Steamdeck Exclusives: Games you played till credits on Steamdeck

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The Steamdeck is a wonderful device that reinvented the handheld space with Innovation and inutility, sometimes the games work so well you are better off playing it on the handheld. Can any of you name those games ?

I love collecting games just knowing they work masterfully on steamdeck. I found almost all Unreal Engine 4 games look and performe well on steamdeck. Unreal engine 3 can run on flying carpet with a full 90hz. There are a few games that one can fully experience the best the game has to offer.

To be a steamdeck exclusive the game must be able to run to 40fps or higher and be able to present all the graphical features of the game. So you lose nothing by playing on steamdeck, maybe rather gain appreciation for older PC titles.

My list Some Steamdeck Exclusives I played till credits:
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012): Runs at full framerate with all graphical bells and whistles and is a blast on the go.
Xcom: Enemy Within/Unknown: This game was made for portables, the best tactical turn based game story in ages.
Ryse: Son of Rome : If you ever want to just play pretty graphics this game does that in rome.
Tinykin: A Banjo kazoiee like platformer you can get at 90hz most of the time, artstyle fits portable perfectly.
Mirrors Edge: For me it was like if the Mario 64 team was tasked to make a FPS, the platforming flowed and game played fantastic.
Hollow Knight: Felt right at home on the deck. It's flawless.
MGSV: Replayed most of the game on Steamdeck really fantastic to have stealth action like this on the go. 60FPS + with optimized settings.
Grand Theft Auto 4: If you can find the definitive edition mod for this on your deck you get a way better than console experience and game still stuns in quality and physics.
Batman Arkham City/ Arkham Knight: Both these games run perfectly and give you all the graphics.

Anybody else play some games Steamdeck exclusive now ?
 
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Some games where i played the majority on Steam deck to completion

Every game below works GREAT

Divinity: Original Sin 2
Battlefleet gothic armada 2
Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of war 2
Warhammer 40k: Boltgun
Warhammer 40k: Space marine 1
Escape simulator
Minishoot adventures
SKALD
 
How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
 
How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
It's my early access games indie machine.
So i play a bit fuck around etc.

But i usually buy it again on switch when its finished .

never completed a game on the steam deck… it's just too bulky imo
 
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How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?

I enjoyed it a lot, for games released prior to 2022 up to 2023, and then it started to became too weak for what it is. I mean the weakness of the hardware wouldn't be an issue if the battery life was better, but constant stutters, constant updates, constant needs for launcher accounts for a battery life not exceeding 90min, not the best at the end.
 
How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
I mostly use it to stream stuff from my PC. It's just too weak now to play newer games by itself. The cheapest version is still great for what it is, especially on sale.
 
How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
I love if for jrpgs, smaller AA games, indies and emulation.
Wouldn't play "big" games on it even if it had the juice to do it.
Stuff like Alan Wake, Silent Hill and Avowed on a small screen? No thanks. The lack of immersion would not be cool.
 
How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
I play games exclusively on the Steam Deck and I love this device. But right now, I'd rather wait for the successor. I have been able to play AAA games released up until the early 2024, but unfortunately, it is too weak for the more recent games. Luckily I still have a solid backlog to keep this device running for another 1-2 years easily.
 
None.

The Steam Deck is a weird device for me. It's great, but I have an entire living room setup with consoles and HTPC, so there's zero chance I will on the Steam Deck vs using my big screen OLED.
 
It's my early access games indie machine.
So i play a bit fuck around etc.

But i usually buy it again on switch when its finished .

never completed a game on the steam deck… it's just too bulky imo
I wonder how you'll feel about the switch 2, which is almost the exact same size.

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On topic..

Have finished quite a few games on steam deck. Mostly older games admittedly.

Off the top of my head…

Grandia, FF12, SMRPG, FF7 and FF7R, Monster Hunter Rise and World. Tales of Destiny, Wall World…

Currently playing through FF12 again with an overhaul mod called The Planetary Age. It revamps a ton of stuff, changing around a bunch of items and gambits, removing a bunch of under utilized stuff and adding new spells, abilities, and classes like a functioning blue mage.

I do strongly prefer windows on deck, because I do a lot of modding and such typically and it's a huge pain in the ass with Linux.

Eager to see both what Rog Ally 2 brings to the table and whatever Microsoft is planning for handhelds. Even if they don't release in house developed hardware with a custom chipset, any improvements they can bring to handheld operation of windows is a huge win in my book for the future of the space.

If Valve can bring an amd 8060S equivalent iGPU to the table with fsr4 in their next steam deck, there is a very good possibility it will be my primary gaming device.
 
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I wonder how you'll feel about the switch 2, which is almost the exact same size.

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On topic..

Have finished quite a few games on steam deck. Mostly older games admittedly.

Off the top of my head…

Grandia, FF12, SMRPG, FF7 and FF7R, Monster Hunter Rise and World. Tales of Destiny, Wall World…

Currently playing through FF12 again with an overhaul mod called The Planetary Age. It revamps a ton of stuff, changing around a bunch of items and gambits, removing a bunch of under utilized stuff and adding new spells, abilities, and classes like a functioning blue mage.

I do strongly prefer windows on deck, because I do a lot of modding and such typically and it's a huge pain in the ass with Linux.

Eager to see both what Rog Ally 2 brings to the table and whatever Microsoft is planning for handhelds. Even if they don't release in house developed hardware with a custom chipset, any improvements they can bring to handheld operation of windows is a huge win in my book for the future of the space.

If Valve can bring an amd 8060S equivalent iGPU to the table with fsr4 in their next steam deck, there is a very good possibility it will be my primary gaming device.
The switch 2 is super thin compared to the steam deck. So not really a thing i would compare it to
 
Black Mirror II & III


An extremely underrated series of point & click thriller/mild-horror games (except the 2017 reboot which is meh).

It's also 16/10 ratio so visually perfect on deck.

I don't know if the first one will launch as it is quite older & has some compatibility issues on windows but who knows.
Anyway, If you didn't play the series at all play II then III and only then I. This is the best order to follow.
 
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Too many for me to remember, but of the top of my head:

Yakuza 5, 6 and 7
GTAIV + The Lost Episode
GTAIII not so definitive edition
Dying Light
Tunic
Celeste
Eastward
Streets of Rage 4
UnMetal
Warhammer Spacemarine

I love my Steam Deck, and I have a long list of games I'm playing on it which will last me until Steam Deck 3.
 
The Steamdeck is a wonderful device that reinvented the handheld space with Innovation and inutility
To be a steamdeck exclusive the game must be able to run to 40fps or higher and be able to present all the graphical features of the game.
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Pumpkin Jack, a PS2 era style action platformer (developed basically by a single guy, which you can tell but it's still a decent game).

Maximo through PS2 emulation (never finished it back in the day)

Axiom Verge, always heard good things about it, and it's indeed very good. perfect for the Steam Deck as well.

XIII, (original not the shitty remake) never played through the PC version, only played it on GameCube back in the day. another perfect Steam Deck game to me. even tho it has no controller support, with a proper controller mapping and mouse emulation on the stick it plays way better than the console versions (which goes to show how bad many devs were, and still are, at properly configuring FPS aiming on a controller)

others I haven't exclusively played on the Deck, and only partially played on it, while also partially playing on PC.

currently I'm playing Deus Ex 1 on it, I should be close to the end, so that will go on the list of games I played through entirely on the Deck.
(another game that plays better with keyboard and mouse mapped to controller inputs than the official PS2 port did)
 
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I just finished "Thank Goodness You're Here" in a few sessions. Could have done it in one, it's not a long game. And I know this is not probably what the OP was after. Just wanted to plug the game, because it was fucking fantastic. Or "bloody brilliant", as the case may be in this context.

Now playing through the remastered (if you can call it that, pretty much the lowest effort ever) Mass Effect trilogy. Just finished 1 yesterday and started 2.
 
I usually use the Steam Deck to continue alongside my PC.
Played a bunch of Daedalic point and click games. Might have finished a couple from Deponia.
 
Halo MCC was a blast. I'd never imagined that I can play the entire Halo Saga on a Handheld . Even Multiplayer was fun on it.

Resident Evil Village was great as well. Liked the fact I can play it in bed.

Final Fantasy PR, thought the SD is a little bit too chunky for such an old game. So I switched to the other end of the size spectrum, played the advance versions on my RG35XX-H.

All in all it's doable to play games on the SD, but it is, for my taste, a little bit too big if I don't necessarily need the power. For streaming my PS5 I'd rather use something like an Ayn Odin 2 Portal, which is like 200g lighter.
 
Ys Lacrimosa of Dana
Re4 (the original)
Re2make
Vampire survivors
Brotato
Jak 1 and 2
Ratchet and clank UYA and Deadlocked
Elden Ring
Chained Echoes
Muv Luv, Muv Luv unlimited and Muv Luv alternative
Chaos Head
Steins Gate
SoTN
Dark Souls 3
 
I got my Steam Deck around one year ago, mostly use it to play indies and such but I did play Metaphor start to finish on it (80 hours) and it was amazing for it,
 
Blasphemous 1 & 2
Cocoon
Death's Door
DuckTales Remastered
Guacamelee 1 & 2
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

I use Moonlight on the Deck / Sunshine on PC to stream more demanding games.
 
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How are you guys enjoying your Steam Decks in 2025? Do you think it's worth getting or should people wait another year or so for the next hardware iteration?
Awesome emulation device and great for PS3/360 era games. Beyond that if you was newer games to look awesome its hit or miss at this point in time.
 
Played and beated:
DOOM (+ a bunch of wads)
Hexen
Blasphemous
Blade of Darkness
Doki Doki Literature Club
Environmental Station Alpha
Fallout 3
Hotline Miami
Ion Fury (love the gyro aim!)
Kero Blaster
Nuclear Throne
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
UFO 50
Ys: Oath in Felghana
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
Xanadu Next
Monster Hunter GU (emulated)

All of the above were super enjoyable, 0 issues just pure bliss.

Played but dropped:
Crystal Project, got bored.
Persona 4 Golden, got bored.
ZeroRanger, too hard for me, shoot'em'ups aren't my thing lol.
Morrowind, was enjoying it but one day it just started to run like shit.
Arx Fatalis, plays nice but I'd rather play it on the desk with a mouse.
Gothic, didn't manage to have a font size that I like. Game played great tho, even better than with KB+M.

Love the Deck, next up I'll probably try Labyrinth of Refrain.
 
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Completed on it:
Onimusha
MGS Sons of Liberty
Diablo 2 Resurrected Run

Played a lot on it though but I find it's best use is older games you can run max at 60fps.

Yakuza 0 is great on this and was potentially my next game BUT then the directors cut got announced.
 
I have seen credits roll on several games

Most notable Cyberpunk 2077
Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition

But speaking solely start to finish
Killer Frequency is I think all

That game is ABSOLOUTLEY brilliant btw. Highly suggest that one.
 

10/10 steam deck experience


And the rest of the whole Ys saga also plays great on Steam Deck.
I can also add the The Legend of Heroes (Trails in the Sky trilogy + Tales from Zero) which also work just great. Can't speak about the rest of the Legend of Heroes saga because I haven't played them yet.
 
Completed from start to finish without any flaws :

F.E.A.R.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC

Spec Ops: The Line

Portal

NORCO

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Fallout: New Vegas

Singularity

Exo One

Max Payne

Half-Life: Echoes
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I can't recommend this mod enough - it's amazing and perfectly captures the feeling of the original Half-Life. It could easily be an official expansion for the classic HL. However, you have to install it manually on the Steam Deck, as there's no Steam version available.
 
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I recently went through most of Amantia Design's catalog on Deck: Samorost, Samorost 2, Samorost 3, Happy Game, Creaks, Chuchel, and Pilgrims. I also played through Stranglehold for the first time.
 
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII
Space Marine
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

I mostly use it for emulation now especially PS2

Shadow of the Colossus is a game i played recently that ran and looked great
 
I'm pretty convinced Silent Hill 2 would've been my first, but I loaned my Deck to my 12 year old to play Ultra Kill and I haven't seen it since. 😅
 
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Completed from start to finish without any flaws :

F.E.A.R.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC

Spec Ops: The Line

Portal

NORCO

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Fallout: New Vegas

Exo One

Max Payne

Half-Life: Echoes
9JTVAcu.png

I can't recommend this mod enough - it's amazing and perfectly captures the feeling of the original Half-Life. It could easily be an official expansion for the classic HL. However, you have to install it manually on the Steam Deck, as there's no Steam version available.
How is Fear and Max Payne? I seem to recall trying and it was futile. Those games need updated. Maybe I am misremembering
 
Every game on the Deck can have gyro-aim.
Please don't tell me that you haven't set your first-person-shooters to gyro aim in the Deck settings yet :eek: Dude you are missing out!
Yeah I know how Steam Input works, and I don't know why you think I don't. :goog_relieved:
 
Black Mirror II & III


An extremely underrated series of point & click thriller/mild-horror games (except the 2017 reboot which is meh).

It's also 16/10 ratio so visually perfect on deck.

I don't know if the first one will launch as it is quite older & has some compatibility issues on windows but who knows.
Anyway, If you didn't play the series at all play II then III and only then I. This is the best order to follow.
oh shit!
How are these really?
I loved BM1 (the original one). I know the sequels are not made by czech team.
 
I got rid of my gaming PC, so anything Steam games I played are exclusively on Deck, but sometimes docked. It's not many, as if something is available on console, I'll play it there.
 
Good idea….. I'll start. Mine has better audio. And is a better designed unit.and I'll have to double check but I bet I have battery life

Let's rumble! Hey mods… stay out of this! It's just lads being lads! 😂


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Gabe himself blessed mine, and it has native Steam OS given by Lord Gaben himself.

Also, paid $220 for it and controller,case,dock, 256gb card last year on facebook markteplace
 
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My top Steam Deck games, the kind that feel at home on the device:

Slay the Spire - I have played it on a lot of devices, but it is easily most at home on Steam Deck. Can't wait for the sequel. Also awesome deckbuilders: Monster Train, Roguebook, ChronoArk, Across the Obelisk, Balatro.

Elden Ring
- You can get mostly 40 fps locked with a mid/high setting if you get the settings right. I generally don't play AAA on SD but Valve did some magic where you get the most consistent PC performance on SD somehow, HDR in OLED looks great too. I can't get completely stable 60 maxed out on a 5090 lol. Also great and even more amazingly mostly 60 fps locked:
Lies of P. Sekiro is also locked 60.

Octopath Traveller 2 - The SD is perfect for 2.5D JRPGs, there is no better way to play them for me. Awesome game. Other ones I really enjoyed were Star Ocean 2 remake and Triangle Strategy (tactical though)

Steins Gate: VNs feel absolutely made to be enjoyed on the Steam Deck. I never "played" this genre before getting the deck but became a fan. Others I enjoyed: The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, 1000XRESIST (amazing!), Cyberpunk Bartender Action va-ll hall-a.

A couple of more perfect SD games: Journey, Art of Rally, Ryse Son of Rome, Songs of Conquest, Signals, CrossCode..


Man, there are so many awesome games made to be enjoyed like this..
 
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