SteamDeck

Live until June 13th.

I want to share an awesome tool called SteamDeck Refresh Rate Unlocker that I recently discovered. This script offers the ability to unlock the refresh rate of your Steam Deck's display, extending beyond the default range of 40Hz to 60Hz. With this tool, you can now achieve a maximum refresh rate of 70Hz, and even lower rates...

I wanted to post this here since I want to help as much as I can in my own way to people coming here for the first time. I hope it is useful and helpful! I tried to assume low knowledge with the Fediverse in my responses which I collected here from a different post and assembled into a single article....

Have little time? Always on the go? Need a refresher of recent Steam Deck news? Got you covered here, come get your little fix.

'Salvage' from reddit...

Some things that are of interest to me are......

I remember this splash video on all the old LEGO games I used to play as a kid. Thought I'd try and create a Steam Deck video based on it!

Valve has shared their Steam Survey results for the month of June which shows the Steam on Linux marketshare holding steady.

As I'm not a fan of the new Steam UI, I added the -vgui launch parameter to Steam on my laptop to revert the UI to how it was before. As trying to do this on the Steam Deck in desktop mode told me I didn't have sufficient permissions, I tried it again after using Konsole to take ownership of the Steam shortcut, however even then...

Soulstone Survivors is one of my favourite games in the spirit of Vampire Survivors, and it just got a lot bigger with the new Path of Ascension upgrade....

Well today is definitely an interesting day to say the least and this definitely came out of nowhere. A new update for The Last of Us Part 1 came out today

Epic's Unreal Engine 5 is gaining prominence in current-gen gaming, renowned for advanced rendering tech like Lumen and Nanite. The question beacons. Can Unreal Engine 5 find a home on Valve's Steam Deck, a Linux-powered handheld device? Early 2024 reveals a range of UE5 titles on Steam Deck, such

Graphics and Performance...

This is based off a tutorial I made for Mupen64 Plus on an Android based handheld, but since I got a steam deck, I wanted to get it working in Retroarch as well....

If you are like me you want to be able to adjust your logitec/steelseries/asus (among other) mouse settings within the deck itself while in desktop mode....

Even though Valve only just recently put SteamOS 3.5 into preview for Steam Deck, they're not done with improvements elsewhere with a new Beta Client release doing a bit of a Gyro overhaul to the Mouse mode....

I see so many people talking about using their deck to play games while others are watching TV with their partners or whatever. But I just can’t do it. I hate not hearing the sound effects, music, voice acting when playing a game, and I tend to find myself not using the deck as often as I would like as a result....

Could be good news regarding performance on Steam Deck.

Hi all,...

'Slavage' from reddit....

Does this console worth it? Also how hot does it get in the summer if you are doing demanding things without AC?

I've just tried it out and it's amazing. Although the back buttons (R4, L4, R5, L5) don't work for some reason....

Using this script, you can install vkBasalt, which is similar to reshade/SweetFX, without messing up your Steam Deck.