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The Steam Deck is a game-changer.
For most Americans, computers are used to browse the web and write emails.
The only game theyre capable of powering is solitaire.
But whenValves Steam Deckmade landfall early last year, the hobby immediately became much more approachable.
Games that were once exclusive to the hallowed realms of heavy RAM are within reach.
Its a boon for everyone if this hobby gets a little less exclusionary.
You know what the perfect antidote to a long plane trip is?
I cant think of a better way to break in a Steam Deck.
Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivorsis practically an idle game.
All of these ingredients makeVampire Survivorsa perfect portable experience; light on inputs, heavy on style.
Will you mold your hero into an invulnerable tank capable of outlasting any of their enemies?
Or perhaps theyll take the form of a supercharged wizard, laying waste to everyone with their opening hand?
Thats the magic ofSlay The Spire;anything can happen on a fresh save file.
This is a Blizzard game, which is housed in Blizzards own offshoot launcher and marketplace, Battle.net.
This is crucial, becauseDiablo IVisnt currently slated for the Switch.
Youll be carving up motorways from the comfort of your own bed.
The future is bright.
RimWorld
You know whyRimWorldis a perfect Steam Deck game?
Because the developers themselves sure do.
Maybe some of them will fall in love and start families?
Build the utopia, or perhaps the dystopia, of your dreams.
Cult of the Lamb
Ive heardCult of the Lambdescribed as an evilAnimal Crossing.
But in developer Massive Monsters twisted creation, all of these guests will be leveraged towards an eldritch cult.
Beyond the management simulation,Cult of the Lambalso functions as an extremely serviceableHades-esque roguelike.
Players must conquer procedurally generated dungeons to muster up the resources for the cults headquarters.
Those demons arent going to summon themselves!
(Take-Two Interactive, in this case.)
But underneath all of the glamor, this is still aGrand Theft Autogame.
Half-Life 2
There was a time, long ago, when Valve made video games.
