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!
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.
One of the first games I played on deck and I look back on it very fondly, a perfect deck game.
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.
A Short Hike is a fantastic game.
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.
The Dishonoured looks great, and I’ve had Prey on my wish list for a while, thanks
+1 for Dishonoured if you haven’t gotten it yet. Especially the first one, one of my all time favourites. Highly recommended
My pleasure. Enjoy the escapism and get well soon 💜☺️
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.
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
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.
Batman Arkham series runs well.
Maybe kotor? Knights of the old republic.
Oh my god, I didn’t even think to look for KOTOR, what am I doing?! I loved that game! Brilliant, thank you
Kotor 1 plays weird on PC but I’ve had some good experiences running an Xbox emulator and playing the Xbox version on my deck.
I played through kotor 1 and 2 recently and experienced a lot of crashes. Eventually made it through, but prepare for some frustration.
That sounds frustrating! I played through on original Xbox and thankfully it was smooth going.
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/
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
That does look mint, thanks!
“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!
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
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!
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.
I was very impressed with KCD on my friend’s steam deck. Very smooth for a mobile system
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.
valheim and skyrim
i am a much more relaxed gamer on the deck and oh boy these games have such a satisfying layer to them when just vibing there. spent an hour hiking the mistlands for the vibe last week
valheim is a bit more on the expensive side but skyrim is often for sale at like 10 bux
Valheim is often on sale at $10 as well.
Valheim is a great game to just relax, chilling in the meadows, building and exploring.
How good is Valheim for solo play? I’m on the fence about getting it myself for the deck.
It’s great solo!
It’s my goto game when I’m a bit stressed and just want to change my mind and relax.
It’s settled then, once I finish fields of mistria I’m going to Valheim :)
For a second I got mixed up and interpreted your comment as
chilling in the plains
And I though “what kind of madman—“
Mint, I’ve played Skyrim repeatedly, but never on something where mods work.
Cocoon
Nice, same guy who did Inside, which is proving both entertaining and disturbing
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.
Dark and Darker is free and is basically if Oblivion, Dark Souls and Escape from Tarkov had a baby.
Sold, that sounds perfect!
