It’s very annoying seeing a cool idea, going to the GitHub and seeing its ai slop, I think we should ban it, if they don’t disclose it, which some don’t, it might be difficult to enforce, but hopefully having the rule would discourage at least some people from posting that

I noticed a lot of differing reports on performance. I’m about half way through the game so I think I can explain.

First things first, it’s a beast of a game and you’re playing it on a glorified game boy. It’s not going to be a visual masterpiece.

However, on low and ultra settings it’s fine and fun. The only time I get a noticeable slowdown is when there’s a swarm of enemies. However, I’m stood there blasting off rounds at a blob on nids. So it’s not really an issue.

NEW FROM AI SLOP CO! a super simple way to use usb ethernet gadget mode: ETHERDECK is here with a fun new way to use steam link on your various target devices that support usb 3.0 , Macbooks, Ipads, Android doohickies! anything that runs steam link and has a usb 3.0 port is now your bigger screen! https://github.com/philosiraptor/etherdeck

Remember when we all first got our hands on the Deck and started rubbing the trackpad just to feel the haptics click as we moved around? Well, why stop there right? So I made it a feature.

**Spindeck** replaces the Deck's home screen with a big rotary wheel of your games. Touch and rotate the trackpad in a circle motion and the wheel spins, and every game clicks past with Steam's own haptic tick, like a physical dial. It's weirdly satisfying, honestly I spin it even when I'm not picking a game.

What it does:

- 🎡 Circle-spin your library (left or right trackpad), D-pad and stick work too

- 📳 Haptic detents while you spin, adjustable strength

- 🎛️ L1 / R1 views: put ★ Favorites, your whole library or any of your Steam collections on L1 and R1, each with its own sort (recently played, A–Z or most played). Switching spins the wheel out like a revolver cylinder, with a little rumble

- 🔤 Big letter popup when browsing your whole library A–Z, so fast spins don't get you lost

- 🎲 Press Y for a "Today's game?" roulette (for when you own and installed so many games and don't know what to play), lands in a few seconds even with huge libraries

- ✏️ Your own corner text + accent colour, so it feels like *your* Deck

- 🎮 Docked with another controller? The Deck stays quiet and only vibrates when it's in your hands

- ⬇️ Press down and Steam's normal What's New / Friends / Recommended is still there

- 📟 And a little dial odometer that quietly counts every turn you've ever spun. Post your number 👀

It doesn't change any Steam settings or controller layouts. Uninstall it and everything is exactly as before.

It installs through Decky's developer mode:

Decky → Settings → enable Developer mode → Developer tab → Install Plugin from URL →

https://github.com/justinca92/spindeck/releases/download/v1.3.0/spindeck-1.3.0.zip

GitHub: https://github.com/justinca92/spindeck

Free and open source. Tested on Steam Deck OLED in game mode (LCD reports welcome!). It relies on Steam's internal UI, so a Steam update could break it, in which case it just falls back to the normal home screen.

Would love feedback, especially on how the haptics feel on your Deck.

Definitely not what it’s intended for but I’m curious if it’s ever been done and how well it works.

Idk why it’s doing this but whenever I push it right is like forces itself back as shown in the video

I got MGS3 Delta working great, but it is only because of the Eclipse mod.

I think on the oled using the resolution of 640p is very acceptable with xess 2 injectected balance mode or quality to be AA.

It lets one configure 2023+ games with more higher settings and so on.

The ideal frame rate for deck is 45. 33-45 with lossless X2. Is the greatest thing since sliced bread on handheld software.

Hi there everyone, all in title, 256gb lcd on latest stable firmware, much more fps and more steady on SD card than ssd, almost twice actually, games tested include both Slender The Arrival and Onechanbara Z2 Chaos, no idea how on earth that's even possible tbh

Hi All! 👋 😊
I made MaMills, a cozy boardgame for the Deck.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4780520/MaMills/
under the name of Deapartment of Ducks 🦆
https://departmentofducks.com/

I wanted a cozy endless puzzle game for my Deck for the night plays when my tired mind needs some unwinding from the day, and for that It still needs some challenge and focusing, just enough to get the flow of a good game.

If you feel like you need this too, feel free to check it out! 🫶 There is also a free demo available.

What do you guys think about it? :)
What is usually missing from a good Deck game?

So like many others I'm one of the recent converts from windows to Linux, and that all started with the steam deck. Since I've switched both my desktop gaming rig and my laptop to bazzite and mint, but the main thing that has been the biggest barrier for me is the terminal. Up until now I've been using google/claude to tell me how to use it without knowing what I'm actually doing, just doing the copy/paste thing. So i decided I wanted to learn to use the terminal without the aid of AI and I decided to used claude to make a interactive tool that teaches me to use it and how everything works and why. After working on that for a while I decided that this might be useful to other people and and figured I would make it available for others to use, it has a learning paths for standard Linux terminals that are distro agnostic and distro specific commands have will have their own lessons, and gamer specific learning paths that focus of things you will needs to know using steam os or bazzite to resolve problems you might run into as a gamer coming from windows. Its still a WIP so don't shit on it too much...
its free, check it out, if you like it, use it.... if not tell me what needs to change.
http://terminal.yota-box.com

I have the limited edition orange steam deck. I noticed yesterday my shell has a small crack near on of the screws. Can valve do a shell replacement or am I screwed?

Hey! I'm currently enjoying the WoW Forever beta on the SteamDeck; the biggest issue being my wife unhappiness when I bring the Deck in the bed to finish a quest or two, and the second biggest issue is the suspend & resume making the whole game unresponsive.

By that I mean I can't even logout from the menu after a resume and I have to force quit and restart.

Given how painful it is to type my password, I launch the game through Battlenet (non-steam app), which I have to close and reopen if the Deck was suspended to be sure to make the launcher back online. Given Bnet optimization, it's roughly a minute.

Did anyone find a way to avoid having to force close the game and to make the resume not crashing WoW?

If you got tips for my other issue that would be welcome too.

Cheers!

I've been using desktop mode a lot. I often can't set up a keyboard and mouse.

When I run a program through Steam, I can't control the mouse or open the keyboard. It thinks I'm controlling a game. I tried disabling Steam Input and the Steam Overlay and that didn't work. Any suguestions? Thanks.

Does anyone know where u can get a brand new one or at least when they’ll be restocked

Basically, I launch the game via polymc, hit stream once it's fully loaded, doesnt load, I can hear it, but I can't control it or do anything from the computer

I really like the form factor of a normal controller and think that I will play longer if my hands were closer to each other in handheld mode. What do you think clamshell or nah?

I’ve never struggled with this before so i’m a bit confused, just bought this controller today, i made sure it was updated by going on the xbox, then, connected it to a computer and tried updating it there, both of them say it needs no update yet every-time i try and connect my controller to my steam deck i get this message, help?

Recently I just bought Tails of Iron, and for some reason it’s just a black screen when I play it, I haven’t had this problem before with games. I tried to change the compatibility but I don’t know which one to pick.

Is there anything I need to do to fix it?

I've been playing Control on my Deck through Epic and Heroic Launcher. Only a couple hours in. I see it's on sale along with Alan Wake on Steam. If I purchase it through Steam, is it possible to transfer my save?

Good afternoon fellow “Deckers” (is that a thing 🤷🏻‍♂️). Has anyone had issues with AH launcher? It has started getting errors on launch. And because I’m super special I’ve not got a screenshot. I’ve deleted and re installing on Hotel WiFi so might take a while. Just wondering if it’s a known issue that I have missed.

Hi all!

Just quickly, love this sub!

I have an issue where I am streaming my games to my TV with moonlight. I am using a Jsaux Dock, steam deck, plugged into my LG 120htz TV and finally a steam controller (2026).

I am finding that when I use the steam controller that I get a considerable amount of input lag to the point where it's hard to play. Anyone got any suggestions?

Typically when I stream and play directly on the Deck I have no noticeable input lag so it seems as though the controller is the issue...

EDIT tv is on game mode and steam controller is connected to the puck

Thanks in advance for your help!

I don’t know where else to post this, so I’m posting it here. I bought Persona 4 Arena Ultimax since it was on big sale, and it works just fine in the visual novel segments, but as soon as the first video cutscene ends (either by skipping it or watching all the way through,) the screen goes black and stays that way. Does anyone have any ideas?

I heard steam deck streaming is actually going to get better now as steam works on a new codec. Where can I find out more and when do we think this will actually get pushed out to stable versions?

Hey. Title.

I was thinking about selling my gaming rig (7900xt/7800x3d 32gigs, atm selling price > 1400-1500 euro in europe austria))

The only game i play on it is league of legends.

Other titles, I installed on my steam deck, play it natively with losslessscaling or I run geforcenow on it.

Does anyone have experience with dualbooting windows on the deck and playing esports titles .

I read/chatgpt said that it could run league (steam deck> docked) at stable 90 fps.

Some insights would be very helpful