Hmm… I went to go look at this in the settings and my SD card is no longer showing up as mounted. I rebooted into Desktop mode and can’t mount & open it there either.

Upon closer inspection, it looks like the skin on my Deck warped/sagged a little around the SD port and seemed to be putting just enough pressure on the end of the SD card to cause issues with the connection inside the port. This may not be the actual issue, but the quick remedy below at least is moving in the right direction.

A few minutes with my wife’s hairdryer and some movement of the Deck’s skin, I’m able to read the card while in Desktop mode. I’m currently backing up all of the card’s contents (mainly saves for emulators) before I boot back into Gaming Mode and test its connection again there.

Side note: kudos to EmuDeck, yet again, for their new export tool. While intended for those migrating to the new OLED Decks, this is very handy for me right now!

Core Keeper

Ember Knights

Castle Crashers

Children of Morta

Nobody Saves the World

Nine Parchments

I really enjoyed my time with Chained Echoes.

Though not under the $20 threshold, another that I plan to play after my BG3 addiction dies down a bit is Sea of Stars.