I don't have Steam Deck but I was in similar situation with Nintendo Switch this summer. I was thinking about getting one but at the end I decided to just buy a 20€ controller for PC and emulate Switch games because it's much cheaper that way. It isn't as good as playing on real console would be but because I paid hundreds of euros less it's worth it.
yes it is worth it I pirate on linux on my home pc all the time
You have several options to run any game, regardless of source, on the Deck directly from Steam. You can just add the exe to Steam and tell Steam to run it with Proton (the thing it needs to run Windows games). Or you can use a helper program like Heroic or Lutris and add the games from there.
Emulators work the same. Either you use a helper like EmuDeck to scan your library or you install the emulators yourself and add each game individually with the corresponding command line arguments. You can also use RetroArch, if you want your roms to be separate from the rest of your games.
Hmmm, I hadn't thought about it but RetroArch is indeed a good idea, although some cores (like PCSX2) are old and run a little bit bad even on my PC, but I can still try it again. Thanks for the idea.
You add the game to your steam library so you don't have to go to desktop mode to launch it (you just right click the launcher and select add to steam). There is an addon to change the artwork and everything so it looks better.
I believe what you're referring to on your second question is EmuDeck
As far as I know in Steam for desktop you can add executables to run pirated games, that option is also present in the Steam for the Steam Deck?
And yes, it was EmuDeck.
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