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    Worth noting that Steam doesn’t track playtime for non-Steam games. So this doesn’t include Minecraft, Retroarch, or anything purchased through Itch, GOG, or Epic.

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      No doubt Fortnite would be somewhere on this list. Minecraft too. Not sure what else would be a guarantee.

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      Do you think any of such games would be in the list?

      I’d imagine only a smaller subset of people even set up their Steam Deck for third party games.

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        I dunno, I feel like the Steam Deck’s core audience is “people who liked the Switch’s form factor but also like mods and third-party launchers.”

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          I think that’s what we see and may be misattributing of a small active subset that is very technical and invested.

          It’s on the steam store. I’m sure many people buy and play, and don’t ever read or write on a community like this. They’re “invisible” here, but impact if not dominate the playtime ranking.

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              • under Home -> Power, select “Desktop Mode.”
              • Open Steam in desktop mode, and go to your Library.
              • Select a game, and go to Properties -> Local Files.
              • a file browser should open and show the game files just like you’d see on PC.
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        Emulation Station might, since a lot of people use it as a frontend for their emulators. Since ES runs in a separate window while you play, all the time spent playing emulated games would all add to ES’s total.

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      I plan to add the GOG version of Cyberpunk once I get an SSD.

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    The fact the SteamDeck can play all of these at decent graphics and FPS in their full fat PC version still blows my mind

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      I honestly reach for it more than my Xbox or switch. it’s easy to pick up and put down. easy to charge. and stuff runs fine on it.

      It’s not for everybody, but I love my deck.

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        I was skeptical at first and I finally gave in two weeks ago and it arrived last week.

        I love my Steam Deck, this seems dumb but I actually use it to stream my ps5 and more intensive PC games. It easier to move around and pick up and put down. I’ve started to play games I bought years ago. Finished Limbo and Inside and playing Bioshock Remastered.

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          that’s not dumb at all, it’s a great use for it! I had planned to make mine strictly an emulation device (which it’s amazing for) until I realized how well it handled bigger titles. not perfectly by any stretch, but mostly smooth and playable.

          I had never played any of the fallout games and I’ve had a blast with new Vegas and fallout 4. I’d owned them for years but just never got around to it.

          if only I could stop playing bg3 for long enough to get through some more of my backlog…

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      I’ve been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on my Steam Deck since release, it’s been such a great experience I can not recommend it enough, I never thought I would be able to play such a great game confortably from my bed on a “handheld” (?).

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          Just started 2nd act and I’ve spent like 55 hours in the game.

          I’m the kind of person who can’t sleep unless I open each and every crate, chest and vase there is.

          That’s why being able to easily pickup the SD and play for a while is a bliss for me.

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        Right?? A great experience on a game that literally just released and is HUUGE

        Even a theoretical Switch Pro probably couldn’t keep up 😂

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      Ehh… Starfield chugs on my Steam Deck to the point where the slowdowns make it practically unplayable. >.<

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        Very true, I should’ve thought more clearly about this specifics of some of these. Pretty sure it’s literally only up there because either people are trying to fix it and this constantly launching it / having it open makes it #2… or it’s just up there because it’s new and very popular

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        Yeah I wouldn’t recommend Starfield on the Deck at this point. It’s a bit too unstable to be enjoyable.

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    Please add text content for accessibility and discoverability to a post like this.


    The image reads:

    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Starfield
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • ELDEN RING
    • ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
    • Stardew Valley
    • Sea of Stars
    • No Man’s Sky
    • Vampire Survivors
    • Red Dead Redemption 2
    • Grand Theft Auto V
    • DAVE THE DIVER
    • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
    • Hogwarts Legacy
    • Brotato
    • Slay the Spire
    • Fallout 4
    • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
    • Hades
    • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Top 20 Steam Deck games of September 2023, by hours played

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    Reviews of starfield on steamdeck: probably not the best experience maybe stick to more powerful devices

    Average Steamdeck user: fuckin watch me, peasant.

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      I wonder if hours spent playing using Remote Play on the Deck counts towards the total.

      While I prefer Sunrise/Moonlight, playing Starfield using streaming off your main gaming PC is a pretty good experience!

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        Moonlight is unreasonably capable. I initially dismissed it when I had shoddy performance between a wireless desktop and the steam deck. Then I set up tailscale and tried it outside the home during a lunch break, it was impossibly smooth. I thought maybe it was something to do with the fiber at my work. So I tried it at a friend’s place in the next town over with the same ISP, impossibly smooth.

        Now I’m in the process of overhauling my home network to figure out why it’s better outside my home.

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          I’ve had the same experience with steam remote play, it works flawlessly outside my house, even off a hotspot from my phone! but in my house it’s dog water, feels more like playing a slideshow built for the Gameboy advance

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          It’s probably a result of wireless interference somewhere between the deck and the desktop. I also had a really bad experience with remote play and sunlight/moonlight before I hardwired my desktop to the router via an Ethernet cable. Just making that one part of the chain wired completely solved my issues.

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            Yeah OSI model says to check the connection between access point and deck. I remember back when I used the Steam Link to stream to my living room from my wireless desktop I would actually get better performance if the Steam Link was wireless point blank from the access point than if it was connected via Ethernet.

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        Hmm, because that makes me wonder if they also count it as a play for the host machine.

        Also, how common is steamlink use? Would love to see how much it’s utilised on the deck/steam in general. I tried it myself but unless your host is connected over Ethernet it’s a bit on the slow side.

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        I wonder how many steamdecks are owned by people who dont have another option for a gaming device that supports games like Cyberpunk and Starfield.

        My lil bro is playing starfield on the steamdeck rn since he can’t play it on his main PC tbf.

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          Yea that’s might be it, it is the case for me at least. Cyberpunk 2.0 and BG runs quite okay for me on Steam deck, so I am not compelled to update my PC yet.

          Of course on PC it would always be much better, but I am holding on to setup a home office in my apartment first and that might not happen soon.

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      NMS works really well on Steam Deck! Low/med settings limited to 40 fps, getting 2 to 2.5 hrs battery life and the fan is barely spinning.

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        I am absolutely some of that NMS time. I just run it at default, and I get about an hour. Which is great, because after that I really should take a break.

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      Yeh I played it for 4 or 5 hours upon release and then threw the disc in the garbage when gamestop wouldn’t give me a refund or take it as a trade in.

      Great to see all the updates but I still feel robbed and refuse to pick it up again because I’m stubborn.

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        I tried it when it hit Game Pass years ago and had the same experience. Although people tout the expansions as game changing I found it incredibly dull.

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    Crazy that Binding of Isaac is still in there, it’s been years since the last release and it’s not really in the public consciousness the same way something like Vampire Survivors is. Fantastic game though, happy to see it continue to succeed

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      I played about 8 games in a row that I couldn’t get into until I found this one. It is definitely enjoyable.

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    So proud of Skyrim, GTA-V and Fallout-4 holding strong decades after their release. They could be the most played games of the century

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      I think their age is also an advantage on the Deck. Since the requirements are lower they run better then new AAA games.

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    Wait starfield works on SD? I thought it was too slow. Has there been a new patch?

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      I actually went on vacation the day it released. I installed it on my deck to be able to play when at the hotel. I put 14 hours in starfield on my deck. It’s PLAYABLE but not really ENJOYABLE. You have to turn it down to almost the lowest setting to play it reliably.

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      I played like 80 hours on steam deck. I don’t think it’s as optimized as Todd claims (RDR2 is much older and looks much better), but it plays alright.

      No mods or anything, just settings tweaks.

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        I did not know you could play with a controller on PC. Is thist a steam customization for the deck ? (When I plug my xbox controller nothing happens in control settings or anywhere)

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          It is weird it doesn’t work for you. I always use my Xbox controller when I play games on my pc with a very few exceptions because of the need of hot keys. I am playing with a Xbox one controller with Bluetooth. Before did I use a Xbox 360 controller with wire until it started to not listen to me anymore (dead zone grew and dpad was always unsure what direction I clicked).

          It isn’t a steam thing. But steam do have configurations so you can change the layout if you wish. For me is it plug and play but you can check out their documentation. They have a section at the bottom how you connect USB, wireless and Bluetooth.

          https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/controller/connect-xbox-wireless-controller-to-pc

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          I honestly couldn’t tell you how it works. Maybe check input settings in game? The game isn’t verified on deck so I wouldn’t think steam has done anything specific to make the controller work.

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      I found it playable but being completely honest, the graphic settings are the lowest and while it looks fine enough for things nearby… shooting at enemies more than a few meters away means aiming under their name. Due to dumb circumstances making my gaming pc unavailable, I’m currently playing it “on my Mac” through GeForce Now.

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    I really want to enjoy games like Fallout or GTA on the Deck but compared to mouse/keyboard it’s just really bad. I cannot understand how so many people like to play games like CoD or Battlefield on consoles.

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      I usually use gamepad controls and try and shoehorn gyro as mouse input. Doesn’t always work but when it does it’s really decent for FPS all things considered.

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      I just had this horrific dream where my mouse input was functioning like a controller. I think it was PTSD from the days of aiming more with the characters movement than the joysticks.

      Still dominated though. Headshots ftw

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      Keyboard and mouse just feels like work. Give me a controller for FPSes any day of the week.

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          I don’t play CoD, I play Halo without cross play. Nothing beats the feel of a controller.

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              I don’t play against keyboards generally. But yeah precision in aiming is a bad thing if I have to slap a whopping keyboard on my lap when I’m shooting people on my sofa.

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        I’d prefer to be on the couch instead of at the desk, too. But FPS with controller is just worlds below mouse and keyboard.

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          I think people are spoiled. I grew up with Goldeneye on the N64. Modern FPS controls really aren’t that bad

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            That wasn’t an easy game. But it didn’t require the accuracy today’s competitive FPS shooters do. Even Duke Nukem 3D was pretty cool back then. Was super easy to hit your targets though.

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    I had no idea vampire survivor was such a hit. Feels like that would be a great handheld game.

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    I think these would be better if they worked like ratings charts and showed relative changes since last month.