My Steam library basically only consists of Witcher 3 and Spiritfarer. I also was gifted a Humble Bundle game for Batman Arkham Knight.

I’m debating on getting Elden Ring and Cyberpunk (both without DLC).

Marvel’s Spider-Man and FF7 Interograde also look like a good value right now for 40 bucks total.

Edit, ended up doing the following:

Becoming a Steam Family member with my dad and buying the following.

  • FFVII Retrograde
  • Mass Effect Legendary
  • Divinity 1 and 2
  • Caveblazers
  • Portal 2
  • Hollow Knight

I also set up emudeck and transferred all my GBA, GBC, and GCN games that I have ROMS for.

  • darko8472@feddit.uk
    2·
    1 day ago

    If you’re not one of these people who has to have everything running at 60fps to enjoy it, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is only £26.99 ($29.99) at the moment, and is a great game for hours of play, albeit you have to turn the gfx down.

    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 day ago

      I’ll second this. Great game. Definitely more than playable on SD.

      Forbidden West struggles a bit more, definitely on the edge of playable, but I still enjoy it 🤷‍♂️ When I’m home I’ll usually stream from my PC though, looks better. You really sacrifice a lot for Forbidden West on SD.

  • a_person@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Doom (2016) or Doom  Eternal. Both fantastic games, run on anything and I saw Doom Eternal on sale foe 10%.

  • mirshafie@europe.pub
    36·
    3 days ago

    This is 500+ hours of gameplay:

    • Half-Life 2 ($2)
    • Portal ($2)
    • Portal 2 ($2)
    • Psychonauts ($1.5)
    • Psychonauts 2 ($9)
    • Subnautica ($8)
    • Hollow Knight ($8)
    • Silksong ($16)
    • Hades ($8)
    • Disco Elysium ($4)
    • The Witcher 3 ($3)
    • Terraria ($5)
    • Left4Dead 2 ($2)
    • Kingdom Come ($5)
    • Mass Effect 1, 2, 3 ($6)
  • kynzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    was gonna recommend considering piracy, but since its against the rules I will respect that and recommend some of my favorite games i play on the SD and my PC instead:

    • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Re: flying the Jolly Roger

      I probably will for more expensive games I own on other platforms, such as Jedi Survivor and Expedition 33.

      My main issue is that I actually don’t have a ton of data storage since I opted for the very 256 LCD model and need to buy a larger SD card or do some physical tinkering to replace the SSD.

      • kynzo@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        From what I’ve seen replacing the SSD really ain’t that hard. But the SD card speeds are not that bad for many lighter games.

    • vvvvv@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      was gonna recommend considering piracy,

      Yeah, my first thought was modchip!

      • kynzo@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        I don’t think you know much about the steam deck haha

        It is an actual computer with Linux on it, you can even install windows if you’re dumb enough to do that. You do not need a modchip to pirate or mod games on it. You do it like you would on any other Linux pc with wine.

  • ChetManly@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    Vampire survivors is a couple bucks and worth every penny. I got slay the spire balatro bundle for 13 bucks and would also recommend.

  • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
    3·
    2 days ago

    I would look at indie games like nobody saves the world and look for all the emulators and roms I could get my filthy mitts on.

    If you don’t have it yet I would spend some of that money on a few months worth at least of mulvad VPN. It would… Open some doors.

  • Gerard's Guitar @retrolemmy.com
    4·
    2 days ago

    I would probably get:

    • Megabonk (£6.37/$8.61)
    • Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition (£5.27/$7.12)
    • A Game About Digging A Hole (£3.17/$4.28)
    • Power Wash Simulator 2 (£16.99/$22.96) or Katamari Damacy REROLL (£15.99/$21.61)
  • bmpvy@feddit.org
    2·
    2 days ago

    I kinda need a list of all games mentioned in this post that are not first-person/in egoperspective (i get mad motion sickness) so I can go and put them all on my wishlist and buy them all one by one

    • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      More or less what I’ve been doing since I made the post haha. Pretty much none of these games were FPS outside of Half Life 2 and Portal 1 and 2.

      • bmpvy@feddit.org
        2·
        2 days ago

        Did that for the last hour now too, couldn’t help myself XD

        Also I’m currently playing a lot of Spiritfarer, it has been my holiday chill game!

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
    51·
    3 days ago

    I recommend getting some indie and pixel art style titles instead of just going for AAA. Reason being many of these are cheaper ($5-10, sometimes even less) so you can try different genres, and these titles also tend to sip battery so you will get lots of gameplay time.

    Examples I have enjoyed, in no particular order-

    Animal Well

    Celeste

    Stardew Valley

    Vampire Survivors

    Caveblazers

    Balatro

    Slay the Spire

    • Theatomictruth@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      I love when I come across a recommendation list like this where they’re all among my all time favorites and one thing I’d never heard of. Caveblazers doesn’t look like my kind of thing but given the context and the sub $1 price I guess I gotta check it out

      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 days ago

        In this same vein, I believe Moonlighter is still on sale for 90% off, so $2. Can’t recommend enough. Like if binding of Isaac was also a cozy shopkeeping sim.

  • BoosBeau@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    My favorites on the Steam Deck so far are Marvel Cosmic Invasion (arcade style Beat 'em Up) and Deep Rock Galactic Survivor.

  • soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de
    12·
    3 days ago

    For $50 I’d get (afaict current prices):

    This totals now $48.18. If you have an additional dollar to spare, I’d also recommend to get something to scratch that retro-gaming itch:

    That’s now $50.91 in total.

        • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          6·
          3 days ago

          Story based RPGs mainly. I like longer games with more interesting gameplay recently.

          Recently been playing:

          Stray (Xbox)

          Pokémon Odyssey (iPhone emulated ROM hack)

          Expedition 33 (Xbox)

          Mass Effect LE (Xbox)

          Pokémon Colosseum (iPhone Emulation)

          Zenless Zone Zero (mobile)

          Wuthering Waves (mobile)

          Last night I started up my first playthrough of TW3 as well and tried out some free games I got from giveaways here on the Fediverse, like Spiritfarer.

          Specifically with Zenless, I really like the combat there with the parrying mechanics.

          • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
            11·
            3 days ago

            Pillars of Eternity

            Tyranny

            Disco Elysium (just pirate this one, the original creators got swindled out of their company and will see no cent if you buy it, they themselves endorse the piracy)

        • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          I have tried a couple and just don’t care for the gameplay loop as much.

          I have tried Dead Cells and Hades for a couple hours.

          • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            I’m just gonna chime in to point out those are both realtime combat focused games, requiring reflex and quick thinking, which is a notable departure from roguelike. On the other hand, Slay the Spire is all about careful planning, making decisions one step at a time, taking calculated risks. There’s no turn time limit, no time-based combos or bonuses, or time-gated doors that give you extra items if you go fast enough.

            Oh, and also meta-progression. Hades and Dead Cells are both built with a central system of grinding out unlocks and upgrades - in slay the spire, the only meta-progression I know is having to beat the game with each character to unlock the next, and having to complete a few runs with each character to unlock all cards… And then the real progression, where you can continue beating the game with increasing difficulty levels to unlock the next.

            Ultimately, this might not matter for you, and even if it does, a slow strategic deckbuilder might still not be for you, and that’s completely fine.

          • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 days ago

            Well it’s not just a roguelite, it is mainly a deckbuilder. Roguelite just happens to be how it is structured.

            I was a skeptical too and so far I have only enjoyed roguelites where it was just one of many elements. Slay The Spire or Road Redemption for example.

            FTL on the other hand, a true roguelite, I didn’t like at all.

      • Elextra@literature.cafe
        3·
        3 days ago

        I think its $2.50 right now. You can try it out a little bit and if you don’t like you can always refund?

  • billyhopscotch@midwest.socialEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Rimworld works weirdly well on the Deck, if that’s at all up your alley. Hades (both I and II) and BALLxPIT are two of my recent faves.