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!
Have you tried Deus Ex Randomizer? We have an unusually high number of Steam Deck players
Hollow Knight has not been mentioned
If you like the settlement building in Fallout 4, Humble Bundle’s got House Flipper 1+DLC on sale for five bucks.
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!
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
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.
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
Shadows of doubt feels similar to old school Deus Ex. $30 normal price, so wait for a sale.
You run around a dark rainy city as an ex cop turned freelance detective.
Take up small side jobs, break into buildings, make phone calls, buy coffee, listen to jazz in your apartment, read about a murder in the paper, sneak into a bloody crime scene to gather clues, hack computers, make a tangled conspiracy board, drink stolen alcohol until you’re staggering down alleys, have crazed monologues, get an epiphany, track down a suspect, accuse them of murder, arrest them, close the case, find out they were innocent after all, repeat
That sounds mint, thanks
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.
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.
One of the first games I played on deck and I look back on it very fondly, a perfect deck game.
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
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
The Dishonoured looks great, and I’ve had Prey on my wish list for a while, thanks
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.
Dark and Darker is free and is basically if Oblivion, Dark Souls and Escape from Tarkov had a baby.
Sold, that sounds perfect!
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.
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.
My mate’s been playing this on his switch, and it was a bit janky. Good to know it runs well on the deck
I was very impressed with KCD on my friend’s steam deck. Very smooth for a mobile system
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
Mint, I’ve played Skyrim repeatedly, but never on something where mods work.
Valheim is often on sale at $10 as well.
Valheim is a great game to just relax, chilling in the meadows, building and exploring.
For a second I got mixed up and interpreted your comment as
chilling in the plains
And I though “what kind of madman—“
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 :)
