You say you didnt like the artstyle, but did you like the gameplay of ritual of the night? Castlevania: Symphony of the night is what inspired that game and its directed by the same guy. Its playable through playsation emulation and has some really nice sprite artwork. There are several other castlevania games available through emulation that play similarly and are also generally well-liked

PS fanboys really will do anything to justify that freakin thing 😂😂

If stutters are the problem then this may be a solution for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/utaIE1NW7P

The $47 bundle is a warhammer collection so it isn’t just space marine but also has the dawn of war games (older but beloved RTS games) and their dlc

Ignore valves verified status, youtube.com and protondb.com will be your friend for determining actual playability of games.

For total war I’ve only downloaded and played a few of the older games but they are definitely playable on the deck. For controls you won’t be as fast as you would on m+k but you can also pause or slow down the battles in the middle of combat to manage troop movements.

Also just know that people have gotten the warhammer games to work, however they definitely push the deck to its limits so it may or may not be “playable” for you depending on what you consider acceptable graphically, and your willingness to tweak and mess around with settings