I'm new to Steam and pc gaming, grabbed an OLED deck a little bit ago. I'm looking for recommendations for FPS and RPGs that I can play offline. I've never played any of the Elder Scrolls stuff should I grab one of them? What do you suggest?

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some offline-friendly FPS games.

Half-Life 1 and 2
Borderlands 2 and 3
Dusk
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

First-person puzzle games (other than Portal 1 and 2, which you've heard about enough already):

Once you're done both Portals, check out community-made mod campaigns!
- Portal: Revolution is a prequel to Portal 2 that introduces a few new mechanics.
- Portal Stories: Mel has pretty much zero new mechanics but cranks up the difficulty.
Viewfinder
The Witness

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure it’s steam deck friendly, but The Talos Pinciple (1 and 2) are both great puzzle games.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not one of the types you were asking about, but Hades feels like it's made for the Steam Deck, and it's a great game (and also on sale)

For FPS games, Doom (2016) is one of the all-time single-player FPS games and runs great on the Deck.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Doom 2016 was just about perfect. It blended old-shool FPS fundamentals with modern aiming, collectibles, etc.

[–] Corigan@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Stardew valley, Midnight sun, diver Dave, persona 5

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Try these gems:

Vampire Survivors
Death must die
Dead Cells
Animal Well

It's as if they were made specifically for the Steam Deck

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Half Life 2 and it's episodes are always on a massive sale in a Valve bundle.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/

There's a lot of stuff there you won't play, but it's a must have for the Half Life and Portal series.

Also Wolfenstein: The New Order and Doom 2016 are great.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For Elder Scrolls, I'd recommend giving either Oblivion or Skyrim a whirl, and then after you feel done with one, try the other. In my opinion they are both great for different reasons, and they are different enough to feel like very different games in some ways.

If it helps you make a decision in terms of RPG story feel, Skyrim is more about you as the hero, and Oblivion you're more like a person that happens to be there.

There's great modding resources too if you're into that. Especially on Nexus. Even light modding like some QoL upgrades or bug fixes. I'm not talking crazy mods.

Oh, the endgame for Skyrim (the original DLCs) really do give you some rewarding post-game fun in like a god mode.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

The Halo Anniversary collection shines on SteamDeck. It was my first purchase after getting mine, I think.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 5 points 4 months ago

Monster Sanctuary! Outstanding mix of metroidvania and pokemon sorta game

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Not sure how it plays on Deck (UI is pretty small scale iirc) but Morrowind is great if you like RPGs with great atmosphere that don't hold your hand, and if you're ok with oldish graphics (some famous mods make it much more palatable however). I don't particularly like Oblivion or Skyrim, they're much more generic whereas Morrowind is pretty unique in terms of universe. But then again you'd have to look up how well it runs on the Deck and whether or not you can install the unofficial bugfix mod among other obligatory things

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cat Quest

[–] VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

I'm currently in the process of trying to 100% Cat Quest, since I already have all achievements on Cat Quest 2, before Part 3 comes out this august. Very much enjoyed the first two games, so I recommend as well :)

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines

[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shadow of war is 2.99 CAD

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago

Decent game to quit about 30h in because while it's good and fun to play, it's incredibly repetitive.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 4 months ago

In case RPG includes JRPG for you: Both Nier:Automata and Nier:Replicant play fantastic in the deck, and those games are far more enjoyable with a controller instead of keyboard and mouse

[–] christov@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

RPG wise all the dragon age games are on sale, plus there's always fallout or skyrim.

[–] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't played any of those, do you have a favorite?

[–] christov@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Skyrim is a solid RPG, there's loads to do and the story is good too. Plus loads of replay value and opportunity for modding