Also I’d recommend Rimworld, runs real nice and the controls are intuitive once you get used to it. With easy time control; fast forward/pause on two of the back buttons
Really really appreciate this video. Civ and Stellaris are games I have spent several thousand hours playing and their compatibility with the deck was going to vastly determine if I enjoyed it or not and seeing a performance breakdown was very helpful.
Hello there! So I know in video he mentioned that we considering games just using steam deck by itself (no keyboard, monitor and so on) just got my steam deck and tried Warhammer 2 using a monitor with keyboard and mouse. It works perfectly! I'm extremely pleased and impressed by it's performance. If you don't crank up quality to ultra and keep unit size medium to large you don't have any slow downs or anything like that. Good and smooth experience. Thanks for the video! By the the medieval 2 runs perfectly fine as well. ;)
Endless Space 2 is another great option for the Deck. Regular Proton has some issues rendering cutscenes, but Proton GE irons those issues right out and the rest of the game runs buttery smooth with either option.
Thanks for this! I’m also a big strategy gamer (who also plays loads of other games too) … I was bummed that I couldn’t get Warhammer 3 to run better, but I’ve been surprised to see that Hearts of Iron 4 actually has a solid experience on Deck. And Age of Wonders 4 also plays well too.
The Heroes of Might and Magic games are great for the Steam Deck. So are the XCom games. A lot of cRPG games are great too, like Pillars of Eternity, Divinity, Baldur's Gate, etc.
My additions: Spellforce Platinum Edition, Age of Mythology, Command and Conquer Tiberian Wars and Kane´s Wrath, Command and Conquer Red Alert 3, Homeworld Remastered and Deserts of Kharak All fantastic titles, and quite decent to play with the trackpads.
Hi, what sort of controls did you use to play these games? I played supreme commander 2 on my steamdeck and it was pretty hard, I was hoping to play it like you could on a console 😅
@@Re-tf8qf Mouse and Keyboard, in "Docked" mode ideally. To play it perfectly with the touchpads, although there are nice community controller settings for each of these games to play it with trackpads. And - Supreme Commander is a great but quite hard game anyways, no matter what kind of control you use.
As a recent addict of FTL, I wish it was on console (switch) or mobile, since it would be amazing, but the dev doesn't want the gameplay to be at all subpar compared to pc, so it won't happen. Can't wait to get a steamdeck, even if just for FTL, let alone the rest of the library.
@@cat-le1hf I thought the developer was worried about it feeling more clunky without a mouse and keyboard? I only heard second hand, so definitely not an expert or anything
Hopefully after a few updates we can play IE on the Deck. Been playing WH2 mortal empires for quite some time and haven't had any issues since messing with a few settings.
Thank you a lot for this video. Since a few months ago I was thinking on buying the steam deck for this game... know i think a prefer my old laptop until I can purchase a good PC (Talkikg about warhammer)
I found Civilization very playable on the steam deck, the controls work surprisingly well minus normal touchpad annoyance. Haven't tried any of these others.
Haven’t seen whole vid yet but other option is to use steam link to stream the games better performance but yep still same limitations with controls etc
One game that runs incredible well on steamdeck, that if you are into the franchise are a must, is battletech... the problem. It sucks without roguetech and getting that mod to run on linux is a pain in the rearend. Guess installing windows 11 would be a solution but.... yeah.
Civ is my most played Switch game. I’m surprised it didn’t do better. I guess the Switch version has the button reminders on each menu, so it only takes like 2 days to get the controls down.
Do you think the ULTIMATE Steam Deck made on the RUclips channel 'Linus Tech Tips' could solve the problems of playing TW Warhamme 2 and 3? With a docking station, mouse, and small keyboard would it prevent me from needing to buy a new laptop just to play TWW2 .. or 3 for short 1-2 hr intervals?
The dos
- Stellaris
- Bloons TD 6
- Civilisation 6
- FTL
The don't
- Total War Warhammer 3 (bad frame rate)
Would love some more steamdeck content, got mine in spring and im having an absolute blast!
Also I’d recommend Rimworld, runs real nice and the controls are intuitive once you get used to it. With easy time control; fast forward/pause on two of the back buttons
Really really appreciate this video. Civ and Stellaris are games I have spent several thousand hours playing and their compatibility with the deck was going to vastly determine if I enjoyed it or not and seeing a performance breakdown was very helpful.
Hello there! So I know in video he mentioned that we considering games just using steam deck by itself (no keyboard, monitor and so on) just got my steam deck and tried Warhammer 2 using a monitor with keyboard and mouse. It works perfectly! I'm extremely pleased and impressed by it's performance. If you don't crank up quality to ultra and keep unit size medium to large you don't have any slow downs or anything like that. Good and smooth experience.
Thanks for the video! By the the medieval 2 runs perfectly fine as well. ;)
Exactly what I wanted to hear. Do you know if warhammer 3 runs well with these appliances by any chance?
Endless Space 2 is another great option for the Deck. Regular Proton has some issues rendering cutscenes, but Proton GE irons those issues right out and the rest of the game runs buttery smooth with either option.
Bump to Endless Space 2 and Endless Legend… also Age of Wonders 4 works great too!
Thanks for this! I’m also a big strategy gamer (who also plays loads of other games too) … I was bummed that I couldn’t get Warhammer 3 to run better, but I’ve been surprised to see that Hearts of Iron 4 actually has a solid experience on Deck. And Age of Wonders 4 also plays well too.
Does Rome 2 run on the steam deck?
The Heroes of Might and Magic games are great for the Steam Deck. So are the XCom games. A lot of cRPG games are great too, like Pillars of Eternity, Divinity, Baldur's Gate, etc.
yes and one of the recent updates fixed XCOM2 controller support. Finally recognizes steam deck as XBOX controller in menus.
My additions: Spellforce Platinum Edition, Age of Mythology, Command and Conquer Tiberian Wars and Kane´s Wrath, Command and Conquer Red Alert 3, Homeworld Remastered and Deserts of Kharak All fantastic titles, and quite decent to play with the trackpads.
Hi, what sort of controls did you use to play these games? I played supreme commander 2 on my steamdeck and it was pretty hard, I was hoping to play it like you could on a console 😅
@@Re-tf8qf Mouse and Keyboard, in "Docked" mode ideally. To play it perfectly with the touchpads, although there are nice community controller settings for each of these games to play it with trackpads. And - Supreme Commander is a great but quite hard game anyways, no matter what kind of control you use.
@Alf Waibel ahh okay, I may have to invest in a keyboard and mouse for these kind of games then, cheers Alf 😄
Thanks for this man! Didn’t even know about the game FTL.. ^^
As a recent addict of FTL, I wish it was on console (switch) or mobile, since it would be amazing, but the dev doesn't want the gameplay to be at all subpar compared to pc, so it won't happen.
Can't wait to get a steamdeck, even if just for FTL, let alone the rest of the library.
@@cat-le1hf I thought the developer was worried about it feeling more clunky without a mouse and keyboard?
I only heard second hand, so definitely not an expert or anything
The last segment just reminded me how good the ipad version of FTL is.
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Hopefully after a few updates we can play IE on the Deck. Been playing WH2 mortal empires for quite some time and haven't had any issues since messing with a few settings.
didn't the guy in the video say warhammer 2 is completely unsupported on deck?
So annoying IE doesn't work - I'm enjoying WH3, but it's nothing compared to IE.
Are you using an external monitor when you play WH2?
Thank you a lot for this video. Since a few months ago I was thinking on buying the steam deck for this game... know i think a prefer my old laptop until I can purchase a good PC
(Talkikg about warhammer)
I found Civilization very playable on the steam deck, the controls work surprisingly well minus normal touchpad annoyance. Haven't tried any of these others.
Civilization Revolution on Emudeck's PS3 Emulator is pretty good too ;)
Ah a man of culture I see ;)
@@Paladin966
Advance Wars on Switch emu is fun too
Will it handle games like the older total war games, command and conquer remastered , Supreme commander etc?
BTD6 is god tier. I never expected anyone to test it on deck lmao, good job!!
Can you play Rome 2 and Attilla Total War on Steamdeck? I want to buy one only if these games work on it.
Did you find out if Rome 2 worked?
Haven’t seen whole vid yet but other option is to use steam link to stream the games better performance but yep still same limitations with controls etc
I'm really curious how games like Victoria3 and EU4 run on this thing!
Magic word: bluetooth trackball. Thank me later.
I don’t understand why you can’t use the touchscreen for FTL. I play it on my iPad and it’s a treat.
Age of wonder planetfall I’d like to see on the deck!
One game that runs incredible well on steamdeck, that if you are into the franchise are a must, is battletech... the problem. It sucks without roguetech and getting that mod to run on linux is a pain in the rearend.
Guess installing windows 11 would be a solution but.... yeah.
You should check out some of the other total war games on the deck. Rome remastered, and shogun 2 being my favorites.
Does Rome 2 work?
@@JrVargas13 it works pretty well, yes. I recommend customizing the controls to your taste for a better experience.
@alexmcd378 yeah I just got a SD & Rome 2 works great so far thanks
The issue isn't hardware, its controls. how do you replace the mouse and kb shortcuts in a game like this?
Why didn’t you lower the performance settings to make the frame rate better?
Civ is my most played Switch game. I’m surprised it didn’t do better. I guess the Switch version has the button reminders on each menu, so it only takes like 2 days to get the controls down.
If you buy a mouse and keyboard you’ve essentially removed control problem
Which deck model are you using for this video?
Do you think the ULTIMATE Steam Deck made on the RUclips channel 'Linus Tech Tips' could solve the problems of playing TW Warhamme 2 and 3? With a docking station, mouse, and small keyboard would it prevent me from needing to buy a new laptop just to play TWW2 .. or 3 for short 1-2 hr intervals?
playing (unmodded) Realms of Chaos on steamdeck may be one of the worst possible ways to experience total war
Shogun totalwar2?
Nice
What kind of charger does it have?
Come with a 65W one with a 1M cord. Not the longest cable but charges fast. I got an Anker 100W plug and a long wire and that does the job nicely
Can it run eu4 or ck3
Easily
@@jonnygreen2418 does it run better then the console ports? Also any idea if it runs hearts of iron 4?
@@knightofblackfyre7950 having not played the console ports I couldn't say for certain, but the PC versions run perfectly
Any stretegy game that has good touchscreen support is immediately better than mouse reliant ones
Play going to the gym twice a week.
Warhammer 3 now runs great, and IM works.
Does TW Rome 2 work?