Hey everyone!
So I recently bought the Steam deck, and love every second of it. It allows me to play games that I normally never play on PC. Like some indies.
But I have a question. I want a game where I can just braindead level. Bit like Runescape back in the day. Is there some game like that for the Deck?
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Vampire Survivors seems to fit the bill: no story, a bit of tactics, levelling up and getting new items, and endless satisfaction from killing hordes of enemies at once. It’s one of my most played games in the last few months.
Stardew Valley lol
It’s very treadmill, but can be fun.
Warframe is pretty grindy and is free to play.
Grim dawn
Or Path Of Exile. Virtually interchangable.
Do you enjoy PoE with a controller?
I didn’t like it when I triedit once, but I might give it another chance.
Best ARPG.
Serious question: I have hundreds of hours in GD, but never installed it on my deck because I never imagined playing it with a controller. Does it work well?
It works surprisingly well! I beat the game with my second character on the Deck exclusively.
It works great, but needs a bit of tweaking. Targeting distant foes and picking up specific loot from a pile of items can be tricky sometimes, but nothing remotely game breaking.
I personally changed the touch pad tu function as a mouse for inventory management.
For comparison, I have a few hundred hours in Diablo 3 (PS4 version) which have a great controller scheme and for me it’s the best controller experience of an arpg on the market so far. GD its not far behind, but you might need to personalize it.
I have bought GD specifically because someone said it was better on controller than PoE and I kinda wanted to play on the couch when I was sick a while ago.
At least for a couple of hours as a necromancer it worked pretty well.
For now I went back to PoE with K&M, but I don’t rule out, that I might give GD another shot.
And if I do, I will try again with the controller.
Siralim Ultimate maybe? The Steam description: “Siralim Ultimate is a monster catching, dungeon crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.”
At some points, you need to rethink your setup and incorporate the new stuff you’ve found along the way to be able to mindlessly grind on but I’ve played for 160 hours so far and having a blast trying different strategies. Evoker is my favorite class so far - casting so many spells before the battle even begins that the enemy never gets their turn.
I played Siralim Ultimate on my deck while my newborn was sleeping on my lap pillow. It is absolutely great for just mindless numbers go up gameplay. It’s also fantastic if you want to spend hours theorycrafting and tinkering to get the perfect team for you.
Animator for lyfe. My Animatus goes first, punches one thing, and corpse explosions start rolling.
Path of exile new league (season) drops in 9 days, perfect time to familiarise yourself with basics and hit the grind, and oh boy is there grind to be had.
Why not Runescape/Old School Runescape? I dont have a Deck but I know a bunch of people who play OSRS on one
If you like RuneScape from back in the day we have OldSchool RuneScape based on the game from 2007 and still being updated weekly. Polls control most updates so players get to choose and have feedback with the development of the game. 2 weeks ago they just released Desert Treasure 2, one of the biggest quest updates ever.
Second Disgaea aka grind: the game.
The Disgaea games are a great grind, tons of Post Story content to delve into and days of pure grinding.
Tactical RPG is the genre, fyi.
Came here to ask if Disgaea was compatible and recommend it if it was.
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How does it play on deck? I really like the idea of picking it up again what’s the battery life like?
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Monster Hunter World/Rise. After mastering monsters it becomes a grind for parts.
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If you’re into idle games at all, try out Melvor Idle. Costs $10 but you can try it for free on a browser if you want to see what you’re getting. It’s heavily inspired by RuneScape. Melvor is without a doubt the best idle game I’ve ever played, so if you’re a fan of the genre and aren’t afraid of the grind, I’d highly recommend it.
I almost wanted to recommend this, but for a dedicated game system it’s a real emphasis on idle. You’d essentially be tapping every so often or setting up a task and then letting it go. I don’t think it’s a good dedicated Steam Deck game, but it is a hell of an idle game
True, it can occasionally grab your attention for a few days if you have an immediate goal, but it’s more of a background game most of the time. Still thought it was worth bringing up, especially at the mention of runescape!
Diablo IV. World of Warcraft. Final Fantasy XIV.
