There is something strangely appealing about taking a hardcore extraction shooter and squeezing it onto a Steam Deck. These games are usually built around big monitors, mouse-and-keyboard precision, and hardware that can handle a ridiculous number of effects without breaking a sweat. Active Matter is no exception. Matter Team’s shooter throws military combat, PvPvE raids,…
There are some games where I genuinely prefer a mouse and keyboard. Strategy games, shooters, management sims — that is usually an easy choice. Then there are games that seem to fight you every time you try to play them with a traditional PC setup. 1666: Amsterdam feels very much like the second kind of…
If you are anything like me, the first thing you want to know before jumping into a new horror game on Steam Deck is pretty simple: does it actually feel good with a controller? There is nothing worse than launching a promising first-person game, only to discover that the controls feel awkward, the menus are…
If there is one thing I have learned from spending way too many hours in tactical shooters, it is that comfort matters more than people think. You can have the best graphics card, a fantastic headset, and a mouse capable of detecting the movement of a mosquito from three rooms away, but if your controls…
After almost a decade of waiting, Scrap Mechanic has finally reached its massive 1.0 milestone, bringing the long-awaited ‘Drilling Thunder’ update, expanded survival features, improved visuals, voice-acted characters, and a completely refreshed experience for returning players. The community that spent years creating insane vehicles, automated factories, and impossible machines is jumping back into the game,…
As someone who spends countless hours streaming newly released games and testing them across different setups, I was genuinely excited when Crimson Desert finally landed in players’ hands. The game delivers exactly what many action-RPG fans hoped for: stunning visuals, cinematic battles, a massive world to explore, and some of the most impressive combat animations…
