Racer.

Fallout 4 with the hype around the show and the sale, I finally picked it up. The survival mode is very fun.

Also with the shutdown of the eShop, I finally hacked my WiiU and extracted images of my games. And with that I started a new play through of Xenoblade Chronicles X.

@Fubarberry Still into Balatro. Also getting into Minishoot Adventures and Hades 2 thanks to that surprise EA release!

I've had a bit more free time these days and really wanted to play sea of thieves but they broke the game for steam deck the day after I bought it. I've been salty over it ever since (around a week now)

Cat quest 2 - Carrion - Hades

Picked up Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor a few days ago and I'm now 20 hours in, really enjoying it. It's a very thematic translation of the original DRG into a survivor game. The terrain and mining are a great addition to the survivor formula, it's not only for resource collection but it also gives a new twist to the positioning puzzle. The game seems very well suited for more content so I hope that it will keep coming.

Playing through Tunic for the first time - loving it so far!

Well, I think I might start an Amorous playthrough. Maybe this time I won't accidentally say the wrong thing to the wrong person and not have a backup save . Otherwise, I'll probably continue slogging through Baba Is You.

That, or try out one of the games in my library I've yet to touch despite having them for months.

I've been playing some outer wilds, but new vegas is tempting me after watching the show.

Playing oh so much Vampire Survivors. The number of unlocks just keeps going up, but it's keeping my ADHD brain engaged.

After watching Nerd Cubed play Coin Pusher Casino, I also got hooked. Bit of a guilty pleasure, that. But, three things to recommend it, though:

1. Realistic physics throughout make it quite a technically advanced game despite it probably all it took was a toggle in Unity.
2. There's a native Linux port.
3. Other than the initial outlay for the game the only resource you'll expend is your precious time alive. So, there's no freemium model where you pay to advance. And no payment for additional unlockable content.

You play tables to get credits, to get perks that make it more pleasurable (not to mention possible) to play tables, to ... The very essence of an RPG grind. And a bit of a skinner box.