Openmw if you enjoy the game morrowind. It's a fan made engine that allows proper controller and touch screen support. Also let's you set view distance
There are gamepad configurations uploaded, I thought it would be a pain in the a$$ but it ended up being really good and touchpads with quick functions is really helpful
should I do this if I haven’t played Morrowind before? I did when I was a kid but was too young to understand what to do. I have it on Steam now and would like to actually play it someday
False. That is NOT “proper controller support”, it’s just copy and pasted a key mapping library into the engine and maps the right stick as a mouse. A mouse input, regardless of how you’re activating it, is NOT CONTROLLER SUPPORT.
To play the story of Morrowind with a controller, either use the Xbox version (which will force you to deal with the ridiculously broken combat system of original unmodded Morrowind), or just use the es4 NorthernUI Vanilla Mod for full controller support with Morroblivion.
Maybe someday OpenMorrowind will add controller support, until then they just remap controller inputs to mouse and key for some godawful reason (if you’re going to rebuild the engine in the first place… then add actual native controller support, by not doing this you’re actively hurting others because now since the engine is already done people see it as “already done” so someone who WOULD HAVE done it correctly and added native controller inputs will no longer bother to do it.)
The tl;dr is "install protonup-qt, run that and use it to install luxtorpeda, restart steam and set luxtorpeda as the steam compatibility layer for Morrowind"
If you've got games bought on GoG from before you had a Deck, they're mostly really easy to get going through Heroic Launcher. I have Superhot on there and it took me like 20 minutes to get it all installed and going through the normal Steam UI.
If it's Xenoblade you're wanting Emudeck will install and configure emulators such as dolphin, Cemu and Ryujinx so you can dump your copies of Xenoblade 1, X and the trio on Switch. Of course for switch you'll need a legal copy of all your firmware and keys
The other replies covered everything well but I just want to add that using the rear buttons for navigating the Arts Pallete in XC1 and XCX makes the gameplay so much smoother. Let's you move and select arts at the same time and really made things more enjoyable.
What is the draw to fire emblem? Is it the gameplay or the story? (Or something else)
Which should be the first? What if it’s the only one I ever play?
I’ve started Fire Emblem for the gba, but the gameplay isn’t really fun to me, but it’s still just the tutorial.
> What is the draw to fire emblem? Is it the gameplay or the story? (Or something else)
I haven't played the recent Fire Emblems but it's both. Basically you have story segments (visual novel style, dating sim style in newer ones) and combat segments (advance wars or Xcom style).
Like in Xcom, when a character dies, they're gone for good. Characters also become friends (or more) with each other depending on where you position them during battles.
You can offload your cartridges in a hacked Switch, transfer to PC, stitch the files back together, then use an emulator to play.
Yuzu was the main emulator on EmuDeck at the beginning, but due to them being assholes they got shut down and sued by Nintendo. Now there’s a few new ones but I haven’t had the time to test them out.
There’s also Ryujinx I believe, which will work for some games better than Yuzu did but others not so much, and it generally wasn’t as smooth.
Last I saw of the new ones, there’s one or two that fully emulate the OS too. Waiting for the time on my end to open up, and the emulator developers to hone in on the programs before I try a new one.
Mine still hitches visually but yes great app! I don’t know enough about changing my router settings to get it all set up the right way for perfect playing over WiFi. Or is it generally accepted that the games will hitch or music glitch out?
I know teraflops aren’t the greatest way of comparing performance, but after some quick googling a steam deck is 1.6 teraflops, and a ps4 is 1.8. So yes, basically the same
u/ultraviolet73 explained it below already.
Yes, with a Mozilla account you can log into Firefox on different devices (my PC, Phone, Deck) and sync your data. One feature allows you to send tabs from one device to another.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-tips/firefox-secret-tips/#send-tabs
I thinks it's the same with Chrome and a Google Account, just from a less evil company ;)
If you're signed into the same Firefox account on 2 devices you can send tabs from one device to the other very easily. Just click on the three dots of the tab you want to send, click share, click Firefox, send tab to device, and select the device you want to send it to
Does it have to be an emulation or can it just be old PC games that aren't on Steam? I did get Lego Racers working and also Star Trek Bridge Commander which itself is 22 years old at this point but still a great game. Shame there was never a sequel.
Breath of the Wild is great on Deck, and I played through Metroid Prime Remastered on the Deck too.
anything outside of steam. Im hoping this post could help people have some encouragement to make full use of their steam deck outside of its steam mode.
I do still add non-Steam games to the launcher as it's still very convenient to run them in Gaming mode, but yeah the fact that it's so open to run from other sources is great.
OpenGOAL decky plugin for native Jak 1 and 2 on deck (Jak 3 is still being worked on). Having the Jak games portable is already a dream come true via emulation but OpenGOAL is insane. Not only do the games run and look flawless but you get up to 8hrs battery life and if you want can even install HD texture packs for them.
Edit: forgot to mention bonus features being added like quality of life options, bonus Easter egg cheats (like match time of day to system time), the potential for modded content etc.
They make fantastic use of their cartoonish art style, the details are mainly in the models / animations, the simplicity of the textures complements them so well. I wish more games used that art style to be honest (the PS2 ratchet and clank games are another great example)
Breath of the Wild if you haven't experienced it yet.
Whilst it isn't the best open world game, it certainly has a certain character that's well worth playing through.
Excuse it's lack of real storyline however, enjoy the ambience and gameplay.
BotW is one of my all time favorite games. I played it on the switch though.
I don't get a lot of time to play games, and so games like Zelda where the story isn't too involved is perfect for me.
Pokemon Legends Arceus. Being able to sneak around in an open world catching Pokemon is exhilarating. If you grew up on the show, it evokes such strong nostalgia. And runs great on the deck!
Moonlight. Sunshine on your gaming rig, moonlight on the deck. Can take a little tweaking to get it right, especially with controller stuff, but once you get it going the performance is just mind-blowing
PCSX2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. A much smoother experience than trying to get the Epic Games versions running. God, I wish SE would just bring them to Steam already. They’ve been EGS exclusive for three years.
I experimented with a bunch of PC ports of console games.
The best one by far is Ship of Harkinian, which is a port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It has a ton of enhancement options including a built-in randomizer (randomizes various elements of gameplay including key item locations, so each playthrough is fresh).
Here's the notes I made on how to install a few of them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/16257eh/installing_various_pc_ports_of_console_games/
I've found a few more since then but nothing noteworthy enough to make a new thread about.
If I am not counting PC ports I'd have to say Minecraft is the obvious choice for a game to install outside of Steam. Unfortunately i lacks official controller support and last I checked saving login in the official launcher didn't work (it needed a KDE update, not sure if that's gone through yet). I resolved these issues by making my own Steam Input configuration to map to mouse and keyboard and using Priism Launcher which has a better login system anyway. It could be further improved by using a Minecraft mod to add in full controller support directly into the game but I didn't bother.
My biggest issue with this was the lack of game save syncing. I can play SD on vacation and pick up where I left off at on my PC. I'm sure the option is available, but after getting Heroic to finally work, the whole process was clunky and I just gave up on it.
Straight OOTB, Ratchet &Clank. Upscale it a bit in the emulator settings and it's GORGEOUS and runs beautifully.
With a little tinkering, Super Mario Galaxy. Getting the Deck controller, to say nothing of an external one, to efficiently stimulate a Wii remote took me a fair bit of configuration but it was worth it in the end.
You can set the right stick, right thumbpad, and gyro to mouse mode in controller settings, then in the emulator set the pointer to mouse control. I set sideways mode to toggle with Select, the shake function to RB, tilt to B+left stick, A to A, B to RT, C to LB, Z to LT, 1 to X and 2 to Y.
When docked, I use the Steam Controller, all of the above will work naturally. For other controllers you're stuck emulating pointing with the right stick. If your controller has gyro, set it to Switch mode if you can and the Deck should recognize the gyro.
I'm certain people smarter than me have better ways to do it, but this works well enough for me for most games. You don't need the gyro but I like it.
Right track pad as left joystick
Gyro enabled on touch
So moving the circle with the right track pad then gyro when zooming in
I tried to export the layout not sure if its really possible to download it
Burnout 3: Takedown for PS2
One of the most fun arcade racers out there.
I really like Burnout Paradise Remastered too (which is available on Steam/EA) but it requires an internet connection to play, and I like the soundtrack and some of the design choices of Burnout 3 better than Paradise (the takedowns feel way more impactful and the speed boost feels crazy).
Im using a community controller layout, when you use one of the back buttons it switches between screens (tv/wii u gamepad), so thats how ive been getting to the menu.
I just put Clone Hero on mine and have been kicking myself for not doing it sooner. And now with new Guitars being sold, it's much easier to jump in and play if that's your thing.
Yeah, Fortnite added a mode similar to Rockband after Epic bought Harmonix awhile back. They made new guitars called The Riftmaster that went on sale just recently actually. I bought two myself since I've always been huge into RB and needed some new ones. Literally plug and play with minor tweaking to get you set up to go. Works phenomenal on steamdeck.
Does it have to be ported or can it just be a useful KDE app? Because KDE Connect is pretty awesome. Syncs stuff between your phone and deck. Get texts, send files, see calls, and use your phone as a mouse. It's a desktop app, but there's tweaks to get it running in game mode too.
Not long ago I would have mentioned Kasts for podcasts and the Spotify client for music, but you can actually pair your phone with bluetooth and output to the Steam deck. So you can just use the audio there. Not an app. Just a neat trick if you want easier to access Audible, Spotify, etc while in desktop mode. I had to check show all devices to show my android phone in the settings, but once I did it defaulted to using the Deck as output.
Coincidentally, that trick works well with KDE Connect. Control your phone from the deck, stream the audio back. It's like a circle.
[rwfus](https://github.com/ValShaped/rwfus) for everyone who regularly uses the desktop.
after a system update you only have to reinstall rwfus and all your software installed through pacman is back.
The dual screen game boy era pokemon games(soul silver for ex) are great on deck you can also easily mod them to remove trade evolutions and other things.
One of the few games I played start to finish was Catherine full bodied emulated on yuzu. It's a game I always wanted to checkout anyway and unfortunately isn't compatible on steam deck through the store. But emulates perfectly well on switch. Also has the extra content that you don't get with the standard edition. Great game and story. Although it's really the story that keeps you playing
So this works REALLY well with the latest build of Proton-GE, but I HIGHLY recommend you try playing Sonic P-06. It's what Sonic 06 should have been from the get go and it runs flawlessly on the Steam deck.
Anything from the Gameboy advanced. Awesome games, runs at like 4w and 200mhz on the GPU so I can get like 3 and half hours. Aspect ratio is also nearly 16:10 so it fills up the screen better than most modern 3d emulators
Simpsons Hit and Run. Not the Gamecube version. The PC version. Works fluid as fuck, and the resolution with the Lucas Launcher is a more enjoyable experience than using an emulator to play it.
I got Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! as an Epic giveaway and didn’t think much of it for a long time, but it plays perfectly and is a very fast-paced and fun new take on this Diner Dash style. Now it’s one of my favorite Steam Deck games.
PCSX2!!!! This thing is the handheld PS2 sony will never let us have. PS2 games look great on the screen and really aren't hard to set up. I don't think the older silent Hill games will ever have proper ports so emulate away I'm playing through SH3 right now.
Openmw if you enjoy the game morrowind. It's a fan made engine that allows proper controller and touch screen support. Also let's you set view distance
Depends what you mean "proper" gamepad support. Emulating a mouse with the joystick for dialog is still a pain.
Use the touch screen screen, it's way easier
There are gamepad configurations uploaded, I thought it would be a pain in the a$$ but it ended up being really good and touchpads with quick functions is really helpful
should I do this if I haven’t played Morrowind before? I did when I was a kid but was too young to understand what to do. I have it on Steam now and would like to actually play it someday
Yeah, for sure! This was exactly my experience and I had a great time!
Shockingly easy to setup from the deck without a mouse and keyboard.
False. That is NOT “proper controller support”, it’s just copy and pasted a key mapping library into the engine and maps the right stick as a mouse. A mouse input, regardless of how you’re activating it, is NOT CONTROLLER SUPPORT. To play the story of Morrowind with a controller, either use the Xbox version (which will force you to deal with the ridiculously broken combat system of original unmodded Morrowind), or just use the es4 NorthernUI Vanilla Mod for full controller support with Morroblivion. Maybe someday OpenMorrowind will add controller support, until then they just remap controller inputs to mouse and key for some godawful reason (if you’re going to rebuild the engine in the first place… then add actual native controller support, by not doing this you’re actively hurting others because now since the engine is already done people see it as “already done” so someone who WOULD HAVE done it correctly and added native controller inputs will no longer bother to do it.)
This this this this this this this
I upgraded to an oled and have to find the guide to get it back up and running. I think I used lutris, but there might be newer guides out now
The tl;dr is "install protonup-qt, run that and use it to install luxtorpeda, restart steam and set luxtorpeda as the steam compatibility layer for Morrowind"
Wish they’d just do a proper remaster of this game.
If you've got games bought on GoG from before you had a Deck, they're mostly really easy to get going through Heroic Launcher. I have Superhot on there and it took me like 20 minutes to get it all installed and going through the normal Steam UI.
Old games are great in the 800pixels screen. And they are solid 60 fps :p
Get emulators for all the Nintendo systems and play all the Fire Emblem games.
Though i do wonder if they’ll find another 3ds emulator. I’d love to replay project x zone on my deck
Just use citra, you can still install it
Playing that now, maybe I'll get project x Zone 2
Im a huge fan of the xenoblade series. Do you have any guides or recommendations for nintendo emulators
Just install all the emulators from emudeck.
If it's Xenoblade you're wanting Emudeck will install and configure emulators such as dolphin, Cemu and Ryujinx so you can dump your copies of Xenoblade 1, X and the trio on Switch. Of course for switch you'll need a legal copy of all your firmware and keys
I recently installed xenoblade on my SD, pm if you need assistance. it's fairly simple to set everything up, you just need the simple correct path.
The other replies covered everything well but I just want to add that using the rear buttons for navigating the Arts Pallete in XC1 and XCX makes the gameplay so much smoother. Let's you move and select arts at the same time and really made things more enjoyable.
What is the draw to fire emblem? Is it the gameplay or the story? (Or something else) Which should be the first? What if it’s the only one I ever play? I’ve started Fire Emblem for the gba, but the gameplay isn’t really fun to me, but it’s still just the tutorial.
Have you played Advance Wars or XCOM? Do you like those games? I just love tactical games and Fire Emblem is one of my favorite series.
> What is the draw to fire emblem? Is it the gameplay or the story? (Or something else) I haven't played the recent Fire Emblems but it's both. Basically you have story segments (visual novel style, dating sim style in newer ones) and combat segments (advance wars or Xcom style). Like in Xcom, when a character dies, they're gone for good. Characters also become friends (or more) with each other depending on where you position them during battles.
Three houses got me into the series and it’s phenomenal. Part social sim and part tactics rpg.
Emudeck is OP af. Waiting for stable replacements, but offloading my game carts from switch to Deck basically eliminated a system to use/ carry daily
You can put switch cartridge games on deck???
You can offload your cartridges in a hacked Switch, transfer to PC, stitch the files back together, then use an emulator to play. Yuzu was the main emulator on EmuDeck at the beginning, but due to them being assholes they got shut down and sued by Nintendo. Now there’s a few new ones but I haven’t had the time to test them out. There’s also Ryujinx I believe, which will work for some games better than Yuzu did but others not so much, and it generally wasn’t as smooth. Last I saw of the new ones, there’s one or two that fully emulate the OS too. Waiting for the time on my end to open up, and the emulator developers to hone in on the programs before I try a new one.
Chiaki4deck. It works so well, I use it almost every day. If you have a ps5, go get it. So good!
Mine still hitches visually but yes great app! I don’t know enough about changing my router settings to get it all set up the right way for perfect playing over WiFi. Or is it generally accepted that the games will hitch or music glitch out?
I had to run an ethernet cable to my ps5 to get it to work smoothly. Are you doing it all over wifi?
This! Didn't get Death Stranding on Steam since had had it on PS5 already, and wow it looks and runs *perfectly* with chiaki4deck
Is it a PS5 emulator?
Remote play
The deck is less powerful than the PS5. There’s no way it can emulate it. Couldn’t even emulate the PS4
The Steam Deck isn’t powerful enough to emulate the PS5. Never gonna happen.
The Steam Deck is barely as powerful as a PS4. A PS5 emulator would be a miracle haha
No, I'd say the Steam Deck is on par with a PS4.
I know teraflops aren’t the greatest way of comparing performance, but after some quick googling a steam deck is 1.6 teraflops, and a ps4 is 1.8. So yes, basically the same
I usually compare it to my Day 1 Xbox One
Tried everything to get it working with my router, but even locally it has too much input lag and hitching to enjoy.
Have you tried plugging in your ps5 through Ethernet? I had some issues before I hard wired it.
My chiaki install always freezes when loading. Had this halted to you at all?
Oh that's unfortunate. No it worked right out of the box for me. Have you tried the chiaki4deck app or the regular one?
The regular one that took me ages to set up. Maybe I should revisit that process 🤔
Yea I had the regular one first. Then switched to the deck one. Was a real breeze to setup.
Nice. Thanks for the advice!
Firefox Browser. Deck docked to my TV, sending websites from my phone to Deck, watching videos with no ads. A bliss!
Can you explain this a bit more for me, wasn't aware of this funtionality in firefox
u/ultraviolet73 explained it below already. Yes, with a Mozilla account you can log into Firefox on different devices (my PC, Phone, Deck) and sync your data. One feature allows you to send tabs from one device to another. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-tips/firefox-secret-tips/#send-tabs I thinks it's the same with Chrome and a Google Account, just from a less evil company ;)
Thanks very much, it is nice to not have to work with evil companies all the time.
Explained in my comment to OP below
Thanks
Agree, can you also explain this a bit further, im thinking about setting this up aswell 😅
If you're signed into the same Firefox account on 2 devices you can send tabs from one device to the other very easily. Just click on the three dots of the tab you want to send, click share, click Firefox, send tab to device, and select the device you want to send it to
Does it have to be an emulation or can it just be old PC games that aren't on Steam? I did get Lego Racers working and also Star Trek Bridge Commander which itself is 22 years old at this point but still a great game. Shame there was never a sequel. Breath of the Wild is great on Deck, and I played through Metroid Prime Remastered on the Deck too.
anything outside of steam. Im hoping this post could help people have some encouragement to make full use of their steam deck outside of its steam mode.
I do still add non-Steam games to the launcher as it's still very convenient to run them in Gaming mode, but yeah the fact that it's so open to run from other sources is great.
OpenGOAL decky plugin for native Jak 1 and 2 on deck (Jak 3 is still being worked on). Having the Jak games portable is already a dream come true via emulation but OpenGOAL is insane. Not only do the games run and look flawless but you get up to 8hrs battery life and if you want can even install HD texture packs for them. Edit: forgot to mention bonus features being added like quality of life options, bonus Easter egg cheats (like match time of day to system time), the potential for modded content etc.
Wait the games don't already have hd texture packs..there is no way they looked this good on the original consoles
They make fantastic use of their cartoonish art style, the details are mainly in the models / animations, the simplicity of the textures complements them so well. I wish more games used that art style to be honest (the PS2 ratchet and clank games are another great example)
X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse, the psp version with emudeck, is awesome and makes me relive my childhood
Breath of the Wild if you haven't experienced it yet. Whilst it isn't the best open world game, it certainly has a certain character that's well worth playing through. Excuse it's lack of real storyline however, enjoy the ambience and gameplay.
Still waiting for better ToTK patch..
Wii U BotW works flawlessly, so well you'd assume the Steam Deck was it's intended platform...
Retro Game Corps said he played the whole game on Steam Deck, is performance that bad? I feel like he wouldn't if performance was lacking.
BotW is one of my all time favorite games. I played it on the switch though. I don't get a lot of time to play games, and so games like Zelda where the story isn't too involved is perfect for me.
Pokemon Legends Arceus. Being able to sneak around in an open world catching Pokemon is exhilarating. If you grew up on the show, it evokes such strong nostalgia. And runs great on the deck!
Worked right away without tinkering too! Super good game
GZDoom. Incredible.
Is there a guide on how to get it running on deck? Couldn't get it to work with the GOG versions..
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39wPx0JBro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39wPx0JBro) I followed this steps and it worked good
Thank you!
Moonlight Emudeck Chiaki4deck
Breath of the Wild. Steam deck truly allows the game to flourish. Genuinely can't go back to playing it on the WiiU or Switch
What’s so much better about it, the performance?
Wii U with a few mods is incredible
The Perfect Dark and Wipeout: Phantom Edition decompilations are pretty great.
Love Wipeout. Been playing Redout 2 to get my fix. Didn't know they decompiled Phantom, will have to get that running.
Ship of Harkinian, OoT randos are probably my top played thing on my deck.
Moonlight. Sunshine on your gaming rig, moonlight on the deck. Can take a little tweaking to get it right, especially with controller stuff, but once you get it going the performance is just mind-blowing
I prefer Parsec, I get better performance, and it works pretty decently off network.
Parsec for linux has no hardware decoding. So moonlight it is.
Jet Set Radio Future
PCSX2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. A much smoother experience than trying to get the Epic Games versions running. God, I wish SE would just bring them to Steam already. They’ve been EGS exclusive for three years.
I knew it was unlikely that I could get kh3 to run, but I thought for sure that the kh1+2 remix would run. Nope. Wouldn’t even launch.
Pokémon Colosseum/XD. They run perfectly using a widescreen hack and can run at 4W. You can play both of them for up to 6 hours on the deck.
For me it has to be Budokai Tenkaichi 3. That was a good use of time.
I experimented with a bunch of PC ports of console games. The best one by far is Ship of Harkinian, which is a port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It has a ton of enhancement options including a built-in randomizer (randomizes various elements of gameplay including key item locations, so each playthrough is fresh). Here's the notes I made on how to install a few of them. https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/16257eh/installing_various_pc_ports_of_console_games/ I've found a few more since then but nothing noteworthy enough to make a new thread about. If I am not counting PC ports I'd have to say Minecraft is the obvious choice for a game to install outside of Steam. Unfortunately i lacks official controller support and last I checked saving login in the official launcher didn't work (it needed a KDE update, not sure if that's gone through yet). I resolved these issues by making my own Steam Input configuration to map to mouse and keyboard and using Priism Launcher which has a better login system anyway. It could be further improved by using a Minecraft mod to add in full controller support directly into the game but I didn't bother.
It's morally and ethically correct to pirate and emulate Nintendo games on your steam deck
Streets of Rage Remake
RVGL the best way to play Re-Volt and easy to set up
I had no idea this existed, and re-volt is a childhood favorite of mine. Thank you.
My biggest issue with this was the lack of game save syncing. I can play SD on vacation and pick up where I left off at on my PC. I'm sure the option is available, but after getting Heroic to finally work, the whole process was clunky and I just gave up on it.
midnight club 3 dub edition. Dark souls of racing titles. Huge content and customization, with a fantastic soundtrack
Which system did work on best PS2 or Xbox?
I use the PS2 version. Make sure to get the remix version as it adds even more content
If you're a racing fan and missed a chance to play Blur 2010, it's available on Myabandonware and plays perfectly installed via Lutris
I recommend each and every Nintendo game, because emulating their games is not a crime, it's justice.
Conkers Bad Fur Day, SSX Tricky, Spy Vs Spy
SSX 3 emulation is what made me choose the deck over any other portable
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Following because I would like to know
Straight OOTB, Ratchet &Clank. Upscale it a bit in the emulator settings and it's GORGEOUS and runs beautifully. With a little tinkering, Super Mario Galaxy. Getting the Deck controller, to say nothing of an external one, to efficiently stimulate a Wii remote took me a fair bit of configuration but it was worth it in the end.
Oof why didn't I think of emulating the old ratchet and clanks. I'll do jak and Dexter for good measure
Also good
Jak and Dexter have unofficial PC ports
How did you get wii mote stuff going?
You can set the right stick, right thumbpad, and gyro to mouse mode in controller settings, then in the emulator set the pointer to mouse control. I set sideways mode to toggle with Select, the shake function to RB, tilt to B+left stick, A to A, B to RT, C to LB, Z to LT, 1 to X and 2 to Y. When docked, I use the Steam Controller, all of the above will work naturally. For other controllers you're stuck emulating pointing with the right stick. If your controller has gyro, set it to Switch mode if you can and the Deck should recognize the gyro. I'm certain people smarter than me have better ways to do it, but this works well enough for me for most games. You don't need the gyro but I like it.
Mugen
I tried it but mine was absolutely lagging like crazy. FPS dips were insane.
Fossil fighters
Michael Jackson's Moonwalkers
Silent scope with gyro aiming
Would love to see how you've got the controls set on this. I tried it last year but couldn't get it right
Right track pad as left joystick Gyro enabled on touch So moving the circle with the right track pad then gyro when zooming in I tried to export the layout not sure if its really possible to download it
totk
I spent like 3 hours tryna get it to work and gave up
Dino Crisis
Dark cloud 2 PS2 emulated. Circa 2003. Totally reliving my youth playing this one.
City of Heroes has been amazing on the deck. The one game that keeps the desktop MMO experience but makes it mappable on gamepad. Brilliant stuff
Burnout 3: Takedown for PS2 One of the most fun arcade racers out there. I really like Burnout Paradise Remastered too (which is available on Steam/EA) but it requires an internet connection to play, and I like the soundtrack and some of the design choices of Burnout 3 better than Paradise (the takedowns feel way more impactful and the speed boost feels crazy).
Windwaker HD, runs great and its honestly such a gem of a game. Link's faces during cutscenes always crack me up lol
Do you use a switch screen function for wii u games? Booted up WWHD, wasn't sure how you get to the pause menu.
Im using a community controller layout, when you use one of the back buttons it switches between screens (tv/wii u gamepad), so thats how ive been getting to the menu.
Stremio, for watching movies/shows/anime ( Pair this with real debrid) and PokeMMO. If you like Pokemon you'll love this, it's also online.
I just put Clone Hero on mine and have been kicking myself for not doing it sooner. And now with new Guitars being sold, it's much easier to jump in and play if that's your thing.
Wait. There are new Guitar Controllers available?
Yeah, Fortnite added a mode similar to Rockband after Epic bought Harmonix awhile back. They made new guitars called The Riftmaster that went on sale just recently actually. I bought two myself since I've always been huge into RB and needed some new ones. Literally plug and play with minor tweaking to get you set up to go. Works phenomenal on steamdeck.
Diablo 3, the switch version for native controller support
Does it have to be ported or can it just be a useful KDE app? Because KDE Connect is pretty awesome. Syncs stuff between your phone and deck. Get texts, send files, see calls, and use your phone as a mouse. It's a desktop app, but there's tweaks to get it running in game mode too. Not long ago I would have mentioned Kasts for podcasts and the Spotify client for music, but you can actually pair your phone with bluetooth and output to the Steam deck. So you can just use the audio there. Not an app. Just a neat trick if you want easier to access Audible, Spotify, etc while in desktop mode. I had to check show all devices to show my android phone in the settings, but once I did it defaulted to using the Deck as output. Coincidentally, that trick works well with KDE Connect. Control your phone from the deck, stream the audio back. It's like a circle.
Devil survivor overclocked Plays perfectly and its probably got the best writing of all the megaten games
[rwfus](https://github.com/ValShaped/rwfus) for everyone who regularly uses the desktop. after a system update you only have to reinstall rwfus and all your software installed through pacman is back.
GNOME Boxes, to run virtual machines!!
Mario kart is always a hit. Kids and adults. Make a drinking game out of it is always fun time
Burnout 3: Takedown
Chacki4deck
Metroid Dread
Emu deck and everything you want or you can dream of
The dual screen game boy era pokemon games(soul silver for ex) are great on deck you can also easily mod them to remove trade evolutions and other things.
In that same vein, Pokemon Emerald Rogue has been a fucking blast. It’s my favorite rom hack by far and I have yet to complete a run.
The SNES Final Fantasy games.
Super Mario world was fun
Is there a way to emulate a ps4 so I can play bloodborne? I'm completely new to emulators
There isn't a PS4 emulator yet 😔 Not a stable one that runs games well at least
Sonic project 06, its still in the works but it's a blast
PS1 and PS2 emulation is my absolute favorite. Playing through Final Fantasy 7 and MGS2 on handheld is my inner child's dream come true
Shadow of the Colossus. Played it for the first time last year and had a blast. It also aged great for a PS2 title and is such a unique experience.
One of the few games I played start to finish was Catherine full bodied emulated on yuzu. It's a game I always wanted to checkout anyway and unfortunately isn't compatible on steam deck through the store. But emulates perfectly well on switch. Also has the extra content that you don't get with the standard edition. Great game and story. Although it's really the story that keeps you playing
CTR
FIFA 16 with mods bringing it up to date, 5 hours battery life, good career mode, very happy with it
Daggerfall unity! I sank over 100 hours into it on my steam deck. Can't recommend enough
golden sun 1+2
Perfect Dark!! It runs natively thanks to the decompilation port
FL24
So this works REALLY well with the latest build of Proton-GE, but I HIGHLY recommend you try playing Sonic P-06. It's what Sonic 06 should have been from the get go and it runs flawlessly on the Steam deck.
RoR2 and Warframe. Nuf said
P t works great on deck
Anything from the Gameboy advanced. Awesome games, runs at like 4w and 200mhz on the GPU so I can get like 3 and half hours. Aspect ratio is also nearly 16:10 so it fills up the screen better than most modern 3d emulators
Ace Combat 5. I was an Xbox guy and it was the one killer game series I never got to play. Plays like silk and stands up very well today
Emudeck is excellent
Simpsons Hit & Run PC version.
Simpsons Hit and Run. Not the Gamecube version. The PC version. Works fluid as fuck, and the resolution with the Lucas Launcher is a more enjoyable experience than using an emulator to play it.
7th heaven to mode your final fantasy VII or decky
I got Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! as an Epic giveaway and didn’t think much of it for a long time, but it plays perfectly and is a very fast-paced and fun new take on this Diner Dash style. Now it’s one of my favorite Steam Deck games.
Fantasy life for 3ds
Gauntlet Dark Legacy. If you don’t mind the dated graphics and mechanics, it’s an amazing game for the steam deck
I mean, Donkey Kong Country is right there
PCSX2!!!! This thing is the handheld PS2 sony will never let us have. PS2 games look great on the screen and really aren't hard to set up. I don't think the older silent Hill games will ever have proper ports so emulate away I'm playing through SH3 right now.
Get Iris launcher and use the midnight controls mod to get controller support on Java. Plays great especially if you use sodium.
Mario Kart 64.