Steam Deck

I really wanted to get a steam deck when they first came out, but I decided not to bc I wasn't gaming much at the time. Then I got a SD OLED right when they came out, and I've been playing it pretty much every day since then. I love playing retro games and emulating on it since its OLED screen is amazing, and I also do Steam Remote Play to it from my gaming PC and Chiaki to remote play from my PS5. Like another poster said, the Steam Deck has also been a game changer for getting me playing older games from my backlog. It's perfect for playing games on the couch while watching TV or a movie as well.

Lately, not really. But I’m in a weird mood: I mostly play on the PS5 (the same thing I’ve been playing for most of the decade), stream an even older game with GeForce Now on my Mac (instead of playing far more recent stuff that has a Mac version), my gaming pc sits idle, and on the Deck obviously I play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League when I feel like it.

Yeah, weird mood.

My partner bought me one last month, so it’s still new but I don’t think I’ve stopped playing it. I can’t make time to sit at my pc unless I’m working, all my time is spent with the kids or in my workshop. So I can finally play games again.

Got mine basically as soon as they released, and I still use it plenty. I have it set up to be usable as a controller for my PC, and it is by far my favorite controller to use. It's a dream come true for my controller to become its own console whenever I want.

As often as I can

I just put Nix OS on mine, so I'll probably be using it more soon. But yea, it's great.

I'm using mine almost exclusively now. My PS4 is dying and I don't want a PS5 so I'm currently buying my favorite games from that system in steam. Occasionally I'll co-op game on the Xbox with my husband and I'll pick up my switch whenever I get the itch to play animal crossing. But truthfully my vision is getting worse as I get older so the steam deck has become my favorite. My only regret is not getting the version with bigger storage. I haven't tried streaming games from my PC yet but that's my only option right now for larger games like Forza.

I've been experiencing some right wrist pain from too much mousing (at work and while gaming). So I find myself playing on the Deck more than my desktop PC nowadays.

I injured my right thumb and stopped all games that require a joystick, so zero steam deck for the last 2+ months.

It's still the best handheld device ever made and I'll use it for years to come, we are just simply on a break right now.

I generally play the more demanding games on my desktop and use it for 2d stuff when I’m away from home.

Too much if I am honest about it. Currently obsessed with DRG: Survivor and I've put in an embarrassing number of hours in the last couple weeks.

I smuggle it to work and use it for DND in place of a laptop. It's also come in clutch when waiting for the car to get worked on.

We use it as a console every week, both me and the kids.

I've been using emulators to replay a ton of games that would be a pain to setup/use normally. Skyrim Fallout and all the old standbys look great too so I barely use anything else

Pretty much ever since getting mine a few weeks back, I've been absolutely loving it and using it fairly often when I can. So far the only problem I have with it isn't even an issue on Valve's end. It's literally just that the BeeMod for Portal 2 doesn't have a Linux port and I'm too lazy to set it up on my deck.

Otherwise, definitely a purchase I don't regret. Especially since it's gotten me to continue my melee only save in New Vegas that I've been meaning to get back to.

Daily

With summer in particular my office/gaming room can become unbearable hot

Grabbing my deck and laying on the couch outside has been amazing

I also keep it docked on my tv and use it as a console and stream in home streaming for everything

Almost every day. Only single player, desktop for multi player.

Almost daily. I have treatment resistant radial styloid tenosynovitis so when that flares up nothing is easy to play.

Initially the games were those on the lighter side, but now I've moved on to more graphically intensive games (sometimes having to tweak settings, sometimes not).

When I want a bigger screen I bust out the dock and set up the portable monitor I bought for it - and, depending on what I'm playing I'll either get out the mouse and keyboard or the controller.

I don't have a set space for my setup so having the ability to pack up everything is a huge plus.

I hardly use mine. I bring it with me on plane rides but find myself just watching movies instead. Trying to play on a plane and having to share an arm rest, idk it works out better in my head than in practice.

I find I really need to play a game consistently to stay interested, and that makes the deck hard cuz I reserve lighter games for it, like ori, but since I play so infrequently I don't really end up being interested in the game I startup on there.

OTOH I play PC regularly, no battery concerns, much larger screen, better visual fidelity. The deck just isn't reinforcing enough.

I mainly take it with me on vacation, I prefer keyboard/mouse when I can use it.

No. I sent it for RMA 9 months out of warranty on May 8th, and I won't be getting it back until June 10. Apparently my firmware got corrupted. The software went bad. Valve is a software company and the software went bad. $120 USD to reprogram the firmware incl shipping, but I'll likely also have to pay import fees on top of that.

If I had it then I would play it more, yeah, but at the same time I've bought other SBCs since then and I have been playing those as they are more portable and I've really missed portable game emulation since I've been without my Steam Deck.

Bought it a month ago... Using it extensively at the moment...

Bought an OLED model for 6 months. I still use it for 60% of my game time.
Sure, 40% of the time I need to have online experience with friends (Fps games / long gaming session), or the games simply don't feel right on The Deck.

But being able to use it everywhere is just so nice( friend's place / sitting in garden / on my bed). Plus, I regularly use it as a mini TV, watching YT and Netflix on it.

I use it while on the exercise bike that's about it these days.

I use it most days, even as a PC/web browser connected to my TV. I play any classic games or anything not graphically intensive on it. Anything with a medium-level of graphical intensity I'll use moonlight to stream from my desktop in the next room over. If it's a particularly beautiful game, I'll play it on my gaming PC directly, since I have a really nice OLED monitor hooked up to it directly.

Not much any more. I brought it to PAX this year to keep me entertained while waiting in lines, but otherwise it's barely come out of its case this year.

I don't blame the deck, though I've scarcely played any video games this year, in general. When I got it, I played a bunch of the Witcher 3, but then they released an update that completely broke the game on decks. After that, my go-to game (when I play) became Cities Skylines, which just feels far more natural with a mouse.