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!
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
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.
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.
The Dishonoured looks great, and I’ve had Prey on my wish list for a while, thanks
My pleasure. Enjoy the escapism and get well soon 💜☺️
+1 for Dishonoured if you haven’t gotten it yet. Especially the first one, one of my all time favourites. Highly recommended
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.
Absolutely try Prey from 2017, it is an immersive sim that is now looked at as a modern cult-classic. You wont be disappointed.
Just wait for a sale if $30 is too high, it goes on sale regularly.
That’s been on my wish list for a bit, good to know that it gets on sale occasionally
There’s still bundle on Fanatical, where you can get Prey and couple more games for like $5.
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-explosive-bundle
If you want a big open world game, I can recommend Mad Max, you can find it in fanatical (a legal and trusted store) for $2.49. I had a lot of fun with it and it will give you tons of hours of fun.
https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/mad-max
I actually recommend you that site for steam keys since they often do bundles very cheap to help your library grow without spending a fortune.
I’m still fresh to the deck, so I’ve not tried all this steam-key-store business out, but from my quick peruse, that site looks good to know, and mad Max looks right up my street, or outback track as the case may be
You can check out IsThereAnyDeal to compare deals on games
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.
One of the first games I played on deck and I look back on it very fondly, a perfect deck game.
A Short Hike is a fantastic game.
It sure is and welcome to Lemmy :)
Dave the Diver was fantastic and is perfect for the Deck.
Some other games I liked playing this year on the Deck:
Chained Echoes
Vampire Survivors
Eastward
Divinity Original Sin 2
Slay the spire
Balatro
Chrono Trigger
Stardew Valley
Inscryption (mouse and keyboard required)
Edit: I got them all below or around $10, but some of them are curently above.
“Mark of the ninja” low sysreq sidescrolling stealth game, multiple routes/playstyles. lots of fun, should be cheap too
I love these pixel-art sidescrollers, so I’ll definitely give this a go. One of the first deck games I bought was Expendabros, and I enjoyed it for what it was, and the nostalgia. It actually made me want to play Flashback again, and it just so happens that Flashback is less than a quid this few days, so that’s going to be me for the next few days!
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 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/
That does look mint, thanks!
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
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
Have you played the BioShock series?
I have, they were pretty good. The fist one properly shat me up the first time I played it!
If you like the settlement building in Fallout 4, Humble Bundle’s got House Flipper 1+DLC on sale for five bucks.
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
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.
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.
I was very impressed with KCD on my friend’s steam deck. Very smooth for a mobile system
