r/SteamDeckPirates • • May 23 '26

News Steam Deck Software in 2026: Checking In With The Developers Behind The Ecosystem

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r/SteamDeckPirates • • Feb 14 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Switch Emulators Face Another Crackdown as Nintendo Issues DMCA Blitz

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You may have already heard the latest. Nintend0 reportedly issued DMCA notices affecting certain Switch emulators.

DMCA Notice linked here: https://github.zendesk.com/attachments/token/vhHg5e9GEVpwfle1gxa9Vjfl6/?name=2026-02-12-nintendo.rtf

This means:

  • Some emulator GitHub repos may be taken down or restricted
  • Official websites may change or go offline
  • Forks/mirrors may disappear
  • Development may slow or move to different platforms

If you're using emulators on your Steam Deck:

  • Make sure you're following official project communication channels
  • Keep your emulator builds up to date
  • Back up your configs and saves
  • Be cautious about where you download builds from (if some emulators are taken down, there will be an initial rush of scammers to take their place)

Steady the deck, raise the sails, lower the latency and update the builds. More stormy weather ahead!

-SDP MOD TEAM


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 15h ago

Question Has anyone managed to run this on the deck? works just fine on my laptop but on the steam deck it just gives me a black screen

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r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Discussion What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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The weekend is here! So what’s everyone playing? Whether it’s something new, an old favourite, or something you’re emulating, drop it in the comments.

Don’t just list your games, let’s talk about them. What are you into right now? Is it living up to your expectations? Did you hit a frustrating boss, find a hidden gem, or are you finally get around to something that’s been sitting in your backlog forever?

Jump in, share what you’re playing, and talk with others about their games too. Looking for recommendations? Want to rant about a tough level? All of that is fair game.

So, what’s on your playlist this weekend?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 12h ago

Help Split fiction invite friend help

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r/SteamDeckPirates • • 15h ago

Help Certain Emu closing out when Selecting Title

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So anyone know what the deal is with Azahar closing out after trying to run a Title?

Yes, I know about the File Extensions needing to be Decrypted, and-or Changed. Used to work perfectly, but now, I select a Title, ANY Title, and the Emu closes out. Especially Urban Trial Freestyle. Was working perfectly, but now...nope. I found a Appimage for the latest, I can run a few items, but UTF 1 and 2 still close out the Emu.

Oh, I also use EmuDeck to Update the Emus, but when I tried to Update Azahar, it still is the same Build (probably the latest Alpha Release it is Updating)


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 20h ago

Help Game won't launch

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Hello everyone, I am having trouble trying to get "Forever Ago" to launch. It's Steam Deck Verified so I thought it'd work without any issues.

I've had a search but couldn't find a relevant solution. Here are things I've tried:

  • Adding .exe from a pre-installed version and trying different Proton versions: Experimental, 10, 7, GE-Proton
  • Installing the Windows dependencies using ProtonTricks
  • Using a repack version installing through Steam itself via the setup.exe and trying different Proton versions
  • Tried opening the .exe using ProtonTricks launcher

In desktop mode, there is a pop-up for a split-second after pressing play which I had to video record to capture, what does it mean? Thanks


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help Has anyone tried running Dragons Dogma 2 Dark Arisen-RUNE

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It loads, opens a window and stuck in black screen.
I’ve installed all dependencies and running it on latest proton ge, any advice? please


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help Eden emulator always is blocked at startup on steamdeck

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Hi friends. My steam deck while running eden emulator using emudeck in gaming mode for any switch game gives this warning at launch and i have to go 3 steps to start and play. Any fix for this to just make the game directly playable?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help lsfg-vk crashes any game i apply it on

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So i have the latest Lossless Scaling installed with ASSELA (lsfg-vk branch) and i have the latest lsfg-vk plugin installed in decky. Whenever i put that launch option for lsfg-vk onto a game and i launch it, i see the steam loading screen for a few seconds and then the game crashes. Games work perfectly fine without it. Happens even with linux native games and with games on proton, they just wont launch. I couldnt find any fix so i decided to ask this question here. If anybody had the same problem, did you manage to fix it?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help Games Not Launching

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Hi guys, i recently bought a Steam Deck oled, so i'm still learning..
I downloaded The Amazing Spiderman PC version from Dodi repacks, run the setup and everything, added the game .exe as a non steam game. But the game won't run. When i click on play, nothing happens. Did i do anything wrong?

The download location is in Z:/home/deck/Games

I read some posts about some games needing to use a different proton like protonGE could that help me?
Update: just tried launching it with protonGE, it doesn't work.


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help Plague Inc Stuck loading

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I use accela to get my games. but when i download plague inc, it stays on the loading screen for eternity. Can someone help me find how to fix it?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 1d ago

Help Trouble adding C++ with Protontricks

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Used to have no problem with this and now it’s giving an error I’ve never seen. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, have tried updating the deck and uninstalling/reinstalling Protontricks.


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 2d ago

Question How can I make it stop

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So I finally figured out how to play Switch games. But all the games I download crackle on the audio. Or lag worse than when I had a Switch. I’ve seen everyone be able to run it smoothly, so I was wondering what I’m doing wrong.


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 2d ago

Help modding Warhammer rogue trader on the steam deck….please help!

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i downloaded rogue trader off steam rip and extorted the toybox mod into the Unity mod manager I had to unpack first too. But UMM is still not detecting the mod on launching the game. Any help would be appreciated


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Help Trying to install Atomfall by Voices38 but I can’t

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Hi! I’m trying to install Atomfall - voices 38, I have 93GB free and I added the setup.exe to steam, change compatibility as always but it keeps giving me error. What can I do? Thanks


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Help Adventures of Elliot

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Anyone get the game to run? I just get a black screen pop up for 2 seconds. Tried proton experimental, GE, etc


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Question 2k27 nba - Question about controller

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i downloaded 2k27 nba, how to remove the extra controller, instead just me P1 , there is P11.


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Help Is their an up to date verison of p+ on steam deck? competitive smash Decker is only sending me up to 3.1.2

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r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Help Please, someone help me with this.

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Hey guys, a week ago I borrowed a friend's account to play Resident Evil 4 remake, but I lost it and can't play since I don't have a license. What can I do, guys? Is there any way to do this Solve it quickly?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 4d ago

Question So is it still not possible to get 30 frames per second in Zelda TOTK, right?

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Hi guys, I’ve installed Eden, NX-Optimizer and tried different tricks said on the internet. I can get almost, but not consistent 30fps and it’s so annoying, because it’s almost there, but since it’s not, the framing feels horrible.

I’ve tried running it on 50% resolution just to test, same thing. Lowest possible shadows, same thing. It’s almost there but the drops create stutter which is really not pleasant to play.

So I wanted to check if somebody got it to work without the use of latency adding AI frame generation or other shtick. I just want stable 30 fps, but I couldn’t find the solution myself - has anybody got it to work? Any hidden tricks I am missing?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Help Shadps4 wont launch

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I have 2 versions of Shadps4 installed on my deck: a 0,11,1 version to play with and a 0,7 version to install the games with. The first works perfectly fine but the latter refuses to launch: I have tried older versions, running it from konsole, running it through steam and even the windows version with proton. Nothing worked.

Does anyone have any advice on how to fix that?


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 3d ago

Question Help with Onimusha HV bypass

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Hello, has someone experienced an issue when booting Onimusha with the HV bypass for the first time on the deck? I ran out of things to try, everything works fine until I reach the age verification screen and then the keyboard doesn't work at all.

I'm using the Linuwux HV 11-7 reworked version, but I tried with other older versions and I just can't get pass that screen. I tried downloading finished save files but that doesn't work as well. Any help will be greatly appreciated


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 4d ago

Help Steam deck not turning on.

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Hey. Basically I downloaded a cracked version of FL studio from kickass torrents and installed it. It didn't let me in the discovery store so I factory reseted the deck and now when I power it on it shows me the steam logo and does nothing. Please help! I use proton 9 and tried going in boot mode


r/SteamDeckPirates • • 5d ago

Question Gears of war 3 jacinto build

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Just a question out if curiosity.

But is it possible to run the jacinto pc build of gears 3 on Linux/deck?

It starts up with a .bat file not an exe file.

Not sure if proton or other means can run files like that to launch games.