Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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To find out which games work best on the Steam Deck, we challenged RPS hardware editor James to try out ten different game genres on Valve's portable PC.

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0:00 Intro
01:48 FPS - Half-Life 2
03:49 Third-Person Action-Adventure - Horizon Zero Dawn
05:17 2D Platformer - Super Meat Boy
06:29 MMO - Albion Online
09:16 JRPG - Final Fantasy XV
10:31 Open-World - Fallout 4
11:53 RTS - Total War: Three Kingdoms
14:20 Racing - Forza Horizon 5
16:14 City Builder - Tropico 6
18:50 Grand Strategy - Crusader Kings 3
20:15 Lessons Learned
22:09 Outro

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