The 10 best Steam Deck plugins and how to install them
The Steam Deck is a useful system for playing your games anywhere you want. The system has a plethora of tools for making this possible, but everyone knows that plugins make the process smoother and fancier. Steam Deck actually has a variety of addons that aid in its perfomance if you know where to look. Here are some of the best Steam Deck plugins currently available to users.
1. Decky LoaderDecky Loader is the premiere experience for downloading plugins on the Steam Deck. Most of the plugins mentioned in this guide have an easy installation process simply by installing this plugin first. Some even require this plugin.
Decky Loader is used to stylize menus, change system sounds, adjust your screen saturation, change additional system settings, and install and monitor additional plugins.
To install Decky Loader, download it from github via Desktop Mode on your Steam Deck. Run the installer, and either use your admin password or a temporary one to proceed. Choose between the latest release or pre-release version, and then return to Gaming Mode.
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2. Decky RecorderDecky Recorder is a plugin for players who want to keep a record of their gaming sessions. It allows you to stop and start a recording session of your current screen with audio from the Steam Deck. It is based on the Recapture-Plugin for the Crankshaft plugin manager.
Keep in mind that this plugin is still a work in progress. Recordings over 30 minutes long don’t save correctly, and starting a recording while docked and outputting to a 4k monitor will cause your deck to crash.
To install Decky Recorder, download it from Github via Desktop Mode. The easier method for installing it is by first installing Decky
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