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Bought my first Steam Deck after seeing the deep discounts on refurbs...what should i know as a first time Steam Deck/PC gamer? (beehaw.org)

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As title says, once Valve announced the OLED deck, I saw the refurbished originals go on a deep discount and figured it was time to buy in. So I ordered a refurb 512GB and I’m so excited for it to arrive! Been in a gaming rut for a long time now and, having never been a PC gamer, I’m look forward to checking out a bunch of games I’ve never played before.

What tips do you have for a first time Deck owner?

Any essential games I should be sure to get?

And finally, is it possible to get games I own on the Epic Games Store (I collected all their free games over the years) or Xbox Game Pass PC games on my Steam Deck?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

For Epic Games, I'd also recommend Heroic. You can download it from the Discover Software Center in Desktop Mode.

Some quick tips:

If you need to bring up a keyboard for whatever reason, you can hold the STEAM button, and press X.
Expect to tinker and play around with things, I think the software is still a bit new and rough around the edges.
Search the Discover Software Center for software in general; it's a good place to download things like browsers and applications.
If you want to know if a game runs or not, you can check https://www.protondb.com , it's a crowdsourced version of Valve's "Steam Deck Verified", where people say how well games work.

Some game recommendations, based on ones I've played. Not had a chance to try them all on the Steam deck, but they should work:

Stardew Valley
Baba is You
Celeste
Cuphead
Dicey Dungeons
Slay the Spire (Think you have to use the touch screen though)
Sonic Mania
Wargroove
Zeepkist
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Hades
Pizza Tower
Tunic
Return of the Obra Dinn
Demon's Tilt