Hey all. Always enjoyed reading everyone’s suggestions on more unknown games available during big steam sales.

I’ll start off with one that I have been a fan of for a long time: Death Road to Canada

This game is like a zombie action Oregon Trail like game, where you manage supplies and fight through hordes of zombies on your way to the safe haven of Canada. Only US$3.74 right now and well worth it imo!

  • Pixelologist@beehaw.org
    13·
    2 years ago

    I feel obligated to recommend a Steam Deck if you have interest in one and can afford it.

    We have 2 and I would get a 3rd if I could lol (with a bulky protective case etc. so I can be less careful)

    The most cost efficient way to go is buy the cheapest version and then put something like this in it https://www.westerndigital.com/en-il/products/internal-drives/pc-sn740-ssd#SDDPTQD-256G

    IMPORTANT NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU GET A 2230 SIZED NVME DRIVE. 2280 drives will NOT fit.

    If you don’t want to do that you can alternatively just get a big micro SD card and save the SSD swap for later For best speeds you want it to say A2 and a 3 inside a U.

    Even besides playing video games it’s an awesome little mini pc. Not perfect but awesome, and an amazing value at $359.

    • dan@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      I second this. Seriously one of the best things I’ve bought in years. 64gb + 1tb+ m2 is such a ridiculous bargain if you can operate a screwdriver.

      They’re incredibly good emulation platforms too.

      I honestly hope they just sell this model for a few years while dropping the price - something to be said for having a standard hardware platform with a huge install base.

    • Bumblefumble@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      Wait does the 64GB option support M.2 NVMe? I thought it only supports eMMC and that you can’t swap with a different NVMe drive, but maybe I’m wrong?

      • dan@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 years ago

        Yes, exactly what I did. You can just buy a 2230 nvme ssd and slap it in. Process is pretty painless (just remember to take any micro SD card out before you take the shell off or there’s a chance you’ll snap it)

        The hardest part for me was finding a usb-c to usb-a converter so I could plug in a usb stick to reinstall the OS.

      • Yoreo@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        The 64GB emmc drive in the Deck uses the m.2 expansion slot, so you can pop out the emmc drive and swap in a 2230 form factor nvme drive and be gtg after reinstalling SteamOS.

        I myself went from a 256GB drive to a 1TB drive, and this weekend, I’ll be popping in a 2TB drive I just received in the mail.

    • Xathonn@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      I had heard that swapping the ssd yourself voids warranty, is that true? Or is it only if you swap more stuff

      • Pixelologist@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 years ago

        No that is not true. Also even if you drop it they have a repair center you can ship to that charges fair prices. They have a very positive reputation about this kind of thing (also RMAs, which I went through personally)

    • Terrasque@infosec.pub
      0·
      2 years ago

      I’d love to buy one, but they won’t sell to me. “This item is not available for reservation in your country”

    • BobVersionFour@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      You could also buy the 64g and get a sd card that what i did no slowing with any game and enough space for 4-5 big game or a lot of small one but i never have more than 2-3 games installed anyway otherwise i just game jump and never finish any l

      • Pixelologist@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 years ago

        To add context for people viewing, putting games on a fast micro sd card (A2, 3 in a U) has negligible performance losses compared to putting the game on an internal drive. I was skeptical at first, but other than slightly longer times loading SD cards work beautifully for steamdeck games

    • Catch42@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      You can swap the ssd! Why are they charging so much to upgrade to only 256gb of Nvme storage?