The Best Steam Deck Games To Play Right Now
By Tamoor Hussain , Chris Pereira , Steve Watts , Mark Delaney , Jon Bitner , and Kyle Hilliard on
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In a very brief time, the Steam Deck has become a staple of PC gaming as the go-to portable solution for many PC players, and its popularity has seemingly inspired more portable PC manufacturers to join the market. This is partly because the device comes from Valve, and who better to create a handheld Steam machine than the makers of Steam?
The Steam Deck has been in players' hands for well over a year now. You can read ourSteam Deck review to see what we thought of it, but more than likely, you're ready to dive in for yourself. As soon as you boot it up, you'll find your Steam library is intact, which is exciting, but not all games are created equal when it comes to playing them via Steam Deck.
We've rounded up a few dozen of the best games to play on Steam Deck, including major AAA hits, under-the-radar indies, and everything in between. In most cases, these games have already been declared as "Deck Verified" by Valve, meaning it's fully supported without any caveats. Plus aside from just technical verification, some games just feel great in portable form, so we've taken that quality into account as well. And while the Steam Deck is great for PC tinkerers, for the purposes of this list we've stuck with games that run natively through the Steam interface without any special hoop-jumping.
If you do want to expand your horizons, though, you can alsoinstall Epic Games Store on Steam Deck to broaden your library even more. In most cases in our experience, these games work just as
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