Looking for those games that you may have heard about but never tried until you got a Deck. Or old games on systems you never had that you’re trying for the first time. Or new AAA games that just released in the last year or two that you picked up for the first time specifically to play on Steam Deck and have kept you glued to the device.
I’m trying to reinvigorate my old, nostalgic love of gaming and hoping to find the perfect Steam Deck + addicting game combo.
Play Factorio. It runs great, it runs well, and it’s a sandbox game, with a progression path clearly presented.
It’s honestly the BGE I ever played for years, like The Sims 4 for my GF. It I had to play only one game, it will be this one.
How about the mouse controls? I haven’t played a strategy game like Factorio, City Skylines, Civ, etc., on the deck yet.
I recently learned Civ has controller-friendly controls, but haven’t tried it yet. Mouse movements and clicks are muscle memory for these games. It’s pretty hard to play on a controller.
I haven’t tried using the touchpad for strategy games either. Even using it for Black Mesa was hard for me.
Civ 6 is a little awkward at first but you can get used to it. Afaik there is a console version with full controller support, I wish they would port it over to PC.
Do you struggle with the text or UI being too small?
Not at all. I had some trouble grabbing the controls for the first few hours, but they are great, you just have to have the hang on them ! :D