Steam Deck tips and tricks: Things you can do to have more fun

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(Pocket-lint) — The Steam Deck is a fantastic handheld gaming console that's an absolute pleasure to play on.

If you're like us and you waited months for your pre-order email to arrive then you're probably incredibly excited to get to gaming on your new machine. There are some things though, that are worth knowing before you get started that can make the experience even more awesome. 

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The Steam Deck is available in various different storage format sizes. You can buy 64GB, 256GB and 512GB. 

Though it's theoretically possible to replace the internal storage (and upgrade it) that's not going to be an option for many. 

We bought a 256GB model in order to save money but found that we managed to fill the console up with just four games. Naturally, this varies depending on what you're installing but Forza Horizon 5, for example, takes up well over 100GB in storage space. 

We'd highly recommend purchasing a microSD card (or several) to give you access to more games with ease. Games won't load as fast that way vs NVMe SSDs but it's still great to have extra space without massive extra expense. 

There's another way to counter the storage space issue on the Steam Deck and that's making use of Steam's Remote Play functionality.

Essentially if you have a decent gaming PC with Steam on it and with games installed on that machine too, you can then stream the games over your home Wi-Fi from the PC to your Steam Deck. 

This has two benefits, the first being that you don't need to install the games locally on your Steam Deck but also you can make the most of the extra processing power on your gaming PC to get higher frame rates or a smoother experience. 

It's easy to do (we've written a guide on it) but essentially