There are moments when a game comes along and immediately makes me think, “Okay, this is actually something I haven’t played before.” After spending time with Wanderburg, that was pretty much my reaction. The roguelike and bullet heaven market is absolutely packed right now. Since Vampire Survivors turned the survivors-like formula into one of gaming’s…
If you have been following The Blood of Dawnwalker, you already know this is not exactly the kind of game that looks friendly toward handheld hardware. Rebel Wolves is going all-in on a dark, atmospheric open world built with Unreal Engine 5, complete with dense forests, detailed environments, dynamic lighting, large combat encounters, and a…
Crimson Moon is shaping up to be exactly the kind of action RPG that makes me nervous about handheld performance. It has a gigantic gothic city, flashy combat, dense enemy encounters, magical effects flying everywhere, and the sort of dramatic lighting that looks fantastic on a powerful desktop but can absolutely bully a handheld APU….
Fell & Sell is exactly the kind of game that looks like it should be effortless on the Steam Deck—until the screen fills with enemies, particle effects start flying everywhere, and your carefully built shop becomes packed with items, shelves, decorations, and wandering customers. That combination is what makes the game so addictive. One minute…
Crimson Moon looks like exactly the kind of game that makes Steam Deck owners nervous. It is a dark fantasy action RPG packed with enormous environments, flashy combat, particle-heavy supernatural abilities, and the kind of bosses that apparently exist just to make your GPU sweat. ProbablyMonsters is aiming for a September 1, 2026 release, and…
There are some games where a few random frame drops are annoying. Then there are games like Divinum, where a tiny hitch at the wrong moment can absolutely wreck your flow. This 2D dark fantasy action-adventure is built around speed. You are not standing around waiting for an opening. You are jumping, parrying, blocking, dashing…
I have played enough demanding PC games on the Steam Deck to know the difference between a game that is genuinely portable and one that technically runs but makes you regret trying it. Star Wars Zero Company sits somewhere in the middle. It is playable on Valve’s handheld, but you cannot simply install it, launch…
There are plenty of games that feel perfectly fine at 30 FPS on Steam Deck. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 isn’t one of them. When a corridor suddenly fills with Xenomorphs, acid blood, muzzle flashes, explosions, and three teammates desperately trying to reload at the same time, sluggish frame pacing becomes painfully obvious. After spending time…
If there is one thing I love about co-op games, it is watching a perfectly reasonable plan collapse into absolute nonsense within five minutes. Water You Doing? seems built around exactly that kind of multiplayer chaos. Developed by DiSolve Studios, this physics-driven co-op adventure throws you and your friends onto a battered boat that is…
If you have spent enough time with demanding Unreal Engine games on the Steam Deck, you probably know the drill: a game can technically launch, look impressive for the first few minutes, and then completely change its behavior once you reach a busy area. 1666: Amsterdam is very much that kind of game. After spending…
