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Kitsune Tails, great SMB3-style platformer game.
No Man's Sky is great on the steam deck, I second 9to5's suggestions of Balatro and Vampire Survivors as well.
all the yakuza games run great on steam deck (i personally started from 0 and went up).
Balatro is also a fun one to play while watching some TV.
The games my daughter and I have played on the Steam Deck with high levels of success:
Dave the Diver. Planet Coaster. Untitled Goose Game. It Takes Two. Ori series.
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I just bought haste and have been playing that a bunch.
Kingdom hearts just feels right on the deck because I grew up only playing the PSP and DS games. Now I'm finally able to play the ones originally only released for home consoles
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Lunistice: 3D platformer with kind of 90s aesthetics.
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Star of Providence: formerly known as Monolith, it's a roguelite 2D twin stick shmup that I'll basically always recommend. Funnily enough the name change may have been because of Monolith, the studio that Warner Bros. shut down this year anyway
I’d recommend Victoria 3. It’s like Civ but with a much better understanding of how politics work.
I usually just try to go communist revolution for whatever country I’m playing lol
Does that really work well on such a tiny screen?
Civ 6/7 works really well, tried Vicky3 and it's too much for the decks screen
Paradox games usually don’t work well for non-desktop.
Hell eu5 isn’t even planned to feature linux support.
I was mostly just recommending the game I don’t own a steam deck yet unfortunately so can’t speak from experience but I’ve heard it runs good on it and with it being turn based it’s not too bad with a smaller screen. I’ve played Civ 6 on my phone and it’s doable without too much trouble.
It’s honestly the game that’s probably going to have me get one since I have kids now and don’t have the time to sit down and play on my computer anymore
What about victoria 2 (it’s cheaper)
I think the newer Paradox games actually have steam deck integration. You can run the older games but it might be a little clunky.
Victoria 3 i has a better functioning economy and politics, and AI that is only partially braindead
Vicky 2 has the far better war system
Haven’t played that one so can’t say how similar or different they are sorry.
Opensource vic2 (katherina engine I think) is probably the best variantion.
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Tonight we riot, Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic (maybe not on steamdeck), Citizen sleeper, China: Mao's Legacy, Democratic Socialism Simulator, They Came from a Communist Planet 
, Fursan al-Aqsa, Luck be a Landlord
rain world is pretty good, its sold on itch.io and on steam and it has a cute background story you have to piece together yourself. its a hard as balls physics based platformer/survival sim where you are a piece of very slippery and intelligent prey in the middle of the food chain.
It's not exactly commie, but the Borderlands series has a distinctly anti-capitalist undertone. I'd recommend Borderlands 2 if you have any interest in a looter-shooter, it runs great on the steam deck.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion.
Makes a good on-ramp and warmup when getting back into gaming.
Spiderman: Miles Morales - it plays amazing on Steam Deck. Outstanding story, graphics, gameplay. Whole package. Game feels alive from first boot up and keeps going.
Also Hades. Hades is a must. It got me into rougelikes and super story deep which keeps expanding as you go. The charecters are super likeable. Has a nice slice of life component to it as well. There are story bits and music that just floor you.
I haven't tried it on deck, but if you like story i'd imagine the Telltale games would play ok on them.
I've been playing AfterLove EP just as a casual side. Slice of life story with some history behind it.
Oh Sakaguchi's last game Fantasian plays well on it. It was originally for Apple but the port is functional and plays much like old school final fantasy with some new mechanics. Uematsu has some bangers as usual, but as a whole I don't think it's his best. (They let you swap out soundtracks)
FF7 Crisis core 
Ghostbusters The Videogame Remastered is really good if you're a fan. Bit dated but holds up.
Balatro is good up to a point. Very reasonably priced. Awards are well earned. 
Brigador, Dread Delusion, Citizen Sleeper 1/2
Going to second that rec for Citizen Sleeper. It's definitely a good follow up for Disco heads and perfect on a Steam Deck.
Just picked up Citizen Sleeper 2, it's stellar
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