Steam Deck @sopuli.xyz Regrettable_incident @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Steam deck LAN? And game suggestions?

Hi. So background is I'm 50 and I've not done much gaming since vice city and the original silent hills +unreal tournament. I'm trying to get back into it but I'm frustratingly crap.

I've got a steam deck and my neighbour has one too, we were looking for games we could play either head to head or cooperative. People suggested left 4 dead 2 and we managed to get that working through lobby thing but it was laggy and TBH it was a bit chaotic for us. Too much constant running and shooting and no time to pause for thought or discuss strategy.

I think we're looking for something with a bit of occasional violence but also some strategy - not just bang bang all the time. Maybe even something that doesn't involve violence at all. But we both working and only got an hour or two a day for game time.

Any suggestions?

First if it's possible to locally connect 2 steam decks (without a fuckin cable!). Second on what games might be fun. Needs to not have a big learning curve and be something we can just play for an hour or two when we have time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Cheers

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Here's a list of co-op games I have had a ton of fun with while playing with friends:

Deep Rock Galactic on lower difficulty is a great long term game you can pick up randomly and for 45min at a time. You can also adjust the difficulty between each run depending on mood and join random lobbies pretty easily. Rock and stone.

Valheim is a good Minecrafty option that's entirely self-driven and has a chill vibe. If you love Vikings, you'll love this game

Portal 2 has an amazing co-op experience, but it's pretty short. Absolutely worth it though.

Phasmophobia if you're into horror movie style gameplay and goofing off despite a ghost scaring the shit out of you

Factorio (or Cracktorio) if you like building things and watching them go brrrrr
- Careful with Factorio, if you enjoy complexity automation and figuring things out, 2 hours can suddenly turn into 14.
  
  I know with my 7000 hours of experience. For some people it is more addictive then crack. (Hence why they said cracktorio)
- +1 on this entire list.
  
  I also recommend Grim Dark. It's $2.70 rn
- Needs to not have a big learning curve and be something we can just play for an hour or two when we have time.
  
  So no on Factorio

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