If so, how is it working with your GOG library, especially with pre-2010 Windows games?

One more piece of polluting hardware I don't need, sold by a company I don't want to support, encouraging me to stare at yet another screen (which is way too small for my aging eyes) when I'm outside of home instead of appreciating the moment... no thanks. Only thing I like about it is that it runs on some offshoot of Linux (although will that lead to better support for gaming in Linux overall rather than result in another Android, I'm not convinced).

I'm sure there are legitimate uses cases for it (ex: if you commute a lot on public transit and don't like to read), but not for me.

Never asked for your opinion on the device.

No, but you asked if we have a Steam Deck. Never have and never will. I'm providing the why as a bonus free of charge ;P.

I'm throwing my perspective about it out there as food for thought, but if my opinion about the device doesn't resonate in any way with you, feel free to disregard it and go about your day. I promise I won't get offended.

I don't plan on getting one. Apart from my issues with giving Valve any of my money, I just think it's a bit too big for me. I find a regular Switch a bit too big to be considered useful as a handheld console, so the Steamdeck is just preposterously big to me.
I also don't like the control layout at all, reaching into the middle of the device to get to the analogue stick is horrible, I like my thumb to be pointing as close to "north" on the stick as possible and this makes my left thumb face "east".

If I ever want to get a PC Handheld, It'll be a Aya Neo. That would avoid/solve a lot of problems.

Like what?

Like: does this work on Linux?

Well you'll need to rely on Heroic launcher if you want any shred of convenience. Achievements won't work obviously.

Otherwise you'll have to manually load the setup onto the device, add the setup as a steam game, assign a compatibility layer, "play" the setup, install the game to some fake Windows Directory, then go back to your setup "game" and change the link from the setup to the game's executable, by navigating weird Linux directories, random IDs that Steam assigns (have fun figuring that one out every single time you install a game, especially since you navigate via stupid Steam UI and not Dolphin, thus you cannot sort by last modified date and have to look it up separately), then fake Windows directories till you finally reach that executable.

Of course if you're already a Linux user, you may be used to dealing with all this madness.

I personally dislike Steam OS, the inability to gain Achievements, and lack of a keyboard. We need to tinker so much and there's no keyboard! The on-screen keyboard doesn't even have a CTRL key! I got fed up and just went back to GPD, who have been in this game far longer than Valve. I have recently ordered a GPD Win 4. It should arrive in a month or so. Steam Deck's only advantage is the price IMO.

If I could only afford a Steam Deck, I would have installed Windows on it by now, rather than sacrifice achievements and deal with that madness. I mean sure, the Heroic launcher simplifies things a bit, but you have to trust a 3rd party client with your account.

You're suppose to read the topic, not just the title.

I´ve just purchased the 64gb Deck with the 10% discount, i don´t think Valve win much money with me, my main library is here and only buy steam games for cents from users. I am interested to play soft games that i play with scummvm on my mobile and adventure games (i am really worried with text size).

I am also nteresteed in how it work with gog games and drm free games in general.

Saw some YouTube videos launching GOG Galaxy on the Steam Deck, that being said, don't know if achievements work or not.

The exact same scenario for me, got the 64GB model as well and most of my games or on GOG and Itch.

Some cynical people might say that your title was clickbait.

That you could have rewritten the "title"/"topic" as something like:

Title: "Does the Steam Deck work with older Windows games?"
Topic: "Does the Steam Deck work with older Windows games, specifically pre-2010 Windows games? I searched for the existing thread using the keyword "deck", but I would like more recent feedback."



I'm not cynical of course, so I would just say that the effort you put into a post is reflected in the responses you get.

GIGO: Garbage in, garbage out.

But ignoring the title is also bad :)

There is already a thread about the games, let's turn this into one about the deck :P


If two windows programs can communicate with each other on the deck and if you saw Galaxy running, achievements should work as well.