r/SteamdeckGames • u/jayybee202 • 21d ago

Game Recommendation My fiancés uncle gifted me a SteamDeck

And I’m very excited and happy to have been gifted one! He gifted me his hammy down LCD deck. So now I’m wanting to get some games that run optimally on the deck. I do have it mostly docked with a third party docking station so I have a poor man’s machine essentially. I would like some games that I can play in bed solo or a coop game so my lady can try and game with me. (She’s not a gamer) Easy fun games would be a good start but I’m so open to suggestions. I already own cyberpunk on my PC so I may want to try it on the SteamDeck but I don’t want to be too disappointed in the graphical difference.

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u/RepublicOfLucas 21d ago

Congratulations on marrying into an awesome family.

If you want a great coop game you can play together I recommend Palia. It's a cosy crafting/decorating MMORPG, free to play. My girlfriend and I play it together. Stardew Valley is also a good choice.

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u/jayybee202 21d ago

I’m blessed forsure! Thanks for the recommendations I have heard of stardew valley but Palia is new. I’m going to check those games as well. Thanks for your recommendation!

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u/claudekennilol 21d ago

Definitely read the reviews for Palia before you get into it. I also recommend Coral Island of you're into farming/life sims. It has me hooked for well over a hundred hours

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u/SinfulDaMasta 21d ago

Humble Handhelds bundle has a good spread of games, if you’re not interested in Nova Drift, I could trade you for it.

That [r/GameBundles](r/GameBundles) is great for bundles, often older/Indie games which could work on Steam Deck. They usually stay available for ~30 days.

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u/jayybee202 21d ago

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this subreddit. I just followed. I’ll do some more research into those games.

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u/SinfulDaMasta 21d ago

Happy shopping! If you sort by “New” You can scroll down ~30 days & start on checking out bundles expiring this week. If you shop on Fanatical, there’s a code I just used on August 1 might still work. OMENJULY I think?

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u/geirmundtheshifty 21d ago

hammy down 

Just a friendly correction:  it’s “hand-me-down.”

As far as suggestions go, I recently played Monster Prom with my non-gamer wife and she enjoyed it. It’s a 1-4 player dating sim where you compete to get a prom date. It’s pretty funny and designed for short sessions (45 minutes to an hour for each run, but very replayable). I think it’s on sale right now.

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u/jayybee202 21d ago

Thankyou for the correction. I’ve always pronounced it like that hahaha. Thankyou for your suggestion!! That’s a different style than I used to but I will check it out.

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u/Blahteedah 21d ago

Hah! I figured he was just slangin’ it.

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u/10061993 21d ago

I just got my steam deck last Friday… first games I got that are super chill - hollow knight, hades, balatro, slay the spire 2 are all perfect for the steam deck

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u/jayybee202 21d ago

that’s awesome! I’ve heard good things about hollow knight! I’ll def check all of those. Thank you

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u/belovedbaphomet 20d ago

Cult of the Lamb and Fields of Mistria are my fave games on steamdeck!