Some friends recommended this over and over for the longest time. I was never really interested, as it didn't seem like the kinda game I'd be into (2D, platformer, "metroidvania"? - wtf is that?).
I finally caved in and gave it a shot. I was super frustrated at first. I was just really bad at it. Fast forward a few months and I've played it through at least a few times. Last playthrough got me the "Speed Completion", "Steel Soul", and "Steel Heart" achievements.
Easily one of my favorite games of all time. Super excited for Silksong.
Cloudpunk has been fun to play in bed. Also Dorf Romantik. And... ah, The Ascent also runs quite nicely on the Deck, if you can get over the text size.
Shadows of Doubt is a really cool procedurally generated detective game, the performance is definitely a little iffy, but it’s still playable and very fun
I really like that you can throw like any USB/Bluetooth/Dongle controllers lying around at it to play some nice couch coop/multiplayer games when friends are around (in docked mode on a big screen oc). Stick Fight The Game with up to 4 players, Gang Beasts with up to 8, Nidhogg I and II for a tournament.
Picking up games I am currently playing on my gaming PC like the RE-engine Resident Evils and remakes or Jedi and Hogwarts have been my best experiences so far. Yes, graphical fidelity isn’t as good, but the general seamlessness gives serious Switch vibes, but for modern games instead of the more „mobile“ feeling of the average Switch game.
I really enjoy Snowrunner as a single player game on the deck. Truck hauling game but I’m pretty open world sceneries, it gets challenging very quickly (Dark souls but with diesel fuel).
The deck runs the game fantastically so it’s a great casual game to just drop in and drop out whenever.
For multiplayer, I like the Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga and It Takes Two (story was fucked and definitely someone’s childhood trauma story but the gameplay is well executed and fun).
CS:Go for multiplayer :) It took me a while to build a very accurate control scheme using the touchpads, gyro and back buttons; everything had to be tuned multiple times. But once I was done, I stopped playing CS:Go on my PC. It may sound unbelievable to the uninitiated but you can get the same level of performance on the Deck in a competitive FPS (my rankings and #headshots hasn't taken a hit). The point is, don't sleep on the touchpads and gyro!
I tried this with fallout new Vegas but can't get comfortable with on it. Any advise would be appreciated. Using wasteland mod so combat is better, but controls suck to me. I also tried flick stick.