Sorry this post is a week late, been busy with real life stuff.

These are lists of some tools and software that are useful for Steam Deck and can enhance your experience with it, as well as all the websites and other such Steam Deck resources I know.

I made these lists for the wiki on Reddit's SteamDeck sub and I thought it was a pretty useful to keep around. I wanted to dump them here for everybody to preserve them and to maybe find a new home for this Steam Deck resource.

Let me know what you think.

List of tools and homebrew

Below is a list of tools and homebrew that can enhance your experience with the Steam Deck. Since the Steam Deck offers most things that a normal Linux desktop environment can, tools are included that can be found in the Discover store (including from non-default repositories) and have proven to be an especially good fit.

Emulation and non-steam games

• BCML Installer for Steam Deck

  BCML (a modding tool voor Breath of the Wild for WiiU) can be difficult to get running on Steam Deck, because it uses an immutable filesystem and the version of Python installed by default is higher than what BCML supports. This script helps people install it.

• BoilR

  Add non-steam games to your steam library.

• Emudeck

  This script automates downloading, installing and setting up a large list of different emulators.

• EmulationStation DE

  A graphical and themeable emulator front-end that allows you to access all your favorite games in one place, which is installed by Emudeck and Retrodeck, but can also be used by itself.

• Mod Organizer 2 Linux Installer

  This project aims to make modding and playing Bethesda games on Linux as easy as possible. It does that by providing installers which automatically setup a working experience for the user.

• Retrodeck

  A flatpak application containing a large list of different emulators.

• SGDBoop

  A tool that automatically applies assets from SteamGridDB directly to your Steam library, removing the need to download and set them manually.

• Steam ROM Manager

  Steam ROM Manager is a super flexible tool for adding non-Steam games to steam in bulk and managing their artwork assets. It can be installed with Emudeck, but can also be used by itself.

File management

• Deck Drive Manager

  Copy Steam Games From Your PC to Your Steam Deck SD Card.

• Disk Usage Analyzer

  A tool for managing your used and free space.

• Firelight

  Filelight is an application to visualize the disk usage on your computer by showing folders using an easy-to-understand view of concentric rings. Filelight makes it simple to free up space!

• gdu

  If you prefer the command-line, gdu is a fast disk usage analyzer with console interface, written in Go.

• Shortix

  A script that creates human readable symlinks for Proton game prefixes. Reddit release post

• Steam Deck Shader Cache Killer

  Script to Purge The Steam Decks Shader Cache/ Compat Data. Reddit release post

File transfer and synchronization

• Deck Screenshot Sync

  A work-in-progress auto-uploader for screenshots made from the Deck onto your PC or phone. Reddit post by u/ Xinerki.

• MEGASync

  Easy automated syncing between your computers and your MEGA Cloud Drive.

• OpenCloudSaves

  Open Cloud Saves is an open source application for managing your saves games across Windows, MacOs, and Linux (including SteamOS).

• Syncthing

  Syncthing is a file synchronization tool like Dropbox, except that it can work with your own machines and without a server. This can be very useful for keeping non-Steam and emulator save games in sync or backed up.

• Warpinator

  Send and Receive Files across the Network

Launchers

• Alfea

  Alfae is an experimental project to launch GOG/Local/ItchIo/Epic/Bottles Games in an organised fashion. Also can add games to deck UI.

• Bottles

  Runs Windows software on Linux with Bottles.

• Heroic Game Launcher

  Heroic is an Open Source Games Launcher. Right now it supports launching games from the Epic Games Store using Legendary and GOG Games using our custom implementation with gogdl.

• Lutris

  Lutris is a video game preservation platform aiming to keep your video game collection up and running for the years to come.

• NonSteamLaunchers

  Installs the latest GE-Proton and several non-Steam launchers under one Proton prefix folder and adds them to your Steam library. Reddit release post for v2.7

• Steam Tinker Launch

  Steam Tinker Launch is a versatile Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client which allows for easy graphical configuration of game tools, such as GameScope, MangoHud, modding tools and a bunch more. It supports both games using Proton and native Linux games, and works on both X11 and Wayland.

Plugins and mods

• Crankshaft

  [This application does not seem to be maintained any longer.] Crankshaft is a Steam client plugin manager and framework that lets you install and create plugins to add more functionality to your Steam client.

• Decky Plugin Loader

  A plugin loader for the Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck Repo Manager

  A GUI tool to install boot videos on your Steam Deck built on top of the Steam Deck Repo website. Reddit release post

Remote access and game streaming

• AnyDesk

  AnyDesk allows you to connect to your Steam Deck desktop remotely, like TeamViewer.

• Barrier

  Share mouse and keyboard over the local network.

• Chiaki4deck

  Chiaki4deck is a fork of Chiaki, adding features for the Steam Deck. It is a free and Open Source Client for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Remote Play. It can be used to play in real time on a PlayStation as long as there is a network connection.

• Deskreen

  Turn any device into a secondary screen for your computer. Streams your Steam Deck screen to a browser on another machine.

• KDE Connect

  Enables communication between all your devices.

• Moonlight

  Moonlight allows you to play your PC games on almost any device, whether you're in another room or miles away from your gaming rig.

• NoMachine

  Like AnyDesk, allows remote desktop connections to your Steam Deck. Disabling read-only on the filesystem is required to install, but otherwise works very well.

• Remote Mouse

  Use your phone as a keyboard and mouse, and copy/paste between devices (apps for iOS and for Android available.) Gained improved support for Linux and Steam Deck in December 2022.

• Rustdesk

  An open source TeamViewer alternative, remote desktop software. Works out of the box, no configuration required. Use the AppImage from the nightly build.

• Steam Link

  Connect your Steam Deck or other Steam devices with each other for remote streaming.

• Sunshine

  Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight, offering low latency, cloud gaming server capabilities.

• Unified Remote

  Remote control app for your Steam Deck. Turn your smartphone into a universal remote control, control mouse, keyboard and more.

Other tools

• Boot Video Randomizer

  Replace the Deck startup video file with a file of the user's choice. Randomizer provides two features: individual random set and on-boot randomization. Reddit release post

• CoreKeyboard

  CoreKeyboard is an X11-based virtual keyboard. It has the advantage over Valve's built-in keyboard to offer access to special keys such as Ctrl, Alt and function keys.

• Great on Deck browser extension for Chrome or Firefox

  See what games are verified for the Steam Deck and which medal they have on ProtonDB in the Steam store.

• Ludusavi

  Backup tool for PC game saves. Here is the Reddit release post.

• ProtonUp-Qt

  Install and manage Wine- and Proton-based compatibility tools for Steam and Lutris with this graphical user interface.

• Qbert

  Qbert generates a root overlay where you can install whatever software you need without messing your filesystem. NOTICE: something is broken atm, Qbert is not creating a correct overlay so basically the software is not working as intended.

• SC Controller

  User-mode driver, mapper and GTK3 based GUI for Steam Controller, DS4 and similar controllers. Steam Deck support added in version 0.4.8.8.

• Steam Deck SD Card Scanner

  An application to help you keep track of the different games you have on your SD Cards. If you ever found yourself wondering if you already have a game installed on a different SD Card then this is for you. Reddit post by u/ddotthomas.

• Steam Deck Utilities by CryoByte33

  Scripts and utilities to enhance the Steam Deck experience, particularly performance.

• Steam Shortcut Editor

  Allows you to modify the shortcuts file quickly and set game name to be the appid, so you have access to community controls. Link to Reddit post

• Vibrant Deck CLI

  A simple command line utility to tweak the screen saturation of the Steam Deck.

List of Steam Deck-related websites

Here is a collection of websites that offer information, guides and news about the Steam Deck.

Official Valve sites

• Official website

  The official website for the Steam Deck by Valve.

• Deck Verified Games From Your Library

  List of games from your library that Valve has tested so far.

• Valve's Steam Deck bug report forum, feature request forum and general discussion forum

  The official Steam Deck forums on the Steam site.

• Steam Devices page

  On this Steam page, you can find a list of Valve hardware and their serial numbers. You can click on the Steam Deck in the list to view a list of its hardware components.

Linux and Steam Deck gaming sites

• ProtonDB

  Crowdsourced Linux and Steam Deck game compatibility reports.

• GamingOnLinux

  GamingOnLinux deals with games on Linux (which the Steam Deck runs) in general, but has consistently reported on Steam Deck-related news.

• Linux Gaming Central

  Linux Gaming Central is dedicated to giving you news on the Linux gaming front. The link above points to the "Steam Deck" tag on the site.

• Boiling Steam

  Boiling Steam is dedicated to covering the world of PC Linux Gaming since 2014. The site often reports on the Steam Deck, as the search results the link points to show.

• Are We Anti-Cheat Yet?

  A comprehensive and crowd-sourced list of games using anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine/Proton.

Steam Deck community sites

• Steam Deck Community

  An independent Steam Deck Forum.

• Steam Deck Life

  A Steam Deck blog for the latest news, tips and tricks and more.

• Steam Deck HQ

  A web site with game reviews with optimal configuration, tips and guides, and news.

• ShareDeck

  An unofficial site to find and share Steam Deck performance configurations.

• overkill.wtf

  overkill.wtf primarily focuses on the Steam Deck, with a hint of Switch, PC gaming and whatever else we find interesting at that moment--but mostly Steam Deck.

• Great on Deck

  Unofficial Steam Deck compatibility website. Verification, performance reviews and tweaks for Steam Deck. Emulation guides, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect games and more.

• CheckMyDeck

  Check Steam Deck compatibility of your Steam library.

• sdeck.wiki

  A list of Steam Deck resources.

• Steam Deck Guide

  A guide covering Steam Deck, including the applications and tools that will make you better and more efficient with your Steam Deck device.

• Steam Deck Repo

  A website where you can upload and share community-made Steam Deck boot videos (plus in the future, other things like themes and an app to automatically apply them to the Steam Deck)!

• Steam Deck Linux Wiki

  This wiki aims to be a useful resource for those that want to explore the desktop side of the Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck Guide

  This guide contains all kinds of useful tips that were found online. Hopefully it will help you use your Steam Deck to the fullest.

List of Steam Deck-related subreddits and Lemmy communities

These other places covering the Steam Deck also exist on sites like Reddit and Lemmy:

• r/SteamDeck
• r/DeckSupport
• r/steamdeck_linux
• r/SteamDeckBootVids
• r/SteamDeckEmulation
• r/SteamDeckGames
• r/SteamDeckModded
• r/SteamDeckMods
• r/SteamDeckTech
• r/SteamDeckTinker
• r/SteamDeckTricks
• r/SteamDeckWins
• r/SteamDeckYuzu
• r/SteamOS
• r/WindowsOnDeck
• r/BestOfSteamDeck
• r/linux_gaming

List of Steam Deck-related podcasts

If you enjoy listening to Steam Deck news in your car or elsewhere, these podcasts might be for you:

• On Deck - by Nerdnest YouTube
• The Steam Deck Podcast - by FlipScreen Games
• Decked Up - by Mekel Kasanova YouTube
• Fan the Deck - by Richard Alvarez YouTube

List of Steam Deck-related Discord servers

Get together and discuss the Steam Deck on these Discord servers:

• Steam Deck Discord

  The main Steam Deck Discord, not affiliated with Valve, Valve employees are known to lurk on the Discord.

• Steam Deck Homebrew

  Steam Deck Homebrew Discord server, with, among others, a channel for Decky support.

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/ea-sports-wrc/wrc/news/ea-anticheat

The Steam Deck's multitouch screen might be its most underutilised feature. Until recently, I wasn't even sure whether devs could use it for anything more than simple mouse emulation. But I've just started playing "Sky: Children of the Light" on my Deck (which is generally a great experience on Deck, especially on the OLED with 90Hz HDR) and I found that when using a musical instrument, you can actually use the touchscreen to play up to 10 notes at the same time.

This got me curious: Do you know if there are any other games on Deck using multitouch, or is Sky the first one that does it?

There's a new beta for Caves of Qud, available by opting into the beta from the game's steam properties.

Noteworthy changes for Steam Deck users:

• 🚨ALL NEW INTERFACE🚨 Our transformational UI redesign is complete! Fully mouseable, fully gamepaddable, and much prettier, but all carefully designed to maintain the essence of what makes Qud Qud. More polish is coming, but everything functional is in.

• Support for Steam Cloud saves. Play between PCs or between Steam Deck and PC, at your leisure

There are a lot of other good changes too, full patch notes are here.. This patch will exit beta on June 6th.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15531304

With graphics turned to low (which just looks retro to me and fits the vibe of the game like I am playing midtown madness-ultra) Motor Town is a blast on the Steam Deck!

What really makes it fit well with the deck is the autopilot feature where you can hit a button and your car will automatically navigate to the next step of whatever job you are doing. That makes it perfect for picking up and putting down while you do other stuff.

According to the developer:

> You may notice that Steam marks the game as 'Unsupported' for Steam Deck. This is due to the Legends co-op multiplayer mode requiring Windows to access PlayStation Network integrated features.

They're rolling out a new in-game PlayStation overlay that requires PSN and windows to work, and multiplayer features won't be available without the two. It's possible that Valve will be able to fix the windows incompatibility issue, although there's no hope for the PSN requirement part being removed.

Trying to play Elden Ring on the deck and not enjoying it. Anyone have tips on how to improve the experience, it’s my only platform and I want to like the game?

Most noteworthy is it now allows remote connection through PSN, allowing you to connect without configuring port forwarding.

It should be available on flathub "soonish"

CachyOS is an Arch fork that focuses on optimizations and improved performance.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15265672

If you aren't familiar with it, GE-proton is an alternative proton version for running windows games on Linux/steam deck. It's most noteworthy because it includes additional media codecs needed for video playback in some games, which valve can't distribute for legal reasons. It also includes some hot fixes for specific games that might not yet work in regular proton.

> - added TCP_KEEP patches needed for Star Citizen 2.0 launcher > > - updated wine to latest bleeding edge (fixes Apex Legends) > > - updated dxvk to latest git > > - updated vkd3d-proton to latest git > > - updated dxvk-nvapi to match upstream > > - updated various build files to match upstream > > - updated steam client to match upstream > > - added upstream cpu topology fixes > > - protonfixes: Add fix for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition (thanks R1kaB3rN) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for COJ Gunslinger (thanks Tiagoquix) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Total War: Shogun 2 (thanks Crumb5) > > - protonfixes: Update Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee fix (thanks doZenn) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (thanks doZenn) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Overlord II (thanks doZenn) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Stranger's Wrath HD (thanks doZenn) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Ducati World Championship (thanks doZenn) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Add fix for Café Stella and the Reaper's Butterflies (thanks R1kaB3rN) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Add fix for Sabbat of the Witch (thanks R1kaB3rN) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Add fix for Riddle Joker (thanks R1kaB3rN) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for Add fix for Senren * Banka (thanks R1kaB3rN) > > - protonfixes: Add fix for (Newest) Many WMP9 Video Playback fixes for Yuzusoft VN's (thanks R1kaB3rN) >

Is anybody else dealing with this? In game mode updates install normally, but if I go into desktop mode, updates stall and never finish downloading. And unfortunately you don't get to install desktop updates from game mode.

My internet connection works fine on firefox, and is plenty fast, so it's not a connectivity issue. I'm not sure what's going on.

Hello all groovy people –

I released my Renoise controls for the Steam Deck to Steam today as 'RenoiseDeck'. Not perfect, but pretty usable. Here's how:

– Left shoulder button = Edit on / off (Esc). Toggles entering notes. – D-pad = Arrow keys, move around. – (X) = delete. (A) = play / stop. (Y) and (B) = notes C and G for jamming, entering notes, previewing sounds etc.

– Left mousepad = 4 x 4 grid with a chromatic octave of notes starting at C on the top left. On top of of the 12 notes, there's the stopper (Caps Lock) and a couple of useful hex values. Right shoulder button shifts the grid to numbers and more hexes and effect command letters.

– Left hand back buttons: Top = F4 (Copy), Bottom = F5 (Paste). – Right hand back buttons: Top = Alt, Bottom = Ctrl. – Right shoulder button = Shift.

With these, you can: – Shift + arrows = make selection in the editor. – Alt + arrows = select instruments. – Ctrl + arrows = manipulate the pattern sequencer.

– Alt + copy / paste = Copy / paste selection in pattern. – Ctrl + copy / paste = Copy / paste pattern. – Shift + copy / paste = Copy / paste track.

One of the analog sticks acts as a slow mouse for precise control of sliders.

Previously the hall effect joysticks were only available for the LCD deck

FINALLY! I'm super fucking stoked but I'm also super fucking overwhelmed. There's so much more to this game than I thought, and I have no idea how things work but God DAMN do I love it!

This guy is a racing game Youtuber, so I was surprised to see him create a video about the steam deck. Are there any other racing games you would put on the list?

It switched from the standalone version of EAC to Epic Online Services anticheat instead, breaking steam deck support in the process.

However, EOS is normally supported on Steam Deck, so this is probably a temporary issue and will hopefully be resolved by either Valve or Respawn/Epic. We'll just have to wait and see.

Edit: this is reportedly now fixed on proton experimental

Cataclysm DDA, Vim & WASD - Implications For Generalist Translations Of Qwerty Layouts To The Steam Deck ---------------

link to video demonstration on Peertube instance

Steam Deck controller config available by renaming Cataclysm DDA in your steam library (added as a non-steam game) to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead and then searching under community layouts for "Cataclysm DDA full keyboard mapping".

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edit: I recommend increasing the transparency of the popup steam menus by a large amount in practice, I kept them fairly opaque to make the video demonstration easier to follow

Here is my setup!

Vim Ring - my preference -> left joystick (no reason these can't be shuffled around tho) -------------

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The Vim hjkl keys (along with the diagonals y u n b because this is CDDA and we need those diagonals) provide us with a clear idea we can ground the Steam Deck mapping in, and unlike a Vimmer with a qwerty keyboard, we can unfold the keys into the navigational ring (up down left right) Vimmer's imagine in their head to understand Vim qwerty controls.

Not only does this provide an easy way to remember our first choice in dividing the qwerty keyboard into Steam Deck mappings, it also means that the control scheme has plug and play compatibility with a dizzying array of software and games that all are part of Vim's ~40 year tradition and evolution of keyboard controls. Once you memorize the Vim Ring on your Steam Deck you will be able to use it for the rest of your life on joysticks and touchpads, and you can rest assured that other people will be developing vim hjkl based controls for software and games for the rest of your life.

WASD Ring - my preference -> left trackpad --------

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WASD is probably one of the most well known "conceptual projections" onto the qwerty keyboard right?

It might seem a bittt confusing at first that z and x are the diagonals, but if you remember that this navigational ring is based on WASD, than s has to be down, and thus it becomes intuitive that z and x would be the downward diagonals. The letters q and e are almost without fail where left-lean, right-lean controls are for tactical shooters (for leaning out of cover to shoot) but even to someone unfamiliar with these control schemes, q and e are pretty intuitive.

Center Column ---------

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Notice here, that between the Vim and WASD rings is 2x3 column of unbound letters on the keyboard, those being c v, f g, and r t. The natural place for these letters which are frequently used by games and software is the four Steam Deck back buttons L5, R5, L4, R4 and the bumpers R1 and L1. True, vim prioritizes the horizontal home row, but given the accessibility of the other homerow keys in the VIM and WASD rings I don't think this is a serious flaw especially because it is easy to visualize how this column maps to your Steam Deck.

Number Ring - my preference -> right trackpad -------------

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Now for our last navigational ring. This ring was inspired by reading about players admitting to making the extremely chaotic-neutral choice of using the number row rather than the numberpad for navigation lol. We could just recreate the numberpad in a menu, but we already have two rings, and if anything nudging the numberpad into a ring shape makes activation from a touchpad or a joystick much more intuitive, it also expresses directly the meaning of the numberpad in terms of navigation while allowing quick access to each number for rapid input. Importantly, the number row keys not the numberpad keys are used here so that in conjunction with shift this ring can be used to activate the alt number row commands !@#$%^&*().

Caboose Board - my preference -> right joystick -------------

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The Caboose Board is where the rest of the letters and punctuation keys go. I call this a "board" not a "ring" because more keys can be fit onto steam's menu system by making two rows then making a ring, which provides a natural place for extensibility for additional critical keys needed only for a specific game or program that won't mess up carefully arranged rings.

Controller Face Buttons, and Left & Right Triggers. ------------

At this point all the letters from the qwerty keyboard are mapped onto the onboard Steam Deck controls. We just need to tidy up and map a few remaining keys outside of the main 3 rows of the keyboard and make some quality of life mappings for important controls in Cataclysm DDA.

Up until this step, other than starting from the assumption that mouse control is unneeded for this mapping, I haven't made any keyboard mappings that are only memorable or salient in the context of Cataclysm DDA. Only after this point am I actually assigning keys to the facebuttons of the Steam Deck based on the specific requirements of Cataclysm DDA. Think about how much easier this makes it to create and memorize the muscle memory of mappings for the next complicated game you want to tackle creating Steam Deck bindings for, if it is a roguelike or other game/software that can be played without a mouse than at least 85% of these mappings don't need to be changed. If mouse control is needed, it is easy to imagine slotting the number ring into a toggleable alternate menu that shares the same control binding. Or the caboose.

These final mappings are intended to be intuitive to someone who has used a gamepad a lot (especially xbox controller). Escape is mapped to the menu face button, tab to the view face button, backspace maps to the x facebutton, spacebar to the b facebutton, enter to the right trigger and shift to the left trigger allowing the shift key to easily be held like it is intended to be on a qwerty keyboard.

Some final quality of life tweaks for CDDA, a single press of the y facebutton activates the / key to bring up the advanced inventory management screen (absolutely amazingly powerful utility in CDDA) and a double press of the y facebutton activates they ? key to bring up list of commands with plain english search. A single press of the a facebutton is mapped to " which brings up the movement toggle (run, walk, crouch, prone). A double press brings up the mutations menu with [ (a somewhat tenous mapping to remember I concede, this is a draft tho). For now I have the thumbstick buttons mapped to + and -.

A Final Note On Menus --------

It is important to adjust the in menu sensitivity especially for navigational rings like the Vim Ring, WASD Ring and Number Ring. Typically for a ring assigned to a joystick one might want to set menu button activation to continous (with these repeat turbo settings) and tweak sensitivity so it is easy to reach the menu buttons on the far edges of the menu without it being uncomfortable or resulting in accidental activations of other keys.

In Desktop Mode there are plenty of free and open source games available, which can be manually added to Steam Launcher.

I heard about this awhile back, but only got around to trying it now. Junk Store is a newer Decky Plugin that allows you to view and install any of your Epic games store games right from game mode. You could already install epic games through Heroic and some other tools in desktop mode, but this is one allows easier installation (in my opinion), has full controller support for the library management UI, and will install the new games so that they show up like native steam games in your library. Overall I was really impressed by how well it worked, and wanted to recommend it.

To install it, first install the plugin from the Decky store. When you open the plugin, it will show you some different screens, and you need to go to the dependency screen and install all dependencies needed (it will do this for you, you just need to click one button). After that, close and reopen the plugin and it will show you an empty library and ask you to log into Epic. Once you're logged in, that library screen should show all your Epic games, and you can select any of them to install. After the game is installed, it will show up in the "Non Steam" tab of your library.

The plugin mentions GOG support, but it's not live yet. Also the junk store has an open plugins system that will hopefully allow other game libraries to all be accessed this way as well.

Seen a few times bazzite has been mentioned, but just have seen another user say they have OpenSUSE installed.

I'm not sure what the benefits of these options are, especially non-steamOS ISOs?

Proton 9.0 is officially out of beta, and should be automatically downloaded to your deck. Includes performance improvements and fixes for a lot of games.

It especially fixes a number of older games that would crash if you had too many cpu cores.

GeForce Now is a game streaming service. It was previously possible to use it on deck, but Nvidia is making it much easier to install and get set up. They also recently improved gamepad navigation of their service.

To install, go to their install page in desktop mode and scroll down to the steam deck option. Download and run the script.

The advantage of streaming services like this is getting great performance on lower power devices, and minimal battery usage.

Top 20 games played on Steam Deck in the April 2024, sorted by playtime

\#SteamDeck #linuxgaming @steamdeck

> For Steam Deck OLED support they said it's ready to the point that "it should be mostly functional", however there's at least one major issue left which "has to do with audio crashing when switching to Desktop Mode" and some other issues related to HDR support.

For those who don't know, the deck has three update channels: stable, beta, and main. The main channel has been on version 3.6 while stable and beta are both on 3.5.

The main channel just recently changed to 3.7 though. This is most significant because this likely means we'll start to see 3.6 make it's way into the beta channel, and then eventually released for stable.

Some improvements likely coming in the 3.6 update are mura improvements (fixing Samsung display OLED models) and changing swap files over to ZRAM.

I was recently trying to get some of the 4 player local games I have to work remotely.. Some have native multiplayer but with limitations (castle crashers only lets two local and two remote players play) bople battle only allows one local player in remote multi player mode.

However for both the above I was able to get remote play together working which basically let me map the remote player to a controller and play the game in local mode.

This however only worked on these games, I THINK they are linux native.. Games that didn't work / provide no controller mapping for remote play together Streets of rage 4, TMNT Redders revenge did not work. These games show support for remote play together in the steam library but I suspect the limitation is on the steam deck?

Anyone else have experience with Remote Play Together on the steam deck? It is nice as the remote party doesn't need a copy of the game and as noted gets around some of the multi player limits of some games.

Any suggestions? Alternatives? Tweaks?