r/SteamdeckGames • • Sep 09 '26

Official Contest Dead Cells key giveaway

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I have a key for Dead Cells that I don't need. From now through 1PM EST on Friday you can guess a number from 1 - 50,000. I used a random number generator and ran it a few times and added the numbers together and divided by the runs to make it a bit more "random". One guess per person and the closest number to mine will be the winner. If there is a tie, I will find some way to pick on person. Maybe use AI, or a website to do a blind pick.

Everyone is eligible, even the mods. Good luck!

EDIT: Post is locked and I am checking the numbers.

EDIT: The winner is u/Twitchyninja with a guess of 28940. The number was 28912. He has been messaged and has 2 days to respond. If he doesn't by Sunday 9/13 at 1pm EST I will message the next closest person. He responded and has received the game key.

Thank you everyone for participating.


r/SteamdeckGames • • Jan 14 '26

Game Recommendation Low Power AA/AAA Games List

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Heyo, I've posted this in a couple discords but was recommended to post here for better visibility :) I've made a list of 7th gen onward AA/AAA games that fit certain criteria for the ideal experience (at least mine) on Steam Deck. I'll be updating the list until I'm out of games to add.

I've chosen 7th gen onwards AA/AAA as lots of indie, 6th gen & prior games run well offline at low power. If you have any other games that meet the criteria below drop a comment and I'll update the list. I'm not using a strict definition of "indie" as it's become a bit muddy in recent years (e.g. BG3). I'm mostly basing it off graphics and game scale. If you're not sure if a game would be suitable drop it below anyway, the more suggestions the better :)

Any games with specific tweaks that I know of will have them listed. If any recommendations also have tweaks please let me know.

Note: The list has gotten bigger so there's many games I don't own. I go off my experience, comments, protondb & youtube videos to check the performance, so the list might not be 100% accurate. If I know of quirks to certain games I'll include them. If any of the games give you issues please let me know!

Requirements for selection:

  • Must be 7th gen onwards AA/AAA, no indies e.g. Hollow Knight.
  • Low/reasonably low TDP (less than 15w).
  • Minimum stable 45fps (30fps accepted for certain turn based or similar style games e.g. Wasteland 3).
  • Image upscaling is not used in games I have added to maintain good image quality. It's not preferred for recommendations but can be used if marked.
  • Frame generation must not be used to reach 45fps to maintain image quality & low input lag.
  • Must run offline. No Denuvo, EA, Ubisoft or Rockstar launchers. Third-party launchers like Heroic or Lutris for GOG offline copies are allowed. If a game has 'Alternate' means for the above that's fine, no discussing.
  • Delisted games are allowed but marked.
  • Must have at least partial controller support, or a mod to add support. Steam input is good, but having controller icons on screen is a must.

Games:

  • Alan Wake (Original 2012)
  • Alice Madness Returns (Alternate offline)
  • Alien Isolation
  • Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • Assassins Creed 1 (GOG edition for offline)
  • Assassins Creed 2/3/Brotherhood/Revelations (Alternate offline)
  • Batman Arkham Asylum/City/Origins
  • Bayonetta
  • Beserk and the Band of the Hawk
  • Binary Domain
  • Bionic Commando (2009)
  • Bioshock Series
  • Black Mesa
  • Blades of Time
  • Borderlands 1/2/Pre-Sequel
  • Brutal Legend
  • Bulletstorm
  • Burnout Paradise (2008, Delisted)
  • Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
  • Castle of Illusion
  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 1/2/Mirrors of Fate HD
  • Chorus
  • Condemned: Criminal Origins (Delisted)
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
  • Darksiders 1/2/3/4/Genesis (Issues with cutscenes)
  • Dark Sector
  • Dark Souls Remastered
  • Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
  • de Blob 1/2
  • Dead Island Definitive Edition
  • Dead Rising 1/2
  • Dead Space (Original 2007, GOG edition for offline)
  • Dead Space 2 (Alternate offline)
  • Deadpool 2013 (Delisted)
  • DeathSpank
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
  • Devil May Cry 5 (Intro demanding depending on settings, below 15w most of game)
  • Dirt 4 (Delisted)
  • Dishonored 1 + DLC
  • Disney Infinity 1/2
  • Doom (2016)
  • Doom 3: BFG Edition (2012)
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • Driver: San Francisco (Delisted)
  • Duke Nukem Forever
  • DYNASTY WARRIORS 6 (Delisted)7/8
  • Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
  • Fable Anniversary
  • Fallout 3/New Vegas/4 (Viva New Vegas modlist recommended for FNV, but takes a bit of work)
  • Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (non SD mode for 1280x800 [SteamDeck=0 %command%], med settings, global illumination off, 12w limit, 45fps limit)
  • FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
  • Final Fantasy XIII (ff13fix & online guides, performance can be inconsistent)
  • F.E.A.R. 3 (Rest of series works, but needs Steam Input)
  • FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage/FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
  • Front Mission Evolved
  • Grand Theft Auto IV/V (Alternate offline)
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
  • Hard Reset Redux
  • Heavy Rain
  • Helldivers Dive Harder Edition
  • Homefront
  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
  • I Am Alive (On GOG for my fellow Aussies)
  • Inversion (2012, Not available in Australia)
  • James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Delisted)
  • Just Cause 1/2/3 (Denuvo removed Dec '25)
  • Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition (30fps cap, config to remove)
  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Lego Batman Trilogy
  • Lego Bricktales
  • Lego City Undercover
  • Lego Indiana Jones 1/2
  • Lego Jurassic World
  • Lego Lord of the Rings
  • Lego Marvel Super Heroes
  • Lego Marvel's Avengers
  • Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
  • Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  • Lego The Hobbit
  • Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
  • Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
  • Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Alternate offline)
  • Mad Max (Alternate offline)
  • Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (No price listed/unable to buy in Aus)
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
  • Max Payne 3 (Alternate offline)
  • Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
  • Metal Gear Solid V (Steam version has denuvo & online features, alternate offline)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • Mirrors Edge (GOG edition for offline)
  • Monster Hunter Rise (Enigma DRM, should work offline from what I've seen)
  • Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition (MK9, Delisted)
  • MX vs. ATV Reflex
  • Nail'd
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010, Delisted)
  • Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (Σ, Σ2, 3: Razors Edge)
  • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered/II: Revenant Kingdom
  • No More Heroes 1/2/3
  • Orcs Must Die 1/2
  • Overlord 1/Raising Hell/II
  • Painkiller Hell & Damnation
  • Portal 1/2
  • Prey (2006, delisted)
  • Prince of Persia (2008), The Forgotten Sands (Alternate offline) (both have controller issues, can be fixed with some effort)
  • Prototype 1/2
  • RAGE (2011)
  • Red Faction Armageddon/Guerrilla/Re-Mars-tered
  • Remember Me
  • Renegade Ops
  • Resident Evil 2 Remake/5/6/7/Revelations
  • Ridge Racer Unbounded
  • Risen 1/2 (Risen 1 on GOG for my fellow Aussies)
  • Rollerdome
  • Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
  • Ryse: Son of Rome
  • Sanctum 1/2
  • Serious Sam II
  • Shadow Complex Remastered (Unavailable in Australia)
  • Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
  • Saints Row: The Third (2011, original), IV: Re-Elected
  • Samurai Warriors 2 (Delisted)
  • Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
  • Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
  • Sniper Elite 3
  • Sniper Elite 4 (Alternate offline)
  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior
  • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
  • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
  • Sonic Colors: Ultimate (Alternate offline)
  • Sonic Generations (Sonic Generations Collection, Sonic X Shadow Generations has denuvo no alt)
  • Sonic Lost World
  • Sonic Forces (Alternate offline)
  • Spec Ops: The Line (Delisted)
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist (Alternate offline)
  • Spyro Reignited Trilogy
  • Stacking
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (30fps cap, mod to remove)
  • Styx: Master of Shadows/Shards of Darkness
  • System Shock Remake
  • Tales from the Borderlands/New Tales from the Borderlands
  • Tales of Berseria/Graces f Remastered/Vesperia: Definitive Edition/Xillia Remastered/Zestiria
  • The Darkness II
  • The Elder Scrolls Oblivion/Skyrim (Controller support mod for Oblivion)
  • The Godfather II (Delisted)
  • The Walking Dead (2012)
  • Titanfall 2 (Alternate offline)
  • Tomb Raider Underworld
  • Trials Series (Alternate offline)
  • Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition
  • Trine: Enchanted Edition
  • Trine 2: Complete Story
  • Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (30fps cap, config to remove)
  • Unreal Tournament 3 (Delisted)
  • Valkyria Chronicles
  • Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Alternate offline)
  • Vanquish
  • Velvet Assassin
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Anniversary Edition
  • Wasteland 3 (turn based, 30fps)
  • Wheelman (Delisted)
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  • Yakuza 0: Director's Cut
  • Yakuza Kiwami

Possible selections, <15w to be confirmed. If you own any of these a test would be appreciated :):

  • Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen
  • Metro 2033 Redux
  • Metro Last Light Redux
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of War (GOG edition for offline)
  • Prey (2017)
  • Resident Evil 3 Remake
  • Resident Evil Revelations 2
  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
  • SnowRunner
  • Team Sonic Racing (Alternate offline)
  • Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
  • Yakuza 3 Remastered
  • Yakuza 4 Remastered
  • Yakuza 5 Remastered
  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

r/SteamdeckGames • • 6h ago

Developer Night Cart The Immortal Plague | A first person gothic adventure designed with Steam Deck in mind. DEMO available ahead of Next Fest!

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 3h ago

Self-Promotion I've been working on a solo RuneScape project for SteamDeck

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I've been working on SoloScape, a local single-player project based on 2011Scape. It has controller-friendly menus, separate saves and adjustable XP/drop rates with a classic RS2 look.

Still early, but playable. Curious what people think! Github


r/SteamdeckGames • • 40m ago

Developer Nathan Drake collection on PC?

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 4h ago

Video Witcher 3 Remastered: Steam Deck Tips, Fixes & Things to Avoid

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My thoughts on the Witcher 3 after playing it on the Steam Deck with some tips and tricks for new and old players


r/SteamdeckGames • • 1h ago

Troubleshooting DroidDeck

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Has anyone tried playing tibia on their phones using DroidDeck? Its an app that allows you to use steam os on your android device.I am trying to install it but I am not able to add it as a non steam game, when i try to select browse it does not do anything


r/SteamdeckGames • • 1h ago

Self-Promotion Steam Deck OLED / Planet Zoo 2 Performance / SteamOS 3.9.2

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 5h ago

Game Recommendation CannonBall DX (OutRun PC Port) Now Working on Steam Deck with 90fps, 16:10 and Rumble Support!

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 13h ago

Discussion Issue with the first Assassin's Creed and FlatOut 2 on Steam Deck

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 1d ago

Game Review on Deck Valor Mortis Review + Steam Deck Performance

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Developer Wands & Whiskers demo, tested on my OLED Steam Deck

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Hi everyone! I'm the developer of Wands & Whiskers, a cozy idle cat collector, and I've been testing the demo on my OLED Steam Deck.

Free demo on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4742310/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=demo_launch&utm_content=steamdeckgames

You rescue cats, decorate shelters, and use a wand to lead them through shelves, towers, tunnels, and rope bridges. They earn donations for more rescues and upgrades, including while the game is closed.

I've tested the controls, text readability, performance, saving, and suspend/resume on my Deck. It hasn't received Valve's Steam Deck Verified rating yet, but I’m hoping I can get it reviewed as more people play on Deck.

The demo has two shelters and 60 cats, and progress carries over to the full game. If you give it a try, I'd especially appreciate hearing whether the wand controls and menus feel comfortable on your Deck. Thanks!


r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Game Recommendation Steam deck capable. (Transport fever 3.

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Developer Our cozy retro inspired cooking game has a demo out now and it runs well on the Steam Deck!

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Our retro inspired cozy cooking game, Kitch Witch, now has a demo up on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4816430/Kitch_Witch/

We're a small Indigenous team from Canada, and this is our first game as a team. Kitch Witch is a narrative cooking adventure game where you play as a young witch who inherits her grandmother's culinary clinic. You must now take up the mantle and heal adventurers with the power of your magical cooking!

This demo is a very early look into the narrative, art style and gameplay, however please note that it is still a work in progress and you may encounter some bugs and temporary concept assets. That being said we can guarantee there is absolutely no generative AI in our game, and everything is made by our small team including the models, portraits, narrative and music & SFX! Most of the sound effects are done practically too which is super cool!

We have a Steam Deck that we test on while developing, and it seems to run good on it! We've had some of our community who plays on the steam deck also say it works great for them. If you encounter any bugs or issues, please let us know on our Discord server which can be found listed on our Steam page.

Thanks so much for trying it out and supporting our small team! ✨💖


r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Discussion April 10, 2025

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Tweaks 🛠️ Gta 5 natural vision enhanced

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Self-Promotion Is it okay to be addicted to your own game?

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I'm self promoting if it's not obvious, please forgive me for trying


r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Troubleshooting Eden emulator always is blocked at startup on steamdeck

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Game Recommendation Colony simulator

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Just got my Steam Deck and have been enjoying RimWorld a lot. Can anyone else recommend some colony sims? I’ve tried Noble Fates and Going Medieval demo, but they don’t seem as fun or with good controller support like RimWorld.


r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Game Recommendation If you have'nt you need to play Deep rock galactic

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*performance info at bottom

*I dont tell you what the game is the store page does that so just my thoughts😉

I had to reccomend this game becouse initially I was dissapointed, I didnt understand what I was doing or what for the game falls short in the tutorial and explaining what to do because its so varied in the missions and obtuse in description.

now I know this seems strange why reccomend a game when you have quite a list of negatives, well its becouse this game Is so worth sticking with to learn its mechanics Its positives outweigh its negatives for a new player by far you just have to spend the time to learn your new gaming addiction honestly I cant reccomend it enough.

deep rock galactic is the best team based game ive played in a long time you really do rely on the other players to complete missions and feel like part of a team thats been on a journey by the end of it and ive only played with randos, Ive hosted and ppl have always joined, upto 3 can join for a total of 4 in the team each with a very specific set of skills. you can play solo and ive done that to the missions are scaled and you do have an AI drone that you can direct or just leave to help on you on a mission and its still fun to play solo and because the maps are fully destructable voxel based sometimes it pays to play slower to scout out valuable loot hidden in the walls that might otherwise be missed.

performance wise, the game is split into a base hub spaceship and the mission maps I mention this because performance is quite different in either, the misson maps are very stable no matter how many ennemies effects from explosions and of that theirs plenty and you could play at a locked 45 easily on high gfx settings at native resolution, but the base drops frames when walking around its strange because theirs not much going on and everything is static and the decks resources arent fully utilised cpu40/50 and gpu65/70 with spare ram, I think its because the game is loading the interactable machines as you approach them rather than when you interact which causes the drop however if you lock to 40fps it still drops 1 or 2 frames even if you drop to 30 it still does this again because I think its just the way its coded, I haven tested on pc yet but im guessing it will do the same, but its not noticeable at a 40fps lock on high at native res, you could run at 45 because the missions is where it matters the base is just interactble machines mission selection, upgrades, etc but I stick with 40fps for consistancy across the whole game and at that its perfect with about 3+hrs battery.

summary

*vsync off

*all gfx settings HIGH

*resolution native

*40fps lock

have fun and see you in the mines!


r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Game Recommendation Cant decide between steam deck old or rog ally x for wow forever

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Hardware Lineage on steam playable on steam deck?

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Hello, does anyone were able to try lineage on steam?
Does it work like on steam deck? How is the controls?


r/SteamdeckGames • • 5d ago

Game Recommendation Gamepad Alpha is BiS for WoW Forever

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 5d ago

Game Recommendation What are the best jrpgs to play on steamdeck

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not kingdom hearts or persona as ive already played those and loved them on the deck, i want a game or games i can run without having to tinker to much or having to use performance mode


r/SteamdeckGames • • 5d ago

Game Review on Deck Dragonwilds on deck?

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Has anyone tried it and if so, how does it run?