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!

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    12 hours 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).

  • ace_of_based@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    “Mark of the ninja” low sysreq sidescrolling stealth game, multiple routes/playstyles. lots of fun, should be cheap too

    • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      3 days ago

      I love these pixel-art sidescrollers, so I’ll definitely give this a go. One of the first deck games I bought was Expendabros, and I enjoyed it for what it was, and the nostalgia. It actually made me want to play Flashback again, and it just so happens that Flashback is less than a quid this few days, so that’s going to be me for the next few days!

  • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Nobody recommended Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines yet. You should definitely try this one. It’s a bit like old Deus Ex in gameplay, has excellent atmosphere and soundtrack. One of my top recommendations.

  • vxx@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Dave the Diver was fantastic and is perfect for the Deck.

    Some other games I liked playing this year on the Deck:

    Chained Echoes

    Vampire Survivors

    Eastward

    Divinity Original Sin 2

    Slay the spire

    Balatro

    Chrono Trigger

    Stardew Valley

    Inscryption (mouse and keyboard required)

    Edit: I got them all below or around $10, but some of them are curently above.

  • SitD@lemy.lol
    6·
    3 days 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

  • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    4 days 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.

    • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.worksOP
      4·
      4 days ago

      Thank you, it’s pretty tough all round for folks I think at the moment, at least I have the time to use the deck as a bit of escapism.

    • serfraser@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      One of the first games I played on deck and I look back on it very fondly, a perfect deck game.

  • k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    4 days ago

    Absolutely try Prey from 2017, it is an immersive sim that is now looked at as a modern cult-classic. You wont be disappointed.

    Just wait for a sale if $30 is too high, it goes on sale regularly.

  • Sati1984@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days 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 days ago

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

  • Druid@lemmy.zipEnglish
    15·
    4 days 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

    • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      4 days 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 days 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.