What will you do with a Steam Deck?

As you can see from our Steam Deck coverage, Valve’s laptop PC intrigued us. It’s designed to let you leave your desk behind, while taking your library with you on the go. It could be a single room or a long trip, but all your games and friends will always be there for you.

With that in mind, if you get one, what do you plan to do with it? Will it be an extension of your desktop game, taking your progress with you? Are you hoping to figure out how to enjoy different kinds of games on the device? Can you imagine using the dock and accessing the underlying operating system? Tell us below.

I asked myself that question the other day. I was explaining the concept of the device to my partner, and until then I hadn’t really thought about what I could do with it other than pick it up and marvel at it. I don’t really care about mobile gaming, and while that means I’m a perfect candidate to try it out, I’m still not convinced I’ll be as comfortable using it on a train or on a plane. that I read a book. I will try to doom my way from Dundee to Glasgow on a weekend, but ultimately I prefer to be passive when I travel. I read. I watch stuff. I enjoy the view.

But I was also struck by how it could be the device that finally lets me share my Steam library with her. We play in fundamentally different ways. I am on my PC; she’s on her phone. The only crossover we have is when we pick up Minecraft together where I’m in front of my PC and she’s in the living room using a controller. I considered building a gaming PC for her, but that still means finding some space in the living room to put it in and finding the best way for her to control things. So far, it’s always been a bit of a hassle.

She is more used to controllers and mobile screens. And so far something like that, which could also access and play almost any game in my Steam library, has proven to be cumbersome. Laptops are too unstable, Steam’s LAN share has a little lag, and Steam Mobile is just a little too cramped.

But the bridge? It has a number of built-in control methods that don’t require you to relearn what she already knows. It doesn’t require a new office chair, keyboard, or monitor, and there are all the games. I don’t need to share or broadcast or disturb. They are there for her to explore.

So for me, I’m going to use it to help others access PC games without having to walk them through the process. I didn’t think about it when I bought it, but it’s the most obvious choice right now.

And you?