i bought a Steam Deck last year and r/SteamDeck has been incredibly resourceful when it comes to game recommendations! some of the games are playable in both PC/Deck
i used to enjoy playing games to catch up with friends, but now that i'm getting older, i find that playing indie games solo is really refreshing. i love the freedom to pause whenever i need to and not feel obligated to keep playing if i'm not feeling it. there's zero guilt for not showing up.
2 games that i highly recommend: Slay the Spire and Faster Than Light. they're both turn-based games that are perfect for unwinding. nothing beats a pint of beer and Slay the Spire on a Friday night :)
The Steam Deck has completely revitalized my love of gaming. I have the newest Xbox as well with Gamepass but found myself going back to the same games from over a decade ago and I’d go through phases of playing regularly or not at all. On the Steam Deck I play a lot of indie games and I find my games on Fanatical (bundles) or Humble Bundle as well as Steam sales.
I haven’t even tried plugging the Steam Deck into a monitor/keyboard/mouse but that’s something I want to do eventually to try games that don’t work well on a gamepad.
I’m particularly fond of roguelite/rougelike (also love StS/FTL), deck building, RPG, and/or town builder type games. I also play some games via emulation (PS/PS2/Xbox/GBA) which can be a ton of fun especially with save/load states (don’t come for me, I don’t have the time to grind like did when I was younger playing these games for the first time).
i used to enjoy playing games to catch up with friends, but now that i'm getting older, i find that playing indie games solo is really refreshing. i love the freedom to pause whenever i need to and not feel obligated to keep playing if i'm not feeling it. there's zero guilt for not showing up.
2 games that i highly recommend: Slay the Spire and Faster Than Light. they're both turn-based games that are perfect for unwinding. nothing beats a pint of beer and Slay the Spire on a Friday night :)