Hello peeps. Life’s thrown me some curve-balls recently, and I’d like a bit of an escape. Can anyone recommend a decent game in the vein of Skyrim, Fallout or Deus Ex/System Shock for the steam deck, that isn’t 25 or 30 quid please? Something on offer for less than a tenner would be ideal. I’m sure there are some great older RPGs out there that I’ve missed, the Deck is the first time I’ve got back into gaming for quite a few years, and while I’m sure I could quite happily just play Brotato for the next few years, I reckon there’s something a bit more immersive out there for me to find!
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Monster hunter world and monster hunter rise run great on the deck
Cyberpunk also runs well enough on the deck
For the price sensitive gamer: https://isthereanydeal.com
Thanks, that deal website is a proper touch, I’m going to keep an eye on that
I had the most fun with Vampire Survivors - addictive, relatively short bursts, but suitable for longer sessions. Dirt cheap.
I also liked MultiVersus… before it became a micro-transaction filled abomination. The core gameplay loop is still great tho.
General recommendation: Pick single player games from 3-4 years ago and back. The ones you were really interested in when they came out, but did not yet get around to playing them. Due to their age, they are almost guaranteed to run well on Deck, and they provide hours upon hours of fun. That’s my strategy at least :)
I would recommend against Multiversus only because it’s getting shut down in a couple months. Might be fun until then, though
Based on the games you listed, Morrowind! One of my absolute favorite old RPGs. Out of the elder scrolls games it’s the one with the strongest world building, which paints a nuanced picture of a very strange and compelling world. Compared to Skyrim in particular it’s more like a pen-and-paper rpg and less like an action game which gives it a higher barrier to entry. In particular, a lot of people find the combat frustrating at the start.
The modding community for the game is very active to this day. To begin with, there’s OpenMW which is a re-implementation of the engine that runs natively on Linux and contains various bug fixes and quality of life features. There’s also a fork of it, tes3mp, which allows you to play Morrowind in multiplayer!
There’s also Tamriel Rebuilt which is a modding project that adds the mainland of Morrowind (the base game just takes place on an island called Vvardenfell) and adds maybe another game worth of content. Theres also Project Tamriel which has one project that recreates Skyrim based on Morrowind-era lore and one that recreates Cyrodiil based on Morrowind-era lore.
That’s loads to get into, thanks
both very elegant and gameplay-first, but also oldschool-cool:
chained echoes
it’s absolutely lovely on the steam deck because the readability and contrasts are good even in sunlit environment, and the battery life will be good
Have you tried Deus Ex Randomizer? We have an unusually high number of Steam Deck players
I would strongly recommend Disco Elysium, which is a very unique RPG with excellent writing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/
Ok, this was on sale this weekend, and bugger me if this isn’t one of the weirdest, most amazing games I’ve played. I don’t always have the attention span to play a game through once of its not really gripping, but within a short while of starting this I knew I’m going to have to play it at least once more, it’s fantastic
That does look mint, thanks!
Balatro
Cocoon
Nice, same guy who did Inside, which is proving both entertaining and disturbing
NieR:Automata and NieR:Replicant run great in the deck
That looks pretty sick, I’ll check them on the watchlist
Caves of Qud is really good, but I don’t know if it is fully compatible with the Steam Deck. Very good RPG though.
It works amazingly. Might be handy to have a cheat sheet of the button combos though
Says it’s verified. Very different to everything else, but it looks really intriguing, thanks
I’ve really been enjoying Kingdom Come: Deliverance and swapping between my PC and SteamDeck. It runs pretty well on the Deck. Reminds me of how I felt playing Skyrim. Excited to get to the sequel.
I was very impressed with KCD on my friend’s steam deck. Very smooth for a mobile system
My mate’s been playing this on his switch, and it was a bit janky. Good to know it runs well on the deck
It’s still kinda janky IMO, and there are some parts where the performance can tank. But I’m not really treating as a fast-paced action game so it doesn’t really affect my enjoyment.
The Dishonored series is amazing and is usually pretty cheap when on sale. A couple bucks at most, maybe.
Another immersive sim to recommend would be Prey. The DLC is really good too
The Dishonoured looks great, and I’ve had Prey on my wish list for a while, thanks
+1 for Dishonoured if you haven’t gotten it yet. Especially the first one, one of my all time favourites. Highly recommended
My pleasure. Enjoy the escapism and get well soon 💜☺️
Dishonoured 2 plays like garbage on the deck. I found it too graphics intensive and had to crank everything WAY down.
Dishonoured 1 plays like a dream though.
That’s surprising. Would have thought the game to be “old enough” to perform well on the Deck.
Same. The last time I tried it was over a year ago so perhaps a proton update fixed it or improved it. It’s worth testing again.
I would like to second Prey. It is very cheap during a sale.
It’s currently on sale on epic store if you don’t mind that/already have heroic launcher or similar on the steam deck.
Yakuza zero has been great on the steam deck for me. I think it kinda straddles the line between immersive sim while mostly being a brawler.
This fits your price requirement and is a nice chill game to just lose yourself in and perfect for the deck IMO.
A Short Hike. Currently €6.59 in Europe.
Hope things improve for you soon.
Thank you, it’s pretty tough all round for folks I think at the moment, at least I have the time to use the deck as a bit of escapism.
A Short Hike is a fantastic game.
It sure is and welcome to Lemmy :)
One of the first games I played on deck and I look back on it very fondly, a perfect deck game.
