on xcode i would say it has a 50% chance of working

it was a bit finicky but I got starlink to work using lutris and now it works fine in game mode

with heroic launcher, it handles everything for you

Death Stranding on steam deck, the version I got for free on epic

you will likely keep updating the game, adding content and fixing bugs

i'd recommend the 8bitdo pro2 but it can't enable gyro and analog triggers at the same time, for that reason I mainly use a ps4 controller when docked, you can set it up to enable gyro when pressing L2 so you get better aiming, it works great the 8bitdo controllers would be way better if they had a ps4 mode

I recommend Augmented Steam, it's an extension for browsers that integrates itad among other things to the steam store, so you can see if there are better deals on other stores while you browse.

I have a jsaux hb0602, no complaints

I find Townscaper really relaxing, there's no objective, just a toy to make cute looking towns. Haven't tested it on steam deck tho.

If you like building/puzzles there's Shapez (this one I tried on steam deck and it might take some time to get used to the controls), it's like factorio but abstract and without resource management, you just make machines that modify and combine shapes to create new ones, it get's progressively complicated, if it's your thing you'll find it quite addicting so be mindfull of that.

For sims there's Two Point Hospital, (Two Point Campus came out recently but I haven't tried it), Planet Coaster and Cities Skylines (if you're into the hard stuff)

Here are some more narrative driven games that I like:

• Life Is Strange: Graphic adventure with a cool twist and a compelling story
• Child of Light: Chill RPG in the style of a children's story
• Blacksad: Cool detective graphic adventure
• Both FAR games Lone Sails and Changing Tides: Puzzle platformer with a story told just with the environment, I recommend playing both one after the other in order
• SteamWorld Heist: Tactical RPG in a side 2D perspective with ricochet. I haven't played much of this one but it's very cool
• Gris: an interesting platformer with really nice looking animation
• A Short Hike: A cute adventure game about exploration
• Oxenfree: An interesting graphic adventure with a cool story
• Night In The Woods: Platformer adventure with an interesting story and great characters