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Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by aquova »

thih9 wrote: post #159

As someone who doesn't use Steam and Steam Deck, what's the difference between "playable" and "verified"? I.e. what kind of bugs or unsupported features am I likely to encounter when I play one vs the other?

It varies quite a bit, and there are some items that are pretty minor that will cause a game to not be officially verified. For example, some of the 2D Final Fantasy games run very well without any issues on the Steam Deck, but are only listed as playable because they require the use of the on-screen keyboard to enter in character names.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by thih9 »

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #61
barney54 wrote: post #9

For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? And how do you use it? I would like to talk myself into buying one, but I can’t think of a decent use case.

I like it. I use it fairly frequently too. The killer feature: instant on/off AKA 'Pause'. I've had a single-player game of CIV5 going for MONTHS now. The Steam Deck is PERFECT for pick it up, play for 5 minutes (or a couple of hours), pause it, and resume later. I have 2 main use-cases: -couch-playing. When the Wife-unit is watching her shows, or I get bored but still want to be in the same area as her; I can play t…

CIV 5 is also on Switch, that handheld also got praise for good on/off UX.

Curious, does anyone own both devices? Is there any noticeable difference in device sleep support between Steam Deck and Switch?

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Post by COGlory »

tomashubelbauer wrote: post #137

I cannot sing high enough praises for the Steam Deck. I am someone who virtually never plays computer games. One exception is Flatout 2 which is a game I really like and would sit down to play for an hour or two every year or so in the past ten years. But in that decade I have switched to macOS and even though there is a Flatout 2 port in the App Store, it is 32 bit and thus not playable anymore either. I bought the…

Did you buy a Steam Deck specifically for Flatout 2?

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by hugocbp »

barney54 wrote: post #9

For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? And how do you use it? I would like to talk myself into buying one, but I can’t think of a decent use case.

I love it and ended up using it a lot more than I expected (and a lot more than I used the Xbox Series X and PS5 that I bought a little bit before).

Something about how quickly you can turn the device on and off and just start playing really makes me want to play more.

I've been playing different kind of games I play on console (Hades, Vampire Survivors, Hollow Knight, Brotato), just because they also help with the quick sessions.

I find myself picking it up several times a day when I need a break, and even when I'm stuck in some task at work.

As others have said, it is truly an outstanding achievement by Valve. Most things just work.

Of all my electronic purchases in the last 5 years or so, the Deck is by far the one that had the best cost/benefit. And the one that surpassed my expectations.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by madelyn »

thih9 wrote: post #159

As someone who doesn't use Steam and Steam Deck, what's the difference between "playable" and "verified"? I.e. what kind of bugs or unsupported features am I likely to encounter when I play one vs the other?

It honestly varies by game, but in my experience "Playable" is usually a great to okay experience but has small text, a launcher you need to use a touch screen for, or maybe only partial controller support.

Game breaking bugs are rare in playable titles from what I've seen.

The majority of games I play on SD are "only" playable and it's still a great experience.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by robrtsql »

thih9 wrote: post #159

As someone who doesn't use Steam and Steam Deck, what's the difference between "playable" and "verified"? I.e. what kind of bugs or unsupported features am I likely to encounter when I play one vs the other?

The difference is not huge. The big one is that, to be "Verified", there are some usability criteria that need to be met (the game's text needs to be legible on the Steam Deck screen, you need to be able to launch the game without any hacky tweaks like clicking around in a launcher using the touch-screen or something, the game needs to basically work out-of-the-box with the Steam Deck's sticks and buttons, etc) and if those aren't met then they will provide a 'blurb' which explains which ones are missing.

Other than that, I have found that lots of games which aren't "Verified" play perfectly, and some games which are "Verified" don't launch at all (because Valve said 'hey! it works!', gave it the Verified badge, and then a month later the developers pushed out an update for the game which broke something for Steam Deck users).

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL »

cloverich wrote: post #20

Though I've long since given up on my gaming days, I purchased a Steam deck last month, mostly out of impulse. I'm frankly astonished at the amount of playable games, and also the amount of quality indie games out there. I spent $50 picking on-sale indies and quickly had a backlog. Its been more enjoyable (and surprisingly comfortable) than I expected too. I'm definitely in the very casual crowd at this point, gaming…

You are discovering indie games?

You are in for a treat!

I essentially play only indie games, with rare exceptions once or twice per year.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by Derbasti »

thih9 wrote: post #159

As someone who doesn't use Steam and Steam Deck, what's the difference between "playable" and "verified"? I.e. what kind of bugs or unsupported features am I likely to encounter when I play one vs the other?

Playable most of the time means "this game requires a keyboard, so remember to press Steam+X for the on-screen keyboard when you're asked to enter your character name", or "fonts are a bit small on the small screen", or "there's no built-in performance preset, so you'll have to set it to medium manually".

Essentially, complete non-issues most of the time.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by izacus »

darreninthenet wrote: post #55
izacus wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? It's one of the best hardware purchases I've done in years. It's surprising how well it managed to balance "It just works" with "You can still customize/modify/install things you need.". It's not perfect (screen could be better, battery life could be better, it's a bit chunky). > And how do you use it? I use it as a "secondary" gaming device. I have a gaming PC…

If I had a game say on GOG instead of Steam, how seamless or usable would that be please?

Installing them can be annoying (switch to desktop mode, run Heroic Launcher, find the right Proton version that works), but after initial setup they run seamlessly. Heroic Launcher also now supports GoG Cloud Savegame sync so it hasn't been seriously problematic.

(About half the games I play on Deck are from GoG.)

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by tomashubelbauer »

COGlory wrote: post #163
tomashubelbauer wrote: post #137

I cannot sing high enough praises for the Steam Deck. I am someone who virtually never plays computer games. One exception is Flatout 2 which is a game I really like and would sit down to play for an hour or two every year or so in the past ten years. But in that decade I have switched to macOS and even though there is a Flatout 2 port in the App Store, it is 32 bit and thus not playable anymore either. I bought the…

Did you buy a Steam Deck specifically for Flatout 2?

Yes. I know it sounds a bit weird, but I figured I would just sell it if I didn't like it.
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