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Based on 174 Reddit mentions
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If the thing says steam deck supported in the checks and has tons of issues then its fair imho. But not this
CatCatPizza in r/Steam
February 28, 2026 2:52 PM
5.8k
The game is verified to launch at 10fps haha If you change some settings it can be a little better but should not be verified for sure. Changing from "quality" default graphics to "performance". Should absolutely have been the default Steam deck settings BEFORE it was verified, as an absolute bare m
...Safe_External_3993 in r/SteamDeck
February 4, 2026 10:08 PM
1.3k
this would be my thought, if the game says Steam Deck verified and it doesn't play well then it deserves that negative review. A game just not working and doesn't claim to is a whole other thing.
newcheesecity in r/Steam
February 28, 2026 2:54 PM
1.3k
A lot, but I think the people that get the most use are husbands and dads. For example my wife likes to hang out upstairs and not feel so disconnected so we can talk still. Steam deck is great for this and progressing single player games.
Nuromake in r/SteamDeck
March 30, 2026 1:29 AM
612
Another USB C port would be awesome. And better hardware of course, so I can also play new AAA games. And not really related to the deck it self but the steam shop kinda sucks on the deck.
GurkenwasserundKaese in r/SteamDeck
April 12, 2026 3:59 PM
488
Unless you put in the steam launch option to pretend your PC is a steam deck. Then a lot of games will cooperate lol.
Squatlock360 in r/whenthe
March 9, 2026 1:23 PM
680
For me personally steamOS was one of the selling points of the deck and I’ve never wanted for windows
Clean-Wallaby207 in r/SteamDeck
March 21, 2026 7:40 PM
333
It's insane to me it doesn't have Steam Deck/Linux support. It's the perfect device for it.
Chasheeks in r/Steam
September 20, 2025 5:57 PM
3.1k
The SteamDeck made see that it is possible to run games perfectly fine on linux. It was the one thing that kept me on Windows. I made the switch with my desktop 3 weeks ago, I installed Nobara and haven't looked back since.
superdopey in r/SteamDeck
April 2, 2026 8:16 AM
265
Steam decks seem to be very multipurpose controllers on top of being game devices, just purely because at their heart they're portable PC's that come with linux. Pretty sure Ukrainians use them to control armored vehicles
jesty75 in r/SteamDeck
June 1, 2025 4:33 PM
2.3k