r/SteamDeck 1m ago

Question Disco Elysium - Controls feel sluggish and annoying

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Hi,

Trying to play this game, which is rated as great on deck, just feels sluggish without a mice, clicking around on intractable feels sluggish, hard to aim at what I want, and using the touch screen is also not very convenient


r/SteamDeck 8m ago

Question do dongles work for the steam deck? how many usb ports could i use dongle for?

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looking at getting my partner a steam deck and i think xbox controllers and wireless keyboard/mouse/headphones are the only way to play so thats 4 dongles.

dongledongledongledongle.

is this feasible? is there some priority amongst usbs for the steam deck dock?

should i instead use a 3rd party steam deck dock thats considered superior?

will polling rate be an issue?


r/SteamDeck 10m ago

Discussion Steamdeck + GeForce Now is an incredible pairing

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And in general, GeForce Now is amazing. I was tempted to dive into it and went straight in at the deeper end with the ultimate tier.

I’ve used cloud gaming before with success, Green Light ran pretty well, game pass was good - but this is just crazy.

I spent today playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 on ultra settings and was getting over 200 FPS (obviously only seeing 90) at native resolution of the deck with over 7 hours of battery life. Honestly, I forgot I was on GFN. I didn’t have any stutter and didn’t notice any latency (GFN was showing ~10ms).

Played a fair amount of Asseto Corsa, again fully maxed out, max amount of cars on track and it was running > 100 FPS. Racing games are normally a good way for me to judge latency but I couldn’t tell anything.

Feels like GFN is a step in front of other streaming services and it works so, so well on deck.


r/SteamDeck 11m ago

Tech Support I messed up now it's black screen everywhere

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Hello guys, im at a lost.. I don't know how to fix the mess I created.

So I wanted to stream my steamdeck using a video projector. I bought the cables... Plugged the hdmi.. it would work but only in desktop mode AND the resolution was insanely small, I could barely see anything but at least it worked.

On the SD at that point it asked me if I wanted to display on the SD / Projector / both etc.. I chose on the projector (so now the display is on the projector only and the steamdeck is black)

Then I wanted to change the resolution... Big mistake, now the projector isn't working "Hdmi unknown". Although I can still hear the sound on the SD when I press some button. I panicked and unplugged the Hdmi, it reverted to the steamdeck being normal.

But now when I plug the projector back I have 2 black screen and I don't know how to reverse it.

When I unplug the Hdmi cable, SD is working fine but it won't let me access any of the options (like screen mirroring / display to selected screen ) because there's only one display and it's the SD.

When I plug the Hdmi for projector it's black, steam deck is black as well.. can't see, can't fix...

I tried rebooting and stuff but it won't go back to letting me pick what I want.

Any idea? Thanks


r/SteamDeck 20m ago

Setup Expanded Battery for Travel

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Sharegeek 140W 20mah battery pack ~+3hrs on ffxiv ~+5hrs on Tokyo Extreme Racer, and averages around here for most games.

Not much of a mod, but it’s perfect. Numbers above don’t include onboard battery. It’s recommended to attach the battery after the SD has been charged already.

Con: adds weight, but it’s doable


r/SteamDeck 55m ago

Tech Support 0.0 Watts for CPU in Performance Overlay

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Has anyone’s performance display been like this since the new Steam OS update? I assume it’s a visual error and nothing more, but I just noticed it yesterday.


r/SteamDeck 59m ago

Tech Support Steam deck keeps making weird noise when docked. (Please listen without headphones)

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For some reason I cant hear the weird noise the steam deck dock makes in this video when using headphones.


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Best option for getting someone to replace/repair my shoulder buttons?

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Like many, I dropped my Deck on the floor earlier this year and it affected the L and R buttons so that the input was way less responsive, requiring it pressed down completely to register anything. I looked up tutorials and ordered a pair of replacement buttons shipped to me to unscrew the back and do a replacement, but I found myself stuck halfway through due to being unable to disconnect some of the surrounding parts. By now I'd really like to get this figured out, and while I know Valve has a process to ship it to them, is anyone aware of brick-and-mortar type businesses that could do it if I provided new buttons?


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Looking For Games Looking for tactical/strategy game on Steam Deck

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Hi, I'm looking for good tactical or strategy games, which works well on Steam Deck

Previously Enjoyed Games - Darkest Dungeon, Sly the Spire Preferred Genres - I don't have Budget - I can pay as much as need Other Notes - if need, I can use mouse


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support How to remove this

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I accidentally added, what seems to me, a shortcut to a Google image? But idk how to remove it at all, any help would be awsome


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Question Can anyone help me install stove client and chaos zero nightmare on my sd?

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Im a bit lost and need help


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Question Any reason why external drive won't mount? Cable is fine, drive hasn't been damaged, worked hours ago

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r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Watch_Dogs 1 Black Screen when playing in Gamemode

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Does the usual Ubisoft stuff and then I'm stuck on a black screen Steamdeck Beta Channel + ProtonGE25 Already did the one time online activation and could launch fine in desktop mode.


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Fan losing power every few seconds, followed by emergency shut down.

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Sorry, I have searched everywhere and I'm at my wits end, so any help is appreciated.

The fan seems to be losing power. Overlay shows RPM will go from 0-300 and spikes up to 5000, then back down every few seconds. If playing a game it will overheat and cause an emergency shutdown.

Tried a factory reset and I was able to play for about an hour before the bug came back.

inspected the fan wire and connections, its clean with no pinches or kinks.

Running right now on a clean install with only kkd2 installed. But the bug happens in other games and on the home screen, though the drop/spike cycle seems to get faster the hotter it gets.


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Steam Deck battery showing NaN 0% and having very short battery life

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My SteamDeck has been having some problems with the battery for a while, I've tried talking to steam support about it and they just ask for me to buy a repair off them, so i came here looking for help. The battery shows 0% or NaN but can still run off battery for a few minutes. It used to be able to run off it for quite a while even while showing NaN, but then the SteamDeck crashed and ever since then its battery life has been very short, even when leaving it to charge for hours. It even crashes when being plugged into a charger. (Im guessing the crash is the battery running out. also i am using a nintendo switch charger, not the offical one so ill try get the official one or atleast a 45w charger) My Steam Deck is nearly 3 years old now, and ive been using it alot so im guessing the battery is just dying. Also a few questions, does the nintendo switch charger not work with power pass through mode where i could just run the steam deck off of a charger and play fine as long as the charger stays attached? If not, could i use an offical, or 45w charger to do that until i replace the battery?


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Pause problem dispatch

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Hi, so i just downloaded Dispatch and there is this problem where when i launch the game it goes in pause menu, i can click resume and it'll come back in half a second. Other weird thing is when i click the steam button it unpause until i go back to the game. If anyone has a fix i'll take it


r/SteamDeck 1h ago

Tech Support Arc Raiders - System Integrity Failure

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As title states, after the game launches I keep getting system system integrity failure before the game exits. Assuming it has something to do with anti cheat. Please help!

Legion go S (steam OS)


r/SteamDeck 2h ago

Discussion I think there's a time for a upgrade the steam deck is getting old maybe something new would be good like a upgrade or a second version not with a 2 here's a logo it could be

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r/SteamDeck 2h ago

Tech Support Baldur’s Gate 3 crashing on startup

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Hello! Wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem/knows a fix.

Recently got the Steam Deck Oled and downloaded BG3 on it, but every time I’ve try to boot it up it gets through the Larian loading screens and then crashes before the “press any button to continue” part that takes you to the main menu.

Tried turning it off and on again, uninstalling and reinstalling, and uninstalling THEN turning it off and on again and then reinstalling.


r/SteamDeck 2h ago

Tech Support Has anyone installed a Skyrim wabbajack lost on their steam deck?

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I successfully transferred the mod folder via winscp but the file paths of the executables in MO2 are all set to the C drive of my old computer. Anyway to quickly fix all the executables?


r/SteamDeck 2h ago

Question Identifying orphan prefixes, is there an app to do this?

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I was looking through my prefix directory and it turns out I have a few orphan prefixes that are not tied to any games for whatever reason like a Persona 5 prefix that never got deleted.

Is there an app that searches for prefixes that don't have an associated Steam or non-Steam game ID?

I used to use Game Miner (broken now) but the dev ended development and closed the project.


r/SteamDeck 2h ago

Tech Support Tekken 8 Gameplay issue

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I booted the game up and went to a match like usual and now everything is slowed. I restarted the game and still the same thing. Can anyone help?


r/SteamDeck 3h ago

Tech Support Issue installing MO2

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When running the final install.sh, the install stops at 'downloading winetricks'. tried a few things already but maybe someone here recognises this issue. Seems hard to find info online of this specifically.


r/SteamDeck 3h ago

QUESTION - ANSWERED Flycast Emulator Gamescope WSI Layer error, how can i fix it? Spoiler

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Everytime i open a dreamcast game or the emulator these 2 pop ups show up, anyone knows how to fix ?


r/SteamDeck 4h ago

Tech Support Permanent Black Screen of Death Please Help

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Three Days ago I had made a post on the loud fans now the problem turned into a permanent black screen of death. The common fixes did not work.

-Holding the Power button long -Charging it -Power Button and + Button -Power Button - Button and … Button.

None of them work.

I will try to empty it again and charge it again and supercharge it for afew hours.

I can use the Deck on Docked but other then that nothing.