Here are a few reasons I love the Steam Deck.

1. It is so easy to pick up and play. If I have a few minutes I can jump on to whatever game is currently in standby and start playing. I don’t have to sit at my desk and wait for the PC to load the game. I have definitely chosen not to play before because I didn’t feel like doing that.
2. The standby feature I mentioned above. I can pause any game for an indefinite amount of time, and continue later. I have played more open world games in the last 5 months than I have over the last 10 years.
3. The control customization. I am only just dipping my toes into this, but you have so many options for customizing your controls. You can remap anything and you have several extra buttons, and pads that you can map controls to. You can create turbo buttons so you don’t have to deal with button mashing events. There are just a bunch of settings that I don’t even know how to comprehend the options I am presented with. I think it is the future of how we should configure controls in gaming.

I am rambling at this point. I’m not saying you should get a Deck, but I am saying that I have never regretted getting one.

Brawlhalla is a F2P platform fighter that is similar to Super Smash Bros. I think you need to enable a proton version to get past the anti cheat.