Hello peeps. Life’s thrown me some curve-balls recently, and I’d like a bit of an escape. Can anyone recommend a decent game in the vein of Skyrim, Fallout or Deus Ex/System Shock for the steam deck, that isn’t 25 or 30 quid please? Something on offer for less than a tenner would be ideal. I’m sure there are some great older RPGs out there that I’ve missed, the Deck is the first time I’ve got back into gaming for quite a few years, and while I’m sure I could quite happily just play Brotato for the next few years, I reckon there’s something a bit more immersive out there for me to find!

  • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    I’ve really been enjoying Kingdom Come: Deliverance and swapping between my PC and SteamDeck. It runs pretty well on the Deck. Reminds me of how I felt playing Skyrim. Excited to get to the sequel.

      • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        It’s still kinda janky IMO, and there are some parts where the performance can tank. But I’m not really treating as a fast-paced action game so it doesn’t really affect my enjoyment.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    3 months ago

    Can anyone recommend a decent game in the vein of Skyrim, Fallout or Deus Ex/System Shock

    Dishonored is a lot like Deus Ex but fantasy themed. 10USD right now (20USD for the bundle with the DLC but the DLC isn’t really necessary).

  • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    This fits your price requirement and is a nice chill game to just lose yourself in and perfect for the deck IMO.

    A Short Hike. Currently €6.59 in Europe.

    Hope things improve for you soon.

  • Druid@lemmy.zipEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    The Dishonored series is amazing and is usually pretty cheap when on sale. A couple bucks at most, maybe.

    Another immersive sim to recommend would be Prey. The DLC is really good too

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 months ago

      Dishonoured 2 plays like garbage on the deck. I found it too graphics intensive and had to crank everything WAY down.

      Dishonoured 1 plays like a dream though.

      • Druid@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        That’s surprising. Would have thought the game to be “old enough” to perform well on the Deck.

        • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
          2·
          2 months ago

          Same. The last time I tried it was over a year ago so perhaps a proton update fixed it or improved it. It’s worth testing again.

      • cod@lemmy.worldM
        3·
        3 months ago

        +1 for Dishonoured if you haven’t gotten it yet. Especially the first one, one of my all time favourites. Highly recommended

  • boletus@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    3 months ago

    Yakuza zero has been great on the steam deck for me. I think it kinda straddles the line between immersive sim while mostly being a brawler.

    • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’m still fresh to the deck, so I’ve not tried all this steam-key-store business out, but from my quick peruse, that site looks good to know, and mad Max looks right up my street, or outback track as the case may be

  • zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev
    4·
    3 months ago

    Based on the games you listed, Morrowind! One of my absolute favorite old RPGs. Out of the elder scrolls games it’s the one with the strongest world building, which paints a nuanced picture of a very strange and compelling world. Compared to Skyrim in particular it’s more like a pen-and-paper rpg and less like an action game which gives it a higher barrier to entry. In particular, a lot of people find the combat frustrating at the start.

    The modding community for the game is very active to this day. To begin with, there’s OpenMW which is a re-implementation of the engine that runs natively on Linux and contains various bug fixes and quality of life features. There’s also a fork of it, tes3mp, which allows you to play Morrowind in multiplayer!

    There’s also Tamriel Rebuilt which is a modding project that adds the mainland of Morrowind (the base game just takes place on an island called Vvardenfell) and adds maybe another game worth of content. Theres also Project Tamriel which has one project that recreates Skyrim based on Morrowind-era lore and one that recreates Cyrodiil based on Morrowind-era lore.

  • SitD@lemy.lol
    6·
    3 months ago

    both very elegant and gameplay-first, but also oldschool-cool:

    chained echoes

    it’s absolutely lovely on the steam deck because the readability and contrasts are good even in sunlit environment, and the battery life will be good

  • Sati1984@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    I had the most fun with Vampire Survivors - addictive, relatively short bursts, but suitable for longer sessions. Dirt cheap.

    I also liked MultiVersus… before it became a micro-transaction filled abomination. The core gameplay loop is still great tho.

    General recommendation: Pick single player games from 3-4 years ago and back. The ones you were really interested in when they came out, but did not yet get around to playing them. Due to their age, they are almost guaranteed to run well on Deck, and they provide hours upon hours of fun. That’s my strategy at least :)

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      I would recommend against Multiversus only because it’s getting shut down in a couple months. Might be fun until then, though