Hello Everyone, I’m highly considering getting a Steam Deck but I’ve never played PC games on Steam before and don’t know hardly anything about LinuxOS so I thought I’d ask for help. First as an exclusive MacOS user iMac can I with a Steam Deck play games on my Steam Deck that say Windows System Requirement (With Valve’s Linux System). I see games have all three compatibility(Windows,Mac and Steam) but some games only have windows that i really want to play. Which my second question is with those games does LinuxOS allow Steam Deck natively allow those too run or do I have to add Windows onto the Steam Deck? Again I’m new to Linux I don’t know lol. Lastly I’m struggling with which Deck to get, the current as of 11/26/23 the LCD or OLED anyone with either please tell me for longevity which is for price point and heavy gaming better? I don’t very much care about screens etc but I do care about battery and cpu as I go too doctors appointments a lot and want to game while on the go while waiting and such too keep me entertained. Please be kind and Thank you so Much.
Proton allows you to play most windows games on SteamOS with minimal/no fiddling. For game by game compatibility information you can check ProtonDB to see how well they run on linux. Most games you can just hit install and can play without much more effort than adjusting some graphics setting.
Having just upgraded from an LCD to an OLED, the OLED is ABSOLUTELY worth the extra money.