already have it. never leave my bed, only play lego starwars :>

U should instal plugin : -vibrant deck (making your steam deck display colours saturation looks like oled screen) -HLTB for steam deck (showing status how long you've been playing story/ achievements/extras, on each games) -boot animation changer -css loader (changing steam deck UI/interface/themes) -steamgridDB (changing game covers/artworks so easily, u can download it inside) Etc there is so many amazing plugin u can find cheers :)

simple, straight to the point and very clear. absolutely amazing video. keep in mind, even if a game shows unsupported it doesn't mean it wont play. I have well over 1300 games and plenty of them are unsupported and I can still play them just fine. Don't let that rating deter you from buying a deck or a game for your deck.

Got one for Christmas and it’s so helpful. I felt like I wasn’t gaming anymore but now I play every day if only for half an hour.

Legit awesome review with great insight on a variety of topics like the verified status of games, deck grip feel, etc. Keep up the good work! :)

I’m new to Steam gaming and got my Steam Deck last week and games are soo cheap compared to the eShop! I end up spending waay too much on games haha! Great video! Happy New Year! 😄

Straight to the point! I love that. No fluff. I’m considering a deck, just because. I mostly play cozy games on my switch, so I wasn’t sure if a deck would fit my playing style. It’s still on my maybe list, so we’ll see. Thanks again.

Really cool stuff, thanks for sharing this with us! I would highly recommend learning about the "Golden 40" that leverages the 40Hz capabilities of the Deck's display. Inevitably, you'll often end up worrying if a recent release can run at 60FPS on there. The Golden 40 would massively help here: Due to the fact you can lower the panel's refresh rate to 40Hz through the Quick Action Menu, you are able to go for 40FPS instead of 30. Why you may ask? Despite a 10FPS additional payload to the Deck's graphics APU, 40 FPS is right in the middle between 30 and 60 FPS in terms of frame pacing - meaning a nearly-60 FPS experience. Try it out! If you want to see this in action, feel free to give an older video of mine a shot, where I tried to explain this comprehensively. Cheers!

The ultimate is playing PC games while you poop. Ladies, you can lie to yourselves but you can't lie to me. Excellent video

This is really amazing review, I was surprised on how well you cover all the important topic for steam deck, nice video!

It’s pretty much my main gaming device now and them EmuDeck sealed the deal for me to sell my Switch. Great video.

I was just surprised with the 1TB version yesterday as an early birthday gift from my brother, and I am highly enjoying the ability to sit on my couch and play PC games. I don’t have the space for a PC setup at the moment, but he knew I wanted to play games that are available on Steam. So this is looking like a great alternative! And I found your well thought out and made video which has made me even more excited! I can already see that I’m going to get a lot of use, possibly even more than my Switch!

Love the quality. Glad I came by ur channel. Keep creating content. ❤

Love this! I just got one and I'm finally playing all those Steam games I bought which sat unloved and neglected, for the same exact reason as you - after working all day, I want to get out of my office and chill downstairs on the sofa! I rarely game at my desktop so this has been a GAME CHANGER!! (scuze the pun)

I’ve had my Nintendo switch for 3+ years now and haven’t witnessed joycon drift. I’m thinking at this point it’s how people take care of their switch or jam the thumbsticks lol

This video was sooo good by the way! I feel like your editing and presentation of the information skills are so good and are getting better and better each time!:) I’m truly impressed with each video you post and can’t wait to see your next upload!😊

Amazing review! This was so helpful!

im hoping to place an order on a steam deck very soon, and maybe a few games to go with it. loved the video keep it up. and happy (slightly belated) holidays

Honestly really good review with sufficient technical terms. Not too oversimplified but easy to understand. Great job!

Oooo. This is a awesome review! Thanks ❤❤

Great video, and you definitely inspired my next video. I'm finally going to review steamdeck as well, and that's thanks to this video. Your delivery and commentary was great, and it is a style I want to try to learn from. Thank you for the inspiration! I subscribed, of course! Hope you're doing well, happy holidays and can't wait to see more content!

Love the informative video Denise! I’m definitely super interested in the Steam Deck but might wait for the next iteration since it seems like it takes a little more tech fiddling than the plug and play Switch. And hoping more colors come out!

I get my steam deck today. I am excited to play my Steam only games on handheld and TV. Thanks for a great video. Hugs

This is an awesome review - super informative! I'm seriously considering getting a steam deck now 👀

Hey! I really enjoyed this video. I have also personally had a Deck for a little bit now, and I've explored for of the enthusiast side of it, so it's cool to be able to see a different perspective. Honestly, if you have Discord or something, I'd love to discuss the Deck and gaming more with you. You seem pretty passionate about a side of gaming that I'm not the most familiar with, so I'd love to learn more. Let me know! And once again, great, in-depth review on the Steam Deck here.

Ty so much for the video the battery life discussion made me realize this device is not what I am looking for

Wow, this video popped off! Congrats Denise! 👏🏼

Pre ordered mine today super excited to get it! Great video btw!!

Great review thanks

I have two gaming pcs one in my living room and another in my bedroom, but the amount of hrs I played on the them pales in comparison to the hrs and hrs of time I have clocked in on my steam deck. Poor things are collection dust now 😂. One thing to note about the thumbstick grips or covers, they would need to be capacitive. Otherwise you would lose gyro control in games that use it, gyro gets activated when the steam deck detects you fingers on both thumbsticks. Also another point to note about the original steam deck dock is that the reason why it’s $80 is that not only the dock but another charger is included as well the same one that’s shipped with the steam deck. I think you could still get it cheaper by getting a third party dock and charger, but not bad if you’re wanting a first party one. Btw good job on the vid you have covered all the key points 👍🏾 wish you happy holidays and the coming new year.

The greatest limiting factor for the Steam Deck is battery life. I've found that playing graphically intensive modern games usually runs the battery dry between 90 minutes and 2 hours, depending on settings. Thankfully, cozier games tend to be way less demanding. I think I was getting close to 5 hours with A Short Hike, and a bit more with Beacon Pines. Lil Gator Game and Cozy Grove were between 4 and 4 and 1/2. So the cozier your gaming, the less the Deck's biggest limitation is going to apply to you.

Just bought it a couple days ago and its coming tomorrow!

I actually took some time to think about what i wanted between a new laptop or a Steam Deck and just ended up getting a gaming laptop since i do take it to work often and love having the option between watching anime or playing games. Might still get one later down the read tho

I absolutely love my Steam Deck, but the one thing that bugs me the most is how Valve handled the "Deck Verified" markings. There are lots of games that are listed as "playable" because the one mark against them is that you need to use the onscreen keyboard, and so many of those games only have you enter a name. I know Valve is trying to play it careful but considering the store home page on the Deck is curated for "Deck Verified" games only, it seems unfair to those games.

On the subject of gaming compatibility, you can use protondb to find out if your games are going to work and if you need to do some extra things to get them to work.

I too think it's big and bulky at first but after a few months it's so comfortable to hold and play. My hand doesn't feel cramped at all. Now my Bluetooth x2 controller feel so small and uncomfortable 🙃

Great Review! :)

New video!😊🎄 also merry Christmas!

Note the one downside of getting the cheapest model is the limit of space to store shader cache files. These files are stored separately from the game , these are downloaded before it starts downloading the game. This is not a problem at first until you install more and more game on the Deck. These files are still on the Deck interior storage even after you uninstall a game. Search on You-tube how to clear out shader cache files and/or how to more these files to the SD card. Note by moving these files to the SD in big titles like God of War you will have performance drops when a new area in loaded within a game. Indy games will run just fine with these files moved to the SD card but they often don't require large shader files either. You can also upgrade to a SSD interior storage. If you want to install a lot of games , like a TB SD card worth and don't want to move files around as often as well don't want to take the back of the Deck to upgrade the SSD I would recommend you getting 256 GB model.

yes. 💯 8 haven’t stopped using it

Grabbing one today, even tho I have a Xbox series x I wanna give this a go

Got mine yesterday started elden ring I’m in love I need a dock to use as a regular pc also

"cozy casual gamer" would be an good name for your channel. I'm the kind of person that gets stuck in the weeds with technical specifications and details so it's refreshing to get a more casual point of view from your video

I got a steam deck cus i wanted to play my massive strategy games portably

From one Denise to another, subbed :)

Great Chanel love the content

Love the comfy abode!

Funny how it being "bulky" was kind of a letdown for so many people who preordered it/are still on the fence about it when for me it was a selling point coming from a switch OLED and feeling my hands hurt from it being so small and me playing sporadically but for long sessions

I got mine 6 months ago but with class i wasnt able to play on it as much as i wanted to, im struggling with the ps2 bios but other than that it’s pretty fun

2-3 hours is literally the most i would play on the go

Its also worth noting that you can replace the thumbsticks on steam decks very easy. 8 screws to get the back plate off then its a couple screws and a ribbon cable to replace them. You can even get a kit to add in better ones for like $30

If you want to play genshin you'll have to install Windows, unfortunately it doesn't run on linux or VM's officially, The process for doing so isn't too difficult and if I ever work up the courage to add extra storage to my Steam deck I might do a dual beat setup

Just got one from my pops on Christmas 🎉

I really appreciate the opinion from another girl gamer. I just bought a Steam Deck and love it. I'd like to know what games you like to play. I like RPGs, but I'd like to know more about the cozy games you play. Also, how do you play Genshin Impact? I've watched many videos on it, and none of the ways to get the game seem easy. I play Halo on the Steal Deck, and it's rated as unsupported but plays fine. Love the video! 😊

The winning point for me are mods! So excited for Stardew Valley Expanded

I recommend Satisfye - ZenGrip Pro Gen 3 OLED, a Switch Grip Compatible with Nintendo Switch - Comfortable & Ergonomic Grip! Life changing 😊

I have issues I own a q3 512gb And I still watch steamdeck videos

Imo the Steam Deck is PERFECT for casual gamers. Most importantly for the cost: the base model has the exact same performance as the more expensive versions, it's just different SSD sizes and the highest end one has a matte display. I already had a decently sized microSD at home and bought a cheap matte screen protector for my base model, it's worked out great for me. Especially since I don't actually need to have a million games inatalled at once, it's enough for me to have a couple at a time tbh. And! The games are so inexpensive!! I got a Switch Lite first but the sheer cost of the video games was a real barrier for me. But on the Deck? I bought the entire Witcher trilogy for significantly less than half the cost of Witcher 3 on Switch. These days, if it's not a Nintendo exclusive I'm far more likely to get a game for the Deck than the Switch tbh. And I love the fact that it's user repairable - you can buy almost all parts and switch them out if/when you need to, with full step by step guides on how to do everything available (buy a bigger SSD, replace thumbsticks or broken displays, switch the fan for a quieter model if you got the "bad" version). For keyboard and mouse games, you can use the sticks or touchpads for a mouse, triggers for mouse buttons, and map the rest of the buttons for your keyboard keys. It works pretty well in my experience! And for unverified games, honestly I've not had any real issues. I installed ProtonDB early on and it's been pretty smooth ever since. It's just such a great device. Certainly not flawless, but at this price point it's hands down the single best gaming option. You can buy one device (no display, no controllers etc) and just play. The same is true for the Nintendo Switch, sure, but the Nintendo tax on games can be really significant. There are other handheld PCs as well, the GPD Win 4 looks freaking amazing and so much more compact than the Deck - but it's also several times the price, especially since I'd have to pay 25% VAT for a non-EU import... I'd love to get one, but that's a LOT of money compared to the €400 Steam Deck 🤷

the sticks can replace and if you buy a gulikit thumbsticks with hall effect then it will no drift issue

From my experience using the trackpads make point and clicks pretty playable even without a mouse.

Here to say that great minds think alike because I use the same Nook pillow as my gaming hand rest at night🤣

Thank you, what a great review!! You covered all the basic questions I had, but I wanted to ask, is there any way to play offline or do you always need an internet connection? I'd love to take it on road trips, but worry I won't be able to use it w/out a connection /: For starters, I've got to save up some money to actually buy it! :]

Honestly, in the replacing Nintendo switch section, yes, the Steam Deck can, it can emulate almost any console that isn't Xbox One and Ps4, including the Switch, and honestly run most Switch games better. Unless you want to use the Nintendo Online capabilities, but if you just want it for the Switch games in general then the Steam Deck can replace it

How does the skins work with hard shell cases?

I'd like to know about those 8 hours of battery time since I only get around five if I am using the homescreen. Tinkering required perhaps.

Awesome review! Deserves much more views though🥲 Ordered my deck yesterday, can’t wait to continue playing stardew on it!

I love my steamdeck. Between it and my switch I haven't used my ps5 or pc.

THE PURPLE SKIN IS SO CUTE 😍

Wish I had the internet to download these massive games

I saw someone play sims 3 and now I want one

I got enough money for the cheapest model over christmas. I'm just waiting to buy it right now.

So basically once u buy the steam deck you can download any of the games (after purchasing each of them through that system) that are on that system and play them. Do the games have to be downloaded through using PC at all or no?

I literally just cancelled an order I placed for the oled today for it because of the issue of not all of their games being supported on the deck i really hope they fix that soon

What is the name of the dock your using? I want to order one.

Can you download hacked games on steam deck?

How are you playing Genshin impact on steam deck? Out of the box it’s not supported…there’s the Anime Game Launcher but you risk a ban. I appreciate an answer how you play Genshin on the Deck. Thx

The Steam Deck has done to consoles what Walkman did to stereos in the 80s! : )

6:47 Those white D-pad grips are so cute! Do you know where you got them?

You mentioned Switch exclusive titles. Well, as a matter of fact, the Steam Deck can play those too. Lol. Just lookup an EmuDeck tutorial, and it'll work great. If you want to do it legally/ support the devs, just buy the game from Nintendo first. No judgements either way though

Point and click games can be played using the trackpad

May I have a sponsor to buy it? I work full time, and under utilized in my job with a meager salary.

If there's one thing that doesn't worry me, it's the battery. Cozy Games are one of my main favorite genres as well as platform games and I hardly need to worry about downloading and playing time. But every now and then it's somewhat frustrating, even though I feel used to it because of years of living with the Switch.

You can swap out holodeck magnetic joystick module never get drift 🤷

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GAMER 🔥🔥LIFE 😎 👌🏾

Yes I need it. Give it to me.

My stardew valley mods are not working for some reason

😢but still not available for me to buy one in my country, valve need to do something about it asap to let other countries to be able to purchase the steam deck too, it’s not like they can’t see to find a way to deliver to us, there’s ups/DHL and other delivery service’s…..

4:24 wait where the heck can I get that slim af plug!

🔥🔥🔥

Thought Genshin wasn’t playable on Steam deck?

All I’ve been playing is persona 4

Glad to find your review as I'm curious as to how the Steam Deck is to hold for us ladies with our little girly hands. Not too many reviews out there by lady gamers.

Clever girl!

Makes me want this just gif genshin lol 😂 or fall guys

well you can’t play a lot of things anywhere since they have online drm

I’ve had mine for 4 days now… I freakin love it!!! I’m not a Pc gamer and now the flood gates opened!

Huge steam deck pro is that you can play and mod Stardew valley 1.6 😅

💯😊

The only games you can't play is mgs4 and Fat princess but other than that is okay lol

ummm. u can play whatever on the steam deck