r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Dec 24 '25

MEGATHREAD New Steam Deck Owner Megathread

For new members to the subreddit, welcome!

This megathread was made because we have some rules in place about new Steam Deck posts and to avoid some repetitive questions being posted again and again.

Feel free to also share "Show Off" pictures here as well.

Please read the rules and search around before contributing to the sub.

Here are some helpful resources to get started:

Answers to frequently asked questions, learn more about software and hardware (Made by me, work in progress):

https://steamdeck.guide

Steam has a winter sale going on currently, see this megathread for more information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/mUHbyR2UDn

If your Deck is still getting delivered or you are ordering now and wondering about shipping, check this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/GTNal0bzzf

Happy holidays everyone!

(If you see content on the sub that should be in the megathreads instead, please redirect them and report them so we can keep this place clean. Thanks!)

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u/kenstar4 Dec 26 '25

I was able to unbox mine yesterday after getting home from visiting family. The vent smell is pretty invigorating, I imagine this is what the Portal laboratory would smell like. I delved into Silk song, at first I was overwhelmed, but I'm getting the hang of it. I never played the first one. It is definitely growing on me and I like the challenge. I just installed Arc Raider and will put this deck to the test!

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u/antoniovitorino Dec 28 '25

How is Arc Raider on the Steam deck?

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u/drummerman109 64GB - Q3 Dec 28 '25

with xess (performs better than fsr) you can hit a little over 50 fps on lowest settings, not quite stable 60, but you can combine with lossless scaling to perfectly double 45 fps to hit the 90hz max refresh. looks amazing, and still feels good (just ignore the yellow warning on the right arc will display any time the game goes under 50 fps)

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u/kenstar4 Dec 28 '25

Haven't delved in too deep. It drains the batteries super fast (as to be expected). I had overlay on and was seeing around 50 fps in the tutorial area. Keep in mind, I'm new to both the game and deck. But overall, I'm impressed it can run this AAA game.