What shoots well on the deck?
Deep Rock Galactic runs great and is a lot of fun. It is a bit of a battery hog though, so best plugged in or in short bursts.
Boltgun runs fantastic and is a great boomer shooter. The cutscenes don’t work without a workaround, but there’s 4 total and none of them are important anyway.
Doom Eternal runs beautifully, and is super action-packed and fun. Surprisingly good on the battery too for such nice graphics.
I found DRG to be fine on battery until you hit like 20%, then things get wild
Lol nothing like 3% battery warning as you scramble towards the drop pod to really put the fear of Karl in you!
For real though a 25 minute mission easily eats 40%+ of the battery, no idea why it’s so energy intensive. Mind you I’ve done zero tinkering, just playing it out of the box, I’m sure you could juice some more life out of it if you tried
Haha, I’ve lost all relevant when racing to the drop pod on battery, that makes things pretty challenging.
DOOM Eternal is playable even with raytracing on the Deck.
Some more recommendations which run well:
- Titanfall 2
- Wolfenstein New Order
- Terminator Resistance
These should also run without any issue:
- Prey
- Deathloop
- Dying Light
- Halo Masterchief Collection
- Alien: Isolation (not really a shooter)
- System Shock Remake
Just to name a few.
It doesn’t geht mentioned often, but I really enjoyed Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
What’s an ego-shooter?
A frisbee launcher modified to accept frozen Eggo pucks
Warhammer 40k Boltgun is super fun, though some people think it gets boring after the first few missions.
There’s also Turbo Overkill, which definitely scratches that itch.
There’s also Ultrakill, but I personally wasn’t too into that as someone who sometimes just wants to shoot shit on his deck. (it felt a bit too puzzly for my tastes, not a bad game just not what I was looking for)
Edit: Boltgun required some media file conversions to prevent cutscenes from breaking on the deck. If you end up getting it, let me know and I’ll link to the steam community post that outlines the fixes you’ll need to make. Otherwise, though, a great game.
Steamdeck is really perfect for Boomer Shooters isn’t it? Have you tried Warstride?
Link please? Thinking about picking it up
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Prodeus as a Boomer Shooter and it looks to run well on Steam Deck. Think I’m going to download it tonight myself honestly!
What’s an “ego-shooter”? I know boomer shooter.
Anyway just found out about Battlebit. While thr graphical quality is like Roblox, it has a super high refresh rate, massive amounts of players, incredible customization. I’m very impressed from what I’ve seen and I’ve heard folks raving about it.
It’s just the term used in some countries like Germany for FPS.
Ego = the self from its own perspective. Makes complete sense actually. But do they call third person games “superego games”?
GOt you. Thank you.
TF2, unironically. Gyro + Snap controls are super solid on TF2, particularly because of the reduced emphasis on long-range hitscan weapons.
Here’s a really solid video about it: https://youtu.be/PJIqEX93vL8
The only downside IMO is the iffy Wi-Fi performance on the Steam Deck.
I’ve really been enjoying using Plutonium to play Black Ops 1&2 multiplayer. Its a bit of a process to set it up, but worth it in the end.