I know a lot of these posts are pretty looked down upon on a lot of communities, but I want to provide as much information as possible so it’s not vague.
Basically, I’ve always been a console gamer. I play on PS5 and Switch. The reason I want to pick up a Steamdeck is that there’s a lot of smaller indie titles that don’t get console releases that I’d want to pick up. I’m hoping to get the OLED model with 512gbs instead of a terabyte. Smaller sized games and older titles are my main motivation for wanting a Steamdeck.
I already have a Steam Library but I don’t really have that many games and rarely play them. I have Persona 4 Golden, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Streets of Kamurucho (the Yakuza retro beat em up).
The games that are encouraging me to get into Steamdeck are Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, and Rivals 2 when it comes out. I really like RPGs as well, but I think I want my Steamdeck to be a (for lack of a better term) silly machine for diverse gameplay experiences for games I can’t play elsewhere instead of a machine for big blockbuster games.
If anyone has any ideas that could come to mind, I’d really appreciate it.
Get the steam deck starter pack. Vampire survivors, dredge and dave the diver.
+1 for Vampire Survivors and Dave the Diver.
Based on the games you have in your library you might like some of these,
Jet Set Radio
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Dragon Ball
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Street Fighter
Soulcalibur
Mortal Kombat
Injustice
My Hero One’s Justice
Naruto
Brawlhalla
Persona
Yakuza
Ys
Tales of
The Legend of Heroes
Octopath Traveler
Chrono Trigger
Legend of Mana
Secret of Mana
Trials of Mana
Star Ocean
Phantasy Star
Final Fantasy
Castlevania
Mega Man
Witcher
Elder Scrolls
Fallout
Hey I like these kinds of posts. Hopefully you get some good suggestions.
So. You want mostly indies, you like RPG alot, but kind of actually want less of the usual and more unique or good games you don’t generally have access to on PS5 or Switch.
Hmmm
Apico - you are beekeeper/breeder.
Brotato, Vampire Survivors, Rogue Genesia, Nova Drift - Take your pick. Different themed games with similar styles. You survive hordes of enemies and level up attempting to build ways to destroy the hordes and survive. Vampire Survivors is looked upon as maybe the top of its class. Nova Drift is a promising space themed version of the arena bullet hell style survival games.
Circuit Superstars - cool little retro style racing game. Feels kinda like micro machines used to on NES.
Core Keeper - Kind of like Terraria meets Stardew Valley. Speaking of which…
Stardew Valley, Coral Island - Farming Type games.
Dave the Diver - You are a diver by day, hauling up fish, sushi restaurant worker by night. Story to be had here and good gameplay.
Dome Keeper - Cool wave survival game. Dig to find minerals and gadgets, upgrade your dome, kill baddies, rinse repeat till you win or die.
Dinkum - Like Animal Crossing with alot of features. More exploration. More farming. More stuff to do pretty much. Australian themed.
Dorf Romantik - Super chill tile laying game.
FTL Faster Than Light - Rogue like game where you managing a ship and it’s crew. Lots of strategy and options and things to discover. Example: if you are boarded you can open doors on your ship to vent oxygen out of the ship and suffocate the intruders. Likewise can put out fires on the ship that way.
Hero’s Hour - Very similar to the Heroes of Might and Magic Series.
Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries - more of a “blockbuster” type of game, but very pure version of a mech pilot sim.
Noita - Very tough interesting roguelike. You are a mage and you craft wands. Just about everything can be destroyed or interacted with.
Oxygen Not Included - Colony Style Sim. This one is you attempting to carve out a semblance of survival in a harsh environment. Lots of mechanical things that are neat to build.
RimWorld - Another Colony style sim. This one is very detailed about the people and aspects of society.
Plate Up - Cool cooking game. Recommended with friends.
Project Zomboid - Zombie Apocalypse Survival game. People either love this or hate this. On base settings even scratches can infect you and getting bit is almost always a death sentence. Can tweak the difficulty to make it less insane. Good mod support.
Rift Breaker - Don’t know if this one got console ports. Is a cool top down builder/shooter.
Shadowrun Returns - Cyberpunk setting RPG. Very cool game. Has multiple games.
Songs of Conquest - Another Heroes of might and magic style game.
Baldur’s Gate 1&2 - classic DND style RPG.
Grim Dawn - Very Diablo 2 style of game. Some claim it’s even better than Diablo 3&4.
Papers, Please - Very Different game. You are a border checkpoint officer and you approve and deny entry into your country based on state sanctioned rules. Some people will try to falsify information and it’s up to you to weed them out. Story lines ensue.
Space Rangers HD - I’ll be honest, this one will take a bit of work to map out controls for. Hopefully someone has a community control profile for it. But this RPG goes down in the history books for me. You are a pilot of a ship fighting against a large sentient AI force known as the Dominators. Upgrade your ship, be a pirate, be a merchant, do text based missions, do RTS style missions, has a top down arcade mini game, loads to discover, storyline is sort of weaker but the game is so unique. All kinds of game genres represented in the game, with the main game being essentially turn based combat. Just a super unique RPG title.
War for the Overworld - Dungeon Keeper style game.
Boltgun - Don’t know if it has ports yet or not. Described as a classic style “boomer shooter” like old Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, etc. You are a Space Marine from Warhammer 40k universe.
Against the Storm - Very interesting Roguelike Colony builder.
Legend Bowl - Retro Style Football game.
Space Pirates and Zombies 1&2 - Unique sort of space looter game.
Ooblets - Can’t describe it, very interesting pet collection type of game.
Kynseed - Life Sim Sandbox RPG
Hexarchy - Civilization style game but uses cards for you to perform many actions in the game. Unique.
Fabledom - Colony Builder. Very cute. Like a storybook game. Early Access.
Beneath Oresa - Promising Roguelike Deckbuilder. Good animations.
Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader - Due out very soon. Looks like an outstanding Xcom Style game with some good RPG elements.
And many many more games. This list is sort of RPG light, and not a lot of “Blockbuster” titles as requested. Hopefully something in here would be something you’d enjoy. Check them out!
Have fun with your new deck!