hi so i’m sorry if this is an obvious question but i keep trying to find answers on it and i just keep finding answers that don’t entirely answer what i wanna know or conflict with what i thought so i’m turning here

my initial thought when i heard of the steam deck was that it was a very costly console but purchasing it gave you a large portion of steam’s library for free, but now i’m not sure and i’m thinking about getting a steam deck for christmas because there are a lot of steam games i’m becoming interested in. so i’d like to finally get an answer to this before i commit. do you download the games for free on steam deck or do you still have to purchase them?? again i’m sorry for the dumb question, but thanks in advance

  • DataLore19@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think maybe you got confused by the fact that you can download games you already own on Steam but some just don’t work on the Steam Deck or don’t run well because the Deck is not powerful enough. Buying a Steam Deck doesn’t give you any games for free as part of the purchase.