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That was my experience as well. I was sticking to "verified" games (Crypt of the Necrodancer) and controls worked in the game's menu but not the game... using t

That was my experience as well. I was sticking to "verified" games (Crypt of the Necrodancer) and controls worked in the game's menu but not the game... using the developers official steam deck controller configuration. I updated the deck, redownloaded the game, same thing. I was holding a nearly $700 piece of hardware failing its first task and it was more tedious than gaming on my linux desktop because I had to troubleshoot with a controller instead of mouse and keyboard. I am sure it could have worked with more tinkering, but I wanted to play games, not tinker. Truth is, the fanboys like to tinker, they like to balance trade offs and do performance tweaks. I wasn't looking for that at all. Every time I've mentioned this I hear from fanboys how theirs just works, but the steam forums filled with people dropping into the terminal and editing files leaves me skeptical. Ended up getting a return and buying a Logitech G Cloud that I love dearly and play every day.

elpocko 4y ago
I would have loved to tinker with my Steam Deck; it just wouldn't let me. Most of the time I was staring at some game menu, trying to figure out how to get out of there because none of the buttons/combos did anything. Skyrim wouldn't let me create a character - Steam+X(?) for the onscreen keyboard did not work. It also wouldn't let me quit while it waited for me to type a character name and required a power cycle.
- acomjean 4y ago
  Sounds like you had some hardware issue. My first steamdeck had a bad battery (it wouldn't last more than like 15 minutes, really flaky). I spent some time troubleshooting (as per valve supports direction) and everything kind of always worked (when plugged in anyway). The buttons, going to "desktop mode", going back to the steam app. They had me install steamos again from a usb stick oddly. It didn't help. After trying a few things they sent me a new one, and its been great. There was some wierdness in selecting the controller, but that seems to have been resolved. It should have an hdmi port and a usbA port... instead of the solitary usb. This would have made the os reinstall so much easier.

elpocko 4y ago

I would have loved to tinker with my Steam Deck; it just wouldn't let me. Most of the time I was staring at some game menu, trying to figure out how to get out of there because none of the buttons/combos did anything. Skyrim wouldn't let me create a character - Steam+X(?) for the onscreen keyboard did not work. It also wouldn't let me quit while it waited for me to type a character name and required a power cycle.

acomjean 4y ago
Sounds like you had some hardware issue. My first steamdeck had a bad battery (it wouldn't last more than like 15 minutes, really flaky). I spent some time troubleshooting (as per valve supports direction) and everything kind of always worked (when plugged in anyway). The buttons, going to "desktop mode", going back to the steam app. They had me install steamos again from a usb stick oddly. It didn't help. After trying a few things they sent me a new one, and its been great. There was some wierdness in selecting the controller, but that seems to have been resolved. It should have an hdmi port and a usbA port... instead of the solitary usb. This would have made the os reinstall so much easier.