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Top 20 games played on Steam Deck in the past month, sorted by playtime.

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[–] klay 99 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Worth noting that Steam doesn't track playtime for non-Steam games. So this doesn't include Minecraft, Retroarch, or anything purchased through Itch, GOG, or Epic.

[–] ClarkZuckerberg 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No doubt Fortnite would be somewhere on this list. Minecraft too. Not sure what else would be a guarantee.

[–] BB69 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Fortnite can’t be played unless you’re running windows

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Do you think any of such games would be in the list?

I'd imagine only a smaller subset of people even set up their Steam Deck for third party games.

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[–] CarterDarter 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The fact the SteamDeck can play all of these at decent graphics and FPS in their full fat PC version still blows my mind

[–] Nima 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly reach for it more than my Xbox or switch. it's easy to pick up and put down. easy to charge. and stuff runs fine on it.

It's not for everybody, but I love my deck.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was skeptical at first and I finally gave in two weeks ago and it arrived last week.

I love my Steam Deck, this seems dumb but I actually use it to stream my ps5 and more intensive PC games. It easier to move around and pick up and put down. I've started to play games I bought years ago. Finished Limbo and Inside and playing Bioshock Remastered.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 on my Steam Deck since release, it's been such a great experience I can not recommend it enough, I never thought I would be able to play such a great game confortably from my bed on a "handheld" (?).

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[–] metalslug53 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ehh... Starfield chugs on my Steam Deck to the point where the slowdowns make it practically unplayable. >.<

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[–] merthyr1831 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Reviews of starfield on steamdeck: probably not the best experience maybe stick to more powerful devices

Average Steamdeck user: fuckin watch me, peasant.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if hours spent playing using Remote Play on the Deck counts towards the total.

While I prefer Sunrise/Moonlight, playing Starfield using streaming off your main gaming PC is a pretty good experience!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Moonlight is unreasonably capable. I initially dismissed it when I had shoddy performance between a wireless desktop and the steam deck. Then I set up tailscale and tried it outside the home during a lunch break, it was impossibly smooth. I thought maybe it was something to do with the fiber at my work. So I tried it at a friend's place in the next town over with the same ISP, impossibly smooth.

Now I'm in the process of overhauling my home network to figure out why it's better outside my home.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Please add text content for accessibility and discoverability to a post like this.


The image reads:

  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Starfield
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • ELDEN RING
  • ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
  • Stardew Valley
  • Sea of Stars
  • No Man's Sky
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • DAVE THE DIVER
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Brotato
  • Slay the Spire
  • Fallout 4
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
  • Hades
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Top 20 Steam Deck games of September 2023, by hours played

[–] azura 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for that. Really hate images that are just data… :(

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Crazy that Binding of Isaac is still in there, it's been years since the last release and it's not really in the public consciousness the same way something like Vampire Survivors is. Fantastic game though, happy to see it continue to succeed

[–] twistypencil 7 points 1 year ago

Probably because the new one is getting a lot of press and people go back to it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Edmund said there's will be a normal online coop, finally.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dave the Diver is such a gem

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[–] answersplease77 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So proud of Skyrim, GTA-V and Fallout-4 holding strong decades after their release. They could be the most played games of the century

[–] Freestylesno 18 points 1 year ago

I think their age is also an advantage on the Deck. Since the requirements are lower they run better then new AAA games.

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One Day I will finish Cookie Clicker. One day I will be free.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had no idea vampire survivor was such a hit. Feels like that would be a great handheld game.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Wait starfield works on SD? I thought it was too slow. Has there been a new patch?

[–] Laughbone 11 points 1 year ago

Mods + cryoutilities has it running pretty dang good!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I actually went on vacation the day it released. I installed it on my deck to be able to play when at the hotel. I put 14 hours in starfield on my deck. It's PLAYABLE but not really ENJOYABLE. You have to turn it down to almost the lowest setting to play it reliably.

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[–] Rouxibeau 12 points 1 year ago

I think these would be better if they worked like ratings charts and showed relative changes since last month.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I really want to enjoy games like Fallout or GTA on the Deck but compared to mouse/keyboard it's just really bad. I cannot understand how so many people like to play games like CoD or Battlefield on consoles.

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[–] UsernameIsTooLon 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elden Ring is approaching 2 years in a few months and I can't believe it's still going this strong.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Skyrim came out in 2011, sir

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm contributing to #Stardew and #SlayTheSpire 👍

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Glad that Sea of Stars is so high on the list!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's impressive to me that games made by small teams or solo artists are going toe to toe with games made by the entire Western hemisphere. Stardew Valley is being played more than RDR2?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's weird how the fromsoft games are the only ones in all caps.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Seems to be a Japanese thing. Several of em do that. Wish they wouldn't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Famous from soft game DAVE THE DIVER

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[–] PastaRhythm 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I feel good for CDPR. They fumbled the launch of Cyberpunk, but people are still playing the crap out of it, so I guess they handled it well in the end. It must be horrible to have worked on a game for years, only for it to blow up the way Cyberpunk did.

Edit: Though I suppose the launch was only "fumbled" on last gen hardware.

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[–] tigerjerusalem 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Brotato? Have no idea what's about, but certainly got me curious.

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