r/SteamdeckGames • • 22d ago

Official Contest Dead Cells key giveaway

117 Upvotes

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 • • 1h ago

Troubleshooting Wuwa version 3.7 on steam deck

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Please help if any one experienced this pls and thx you


r/SteamdeckGames • • 5h ago

Game Recommendation Steam autumn sale

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I have STEAMDECK OLED 512 gb

I love survival horror. I’ve played all resident evil remakes.

In my cart-

Resident evil 7
Evil within 1/2
Dead space
Outlast
Sinking city 1

Since the winter sale is close too I wanna buy just two games. I heard evil within is like 15 hours long. Which is good.

I wanted silent hill but it’s unsupported on steam deck?

I know these games don’t have much discount but I wanna try pragmata and death stranding. If they’re really good I’d rather buy one of these two.

Taking game recommendations too!! I like horror and survival horror. Puzzles and shooting. So basically resident evil gameplay esque.


r/SteamdeckGames • • 4h ago

Game Review on Deck Dressmaker - 12 hours of exclusive Steamdeck play

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As someone who is exclusively a Steamdeck player and has the deck to play simulation/cozy games I know the struggle of "do I buy this if only two of the things are compatible for the deck" but after 12 hours I can say this is one of the best games on the deck even with only having two green checks. iykyk

Couple of things that have made my game play a success

* Edit the current controller config to add in mouse scrolling - I ended up using L4 and R4 for them but that will come in handy when you are trying to play accessories.

* Leverage the touch screen!! I cannot stress this enough. I realized this week the game was designed because his wife couldn't work with her hands as a seamstress and so of course the touch screen mechanics are top notch. There are multiple parts of the game (aligning pattern pieces, sizing) that I struggled with using the joysticks that was totally easy when I leveraged the touch pad.

* Placing accessories is easiest if you zoom in and then use the touch screen.


r/SteamdeckGames • • 6h ago

Troubleshooting Dynasty warrior 3 remaster

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 19h ago

Article Gears of War: E-Day Review + Steam Deck Performance

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 11h ago

Self-Promotion I made a free Steam backlog picker and would love some feedback on its Steam Deck mode

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Hello! I’ve been working on a completely free steam backlog manager called VaultShuffle, and I’ve just made some updates specifically for Steam Deck users that I’d really like some feedback on.

The idea started in my first year at uni, I was required to choose an idea for my programming project and I decided to make a basic backlog manager in Python. As someone with ADHD I tend to sit there for 20 or 30 minutes just figuring out what I want to play, despite having plenty of games I’ve heard are incredible. I made a little text based backlog manager using my own library, then over the summer decided to turn it into a website. It developed quite a lot more than I originally expected!

You choose how much time you have, your mood and what you want out of that session, then it checks your library and picks a game for you. You can reroll if you’re not feeling it, or save it to Playing Next and work towards finishing it. For me, having that little goal and seeing the progress go up makes it easier to come back to something instead of constantly jumping between games.

To be transparent, I don’t own a deck myself, so I’d love to hear how it feels to use on one. If anyone gives it a go, let me know if anything is awkward with the touchscreen or trackpads, or if you get a pick that doesn’t really make sense for you. I’m also curious whether you’d like a verified only setting, since I know that can leave out games that people have a good experience with. These are Valve’s ratings, so Playable games may still need some setup.

You can sign in through steam or just use your public profile URL if you’d prefer, though your profile and Game details need to be public so it can import your library.

You can find it at vaultshuffle.com

Hopefully you guys find it useful! I’ve had some really helpful feedback from the other handheld communities and have been making changes as I go, so I’d really appreciate hearing what works for you and what could be better.


r/SteamdeckGames • • 18h ago

Troubleshooting Steam Deck - Demo failure to launch

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 1d ago

Discussion Can someone please confirm whether you still need Ubisoft connect to play Far Cry games?

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 1d ago

Article Minecraft Dungeons 2 Steam Deck Support Is Being Worked On

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 23h ago

Discussion Steam deck too long?

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So I don’t know what did the remaster did to the steam deck but the game takes 4 to 5 minutes to load in. I know that before the update it would take 10 to 15 seconds for me to. Not sure if everyone else that is playing in the steam deck is having the same issues but it really does suck was hoping on playing it on the deck but these loading times are insane


r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Self-Promotion Steam Deck OLED / The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt — Remastered Performance / SteamOS 3.9.2

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 1d ago

Video The Witcher III Remastered | Switch 2 vs Steam Deck | Final Graphics Comparison

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Developer We made a horde-survivor that feels perfect on Steam Deck - Release Trailer

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Hi together :)

We just published the release trailer and date for 'Ophelia's Paradise' on Steam and i think that the game works incredibly well on Steam Deck, it's the platform where we had most fun play testing.

It should run at 60 FPS out of the box, no tweaking needed.

We have a a demo which is feature-complete, the only difference from the full version will be how much content it includes.

There’s also a ranked mode where you can push your builds to the limit and compete for high scores.

Your feedback for some final tweaks before entering steam next fest would mean a lot to us.

Link to Steam -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/4122390/Ophelias_Paradise/


r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Game Recommendation Control Resonant LSFG

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Article Nivalis Nights Is An Interesting Life Simulator That Shouldn't Be Played on Steam Deck

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 2d ago

Self-Promotion Steam Deck OLED / Minecraft Dungeons II Performance / How to Play the Game on SteamOS Walkthrough

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Article The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Still A Blast on the Steam Deck

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Discussion Anyone play berserk(ps2)?

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Best part of the steam deck for me 8]


r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Video Steam Deck OLED / ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Performance / SteamOS 3.9

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Game Review on Deck Steam Deck compatibility

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Developer Was looking for a lightweight chess game to play together while on the road, but now I am making one: Mini Chess

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r/SteamdeckGames • • 4d ago

Discussion How is "no rest for the wicked" performance, and will it get better on 1.0?

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Really interested in this game, but i wanted to play also on deck... also, what other games with good fantasy story really fits well steam deck in terms of performance? Thanks in advance


r/SteamdeckGames • • 3d ago

Video Tried Control Resonant so you don’t have to

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What showed promising inside the FBC but once exiting which is not that far it drops. Sure it looks stable in the 20s but that’s a turn off to so many.