Some of the more popular games that include anti-cheat will not work with Steam Deck. Hey, I even wrote the script for this video on my steam deck! A Lot of Games That Should Work… Don’t Now that most of us use slack, google docs, and other browser-based applications, it’s not that much of a stretch to use your steam deck in a pinch. Once you figure out how to install things, you can simply install Chrome, or keep on using the pre-installed firefox for all your online needs. And the desktop Linux environment is similar to Windows. You Can Use It as a Work PCĮven though Windows didn’t have any graphic drivers available the entire duration of our early access, it does come with a built-in Steam version of Linux. While this method might result in a chuggier stream, it was one of the cooler features we did not expect to be this functional. With only a dongle that allows USB input, you can actually install OBS and plug in all of your streaming equipment to start streaming. Please take note of time of publish, as we’ve discovered the Steam Deck is constantly evolving and some of these may change in the future (wanna know how it's evolving? Check out our review-in-progress).

Here’s a round-up of the most unexpected things we discovered during our first few weeks with the Steam Deck.

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