savvywolf,
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For Epic Games, I’d also recommend Heroic. You can download it from the Discover Software Center in Desktop Mode.

Some quick tips:

  • If you need to bring up a keyboard for whatever reason, you can hold the STEAM button, and press X.
  • Expect to tinker and play around with things, I think the software is still a bit new and rough around the edges.
  • Search the Discover Software Center for software in general; it’s a good place to download things like browsers and applications.
  • If you want to know if a game runs or not, you can check www.protondb.com , it’s a crowdsourced version of Valve’s “Steam Deck Verified”, where people say how well games work.

Some game recommendations, based on ones I’ve played. Not had a chance to try them all on the Steam deck, but they should work:

  • Stardew Valley
  • Baba is You
  • Celeste
  • Cuphead
  • Dicey Dungeons
  • Slay the Spire (Think you have to use the touch screen though)
  • Sonic Mania
  • Wargroove
  • Zeepkist
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Hades
  • Pizza Tower
  • Tunic
  • Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Demon’s Tilt
  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • gaming@beehaw.org
  • fightinggames
  • All magazines