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Steam deck LAN? And game suggestions? (self.steamdeck)

submitted 3 days ago by Regrettable_incident to c/[email protected]

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Hi. So background is I'm 50 and I've not done much gaming since vice city and the original silent hills +unreal tournament. I'm trying to get back into it but I'm frustratingly crap.

I've got a steam deck and my neighbour has one too, we were looking for games we could play either head to head or cooperative. People suggested left 4 dead 2 and we managed to get that working through lobby thing but it was laggy and TBH it was a bit chaotic for us. Too much constant running and shooting and no time to pause for thought or discuss strategy.

I think we're looking for something with a bit of occasional violence but also some strategy - not just bang bang all the time. Maybe even something that doesn't involve violence at all. But we both working and only got an hour or two a day for game time.

Any suggestions?

First if it's possible to locally connect 2 steam decks (without a fuckin cable!). Second on what games might be fun. Needs to not have a big learning curve and be something we can just play for an hour or two when we have time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Cheers

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I have a few recommendations! I haven't done peer to peer intranet connecting, but I have done the multiplayer for these games that are pretty accessible price and resource wise and are fun to play with friends:

Rocket League ($0) - a fantastic co-op or versus game involving a neat concept of rocket powered car soccer. It may take a while to get use to the controls/concept, but I've sunk a large number of hours into it! It also has a pretty good training mode and AI exhibition matches to get you up to speed.
Marvel Rivals ($0) - a new release hero shooter in Marvel Comics fashion. Has some teamwork and strategy in its 6v6 games and is an accessible into into hero shooters.
Portal 2 ($10) - one of my favorite games ever. Its a story driven puzzle game involving spacial vending portals. Can be played co-op and it a very fun experience single player or with others.
Overwatch 2 ($0) - see marvel rivals, as this came out first.
CSGO ($0) - a classic multiplayer shooter with a long time following.
Helldivers 2 ($40) - modern bullet hell Coop shooter against lore specific aliens and robot enemy hordes.
Battelbit Remastered ($15) - battlefield-esque shooter gameplay with big maps, small battalions within larger teams, and vehicles. Indie dev.
Ultimate chicken horse ($15) - a very fun single device coop thats a combative platformer. Great with groups, and it says it supports online play.
Divinity Original Sin / DOS2 / Baldurs Gate 3 - all fantastic co-op fantasy RPGs that can be paused and picked up whenever. BG3 is the most recent and is very well critically acclaimed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Big +1 for portal 2. Great all rounder which will have you puzzled and confused and entertained haha

[–] Regrettable_incident 1 points 2 days ago

Wow thanks for all the suggestions, I'll check em out, pretty sure there's something there my mate and i can agree on.