r/steamdeckhq

I wanna know if Steamdeck is worth it

Hello i saved up 1.000€ and i wanna know if i should buy the 1 TB OLED Steamdeck.

I am asking this because I’m not sure if i should. I don’t know many steam games. I only play Plants vs Zombies replanted on my school laptop that barely runs any games.

So yeah do i buy it or no? The only games i know and wanna play are Hollow knight, hollow knight silksong and Deltarune.

Also no i cant get a pc or xbox/playstation bc i dont have space

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u/NotRealSam — 11 days ago

SteamDeckHQ 2.0 Is Here WIth a Huge Redesign and Brand New Features

About 4 years ago, I first introduced SteamDeckHQ, an official press outlet that focuses on Steam Deck performance testing and recommended settings, to this Subreddit. Since then, it has taken off and grown more than I could have ever expected. It's all thanks to our incredible community and readers for making it happen.

Today, we are pushing forward and have completely redesigned the website from the ground up. Everything has been retouched to make it look better, have cleaner navigation, and support some big new features like accounts, library/wishlist syncing with our reviews, badges, and more.

Here's an overview of everything that has changed:

  • Complete redesign: homepage, header, navigation, footer, cards, typography, and mobile layouts.
  • Homepage toggle between featured stories and a newest-first article strip, with the preference saved.
  • Light and dark modes that follow the device setting or remember a manual choice.
  • Rebuilt reviews with clearer scores, verdicts, compatibility badges, settings, battery information, galleries, and buy links.
  • Review search, sorting, and filters for device, genre, compatibility, and ratings.
  • Expanded Nintendo and hardware sections, plus Steam Machine and future Steam Frame areas.
  • Steam account linking and a personal library matched to SDHQ reviews.
  • Playtime, Steam Deck hours, and achievement progress on relevant reviews.
  • Saved wishlist with supported public Steam wishlist importing.
  • Personal game recommendations based on library and playing habits.
  • Live deal prices, discounts on game cards, wishlist deals, and personalised suggestions.
  • Improved community voting and results.
  • Badges covering participation, library activity, devices, and Steam milestones.
  • Rebuilt account pages, profile editing, Steam/Patreon linking, sign-in, and password recovery.
  • Dedicated Patreon membership page and paid-member ad-free handling.
  • Rebuilt About, team, author, Work With Us, search, and error pages.

We have a lot of plans for the future, so stay tuned as we expand the site with more features and better ways to find out which games run well on the Steam Deck.

https://steamdeckhq.com/

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u/BBQKITTY — 12 days ago
▲ 13 r/steamdeckhq+1 crossposts

I designed 2 plugins for self-use but I think they are quite fun, so I wanted to share for those that are interested!

Hellooo,

I recently got a ROG Xbox Ally after having a Steam Deck LCD since release. I did try Windows for a few days (hours, to be honest...) and eventually just installed Bazzite and haven't looked back since. However, I did get inspired by some aspects of the designs and layouts of Xbox and Windows for the TV.

So, since my workplace is forcing me to get used to AI to keep my CV strong as a tech consultant, I decided to vibecode two ideas I thought of.

One is a clean and readable game overview to enjoy from the sofa (but also handheld) with my most important thing to know before playing a game on a busy week... how much time do I want to spend on it.

Game Glance: big detail cards, all the fun stuff (achievements, played time, description) in the overview including a progress bar approximation based on time played and HLTB info. This plugin should work with any SteamOS device? But honestly I only tried it with my Ally and my Steam Deck.

My second inspiration was the Govee lights I have on my TV and the fact that the Ally has RGB (useless but so fun, not gonna lie). How doable would it be to make the RGB sticks behave similar to the TV lights? Well, apparently it works quite well and it is fun!

Ambideck: capture your screen when playing and match the RGB colors to each side of the screen, some basic settings I thought could make sense (match game art, brightness, docked mode, etc). I only have had chance to test it with my Ally so this one I do not know if it works with other devices... it would be cool to make it compatible though.

I genuinely am unsure if anyone cares about this but I've had fun with them and a friend told me to share it, so here they are!

u/N0_ID_Littleman — 12 days ago