Even PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only games like the recent Dead Space remake have impressed after a few days of fixes following the launch. I played through the entirety of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak pre-release, Bethesda’s recently released Hi-Fi Rush twice, Persona 5 Royal, Spider-Man Miles Morales, and more with no issues on Steam Deck.

A year later, I wanted to highlight some of the notable features Valve has brought to the Steam Deck, discuss how modern games play on it from day one, and highlight some areas where it needs more work.īefore getting into the software improvements and features, I’ve been very impressed with how almost every game I’ve bought or gotten review code for in the last few months works without issues on Steam Deck right from day one, or in some cases weeks prior to launch. While I didn’t have the Deck from the start, I have been using it since April last year, and there have been many improvements from Valve across games and the system software in that time. I’ve been covering it quite a bit since that time through features on games, updates to steamOS, and more recently Steam Deck reviews for certain games. A lot has changed in a year since Jared’s review went up. We’ve been covering it right from the start, and it has grown to become a device both Jared and myself use daily. It has been a year since Valve launched the Steam Deck.

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