Gears of War Reloaded launched on July 9, 2026, and it already carries the Steam Deck Verified badge. That matters because this is a full remaster of a 20-year-old shooter built for consoles, not a lightweight indie port. If you own a Steam Deck and grew up with Marcus Fenix and the Lancer, here is…
The Steam Summer Sale 2026 runs from June 25 to July 9. That’s two full weeks of discounts hitting 45 to 90% off, and the Steam Deck section gets its own spotlight with Verified and Playable titles front and center. If your Steam library is thin, this is the best time of year to load…
The Nintendo DS and 3DS libraries are massive, over 1,800 DS titles and 1,400 3DS games, many of which never got PC or console ports. Playing them on a gaming handheld in 2026 is easy: you need a device capable of running DeSmuME (DS) or Citra/Lime3DS (3DS), your ROM files, and about 15 minutes of…
The PSP library has thousands of games, JRPGs, action games, ports, and exclusives that never came to other platforms. PPSSPP is the emulator that brings all of it to your modern handheld. Here’s how to get it running on every major gaming handheld in 2026. What You Need PPSSPP, the free, open-source PSP emulator PSP…
Valve sells the Steam Deck in two versions: the original LCD model and the newer OLED. The price difference is $150, $399 for the LCD 512GB versus $549 for the OLED 512GB. Whether that gap is worth it depends on how much you care about display quality and battery life. Short answer: the OLED is…
RPGs are a natural fit for the Steam Deck. Long narrative games, turn-based systems, and exploration-heavy worlds all suit the pause-anywhere handheld format. These are the best RPG games for Steam Deck in 2026, both action RPGs and turn-based titles. Best Action RPGs Elden Ring Elden Ring is the gold standard for action RPGs on…
The Steam Deck has performance headroom most people don’t use. These settings pull more FPS out of the hardware you already have, no hardware upgrades, no mods, just configuration changes that work. 1. Use the Performance Overlay Before changing anything, enable the performance overlay to see what’s actually happening. Press the three-dot button (Quick Access…
The best games on a gaming handheld aren’t always the ones that cost $60. These are the games worth buying under $20, titles that look small on paper but deliver 20, 50, even 200 hours of play. Best Handheld Games Under $20 in 2026 1. Hades ($24.99 / frequently under $15 on sale) The best…
The Steam Deck’s internal SSD is replaceable, and upgrading it is one of the most impactful improvements you can make to the device. Depending on which model you own, you might have 64GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB from the factory. Modern games can push 100GB each, so running out of space is a real problem….
Getting the Steam Deck set up for the first time takes about 15 minutes. Here’s the complete process, from unboxing to playing your first game, with a few first-session optimisations worth doing right away. Step 1: Charge First Plug the included 45W USB-C charger into the Deck before turning it on. The LCD model ships…