Valve has launched the Steam Spring Sale 2024 and with it, you know the drill, there's masses of discounts across all sorts of games. There's also a fresh list of the top 100 most played games on Steam Deck.
  • @[email protected]
    22•8 months ago

    I love that there is no rhyme or reason to this list in terms of game genres, it is just a diverse list of damn good games.

    It really proves that the deck platform is the opposite of a platform like VR where a narrow range of video game genre adaptions work well and most of the time translations to the medium just miss the point or feel clunkier.

    People are just playing pc games on their deck, all kinds of pc games, there is no pattern to it other than the limitations of the deck hardware. I really don’t think there is any stronger statement about how titanic of a shift the steam deck is in the pc gaming world than this list because it decisively puts to rest any claim that the Steam Deck is a fad or that it only works well for a narrow range of pc games, or that linux will never become popular enough or that barely anybody is ever going to want to try to adapt mouse and keyboard focused games to steamdeck controls.

    There is a quiet confidence to this list and it is extremely exciting.

  • Vengefu1 TunaEnglish
    14•8 months ago

    I can’t believe Balatro is so high on the list even though it came out less than a month ago. It’s very deserved though, it’s crazy addicting and it plays perfectly on the deck.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    1•8 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Valve has launched the Steam Spring Sale 2024 and with it, you know the drill, there’s masses of discounts across all sorts of games.

    There’s also a fresh list of the top 100 most played games on Steam Deck.

    It really does surprise me on the types of games that are popular on Steam Deck, just continuing to show what a ridiculously versatile device it is.

    I have hundreds of games still to complete, a massive pile of shame collecting dust and an unholy attachment to Helldivers 2 right now.

    If you’re a bit stuck an easy recommendation is Bloons TD 6, it’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had with a tower defense game.

    Baldur’s Gate 3 also only has a tiny discount at 10% off but gosh — best RPG I’ve played in years and it’s not likely to be cheaper any time soon.

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