Is the Steam Deck OLED worth it? Our review of the hot new handheld PC

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If you're plugged into the world of gaming, you will have heard of the Steam Deck by now, even if you didn't know there was also an amped-up OLED version available to buy.

The original Steam Deck was first launched by Valve in February 2022, quickly taking the PC world by storm, with the fancier-screened OLED edition dropping much more recently, in November 2023.

If you've somehow landed on this page without knowing what the Steam Deck is, it's basically a portable PC. It's a handheld gaming device, with a similar-ish form factor to the Nintendo Switch, that plays PC games.

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Owners of 'the Deck' can bring their vast libraries of Steam games on the go, which is something of a game-changer for long-term users of Steam. (Steam, if you've really been living under a rock, is the largest online store for PC games.)

But is the Steam Deck OLED worth buying? With a starting price of £479 — a fair bit more than the LCD version's current cheapest price of £349 — is it worth the cost of admission? We've been testing it out for weeks, so keep on reading for our verdict! We'll start by getting right to the point...

Yes, we'd say that the Steam Deck OLED is worth it, especially if you've been looking for a way to unlock your Steam library and access all those great games without having to be tethered to a traditional personal computer.

If you're wondering where to buy the Steam Deck OLED, it looks like Valve's online store is currently your best bet. Other versions of the Steam Deck are available at a wider range of retailers, but the OLED version still seems to be exclusive to Valve.

Honestly, it's hard to think of anything negative to say about the Steam Deck OLED. Whether you're