Steam Deck

As often as I can

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.

I go back and forth. Past few weeks used it a bunch but hadn't touched it in a month. Sometimes I start a game on my deck then think this would be so much better with mouse and keyboard then just play it on my laptop.

I also play allot of strategy and building games. I still think the touchpads are awesome and work great for those types of games but like when I play Kenshi I assign the back buttons too and it ends up hurting my hands after awhile.

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.

as a secondary machine suppose my main PC is broken

Every day, but different games than what I play on my desktop pc. Right now playing Hades on it.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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...

mine came with a battery defect and no longer turns on. i used it a total of four times.

postcovid prevents me from going to the library to print the RMA and then to the post office to actually ship the fucking thing, and i have no one to help me get rid of it. so now it's a paperweight.

I've had mine for almost 2 years now. My usage has always been situational. I use it to game when I'm away from my relatively high-end gaming PC. Extended trips. Any time I know I'm going to be sitting and waiting somewhere. Or maybe I've just had a long day of remote work and want to play a game but I don't want to sit at my desk, so I'll plop down on the sofa or outside with my Deck.