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Steam Deck game library now 29% larger than that of Nintendo Switch (www.pcgamesn.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is just talking about games approved through Valve's verification process. There are a lot of games that work that are "unverified", not to mention the entire history of gaming available through emulation.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21835717

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

@Fubarberry My one wish is they (Valve, Nintendo, etc.) could make discovery easier and more useful. It takes a lot of effort finding new games to play that aren't the usual major releases and obvious indie titles.

Edit: The two resources I use are https://bestofsteam.com/ and https://steam250.com/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Valve actually does a lot to make discovery easier, compared to Nintendo:

Personalized recommended system based on played games: Interactive Recommender
A dedicated explore list you can go through: Discovery Queue
The numerous festivals: Steam Next Fest
Listings for genres and other categories, examples: Action, Great on Deck, Local Multiplayer & Party
A system where you can follow certain curators and games get recommended based on them: Steam Curators

You really can't say Valve wouldn't do a lot to help with discovery.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@thingsiplay I've only been actively using Steam for about a year and wasn't aware of everything you mentioned. I appreciate the detailed reply. That's all very helpful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Guess Valve needs a discovery for the discovery tools.^^ Glad it helped.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'll check those out. I've been doing the "steam discovery queue" for awhile now though, and it feels like if you do it enough you won't ever miss anything of interest. I think it can work pretty well for game discovery, you just need to invest some time in it every day to get through all the more "common" recommendations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for these links!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@IDew sure thing! Best of Steam, especially, has been really useful for me when it comes to finding new games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Steam has a built in discovery queue that contains a list of games it thinks you might like (and it it infinite, so it technically contains every game on the platform)