10 Steam Deck Tips To Get The BEST Experience For Beginners and Advanced Users

Here are my 10 tips that I would recommend for taking your Steam Deck Experience from Beginner to Advanced to get you the MOST out of your deck
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[@danbooke2001]

But, but, but Alex, you didn't suggest I should get an SD card or a screen protector. WTF AM I GOING TO DO!!

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Bro...seeing that stuff...just made me rage

[@k45oz29]

What did I missed?

[@danbooke2001]

@@k45oz29 was just pointing out that most of the top 10 videos are obvious and more to what Alex was saying at the beginning of the video. Those videos don't really help you. No joke you should get an SD card or screen protector, or carrying case. Alex's video actually tells you something useful here. So was just poking fun at that is all 😄

[@k45oz29]

@@danbooke2001 ahhh ok ok

[@iyeetpaste3797]

Pro Tip: Cover your entire Deck with plastic wrap.

[@CraigHooligan]

Weird how this wasn't clickbait and was actually useful information. Not used to this, especially in the Deck space.

[@VicariousNick55]

Great tips video! I like seeing people making tips and tricks videos for advanced users as well as new users of the steam deck! I've been making content on the steam deck for a little while now and even I learned something new from this video. Great work!

[@Ar0474]

Thank you so much!! I'm getting my Steam Deck tomorrow so I NEED to know some of these tips ahead of time!

[@John3_16_]

Excellent video Alex! Thanks for educating us plebs! Linux (in general) and Steam OS are truly hidden gems.

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

BRAVO ON GIVING ACTUAL TIPS PEOPLE CAN USE THAT ARE INTERESTING AND USEFUL MOST IMPORTANT 👍😊

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Glad it was helpful!

[@beardtm]

Seriously amazing video. I’m really liking your content. Keep it up! 👍🏻

[@zevolta88]

Thank you 🙏 I just got a steam deck and have watched so many videos of top 10 tips. Yours is the best one

[@Anime_Fan_0069]

Great video, Alex. I find it very helpful!

[@MikeHawksSmall]

Bro thank you so much! Your right every other video claiming tips and tricks all say the same stuff. This video by far has been the most helpful for me! Thank you my dude

[@tobiast.6283]

amazing video! I’m waiting for my steam deck to arrive tomorrow and this was by far the best Video of all the „first things to to“ vids

[@JuzehCorreia]

Best new steam deck tip list video I've seen so far, got me to sub... Thanks and keep it up... Will be deep diving into your emulation videos...

[@sublimetxtx1]

Wow this is the kind of tips video I have been looking for. Thank you.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

liked and subbed for the great info , to be honest your content adds to the other content creator's basic info on steamdeck for newbies.. so you all should be thanked for all your effort making guides , whether it is beginner guide or intermediate guide like your's

[@PDudley]

Got the steam deck a few months ago for an introduction to pc Gaming. I have a feeling I will be coming back to this channel often. Great video dude

[@Seanbo88]

Great video, super helpful. Didn't know about Steam Grid DB, thanks :) Please add chapter markers though.

[@dillpicklewes50]

I'm gonna be ordering my steam deck sometime this week. I've been watching a ton of videos to get amped up and get prepared. Your video is by far the best one I've seen. VicariousNick did a pretty good one too but yours definitely goes a lot more in depth. All the other videos are just "Buy a case, buy a screen protector, you gotta get an SD CARD!" Two thumbs up, and a sub.

[@ZandoZone]

Man I’ve been on the same wave lol I’m getting one next week

[@valg.3152]

Did you get your steam deck? I just purchased by last night I was working out for you?

[@dillpicklewes50]

@@valg.3152 It works great. I love it. I'm selling my desktop to replace it with. I have a few things i need to learn how to do though.

[@jorgeo1492]

Rip

[@jorgeo1492]

​@@dillpicklewes50just got the 90 fps oled version. Its pretty cool

[@funkybreadz1014]

This was a great video, thanks for your hard work and great tips.

[@zackhopkins5185]

I watched one of your videos when I 1st got my steam deck. Totally oblivious to PC and steam or any of that kind of stuff. I just always used consoles other than I played starcraft on the family computer as a kid. I appreciate you explaining stuff, without your videos I would just be playing great on steam deck games. I still have very little idea what the hell I'm doing but I'm having alot of fun learning and it feels awesome getting these games running. Thanks man!

[@JTheraos]

What's wrong with playing great on steam games? Lol

[@zackhopkins5185]

@JTheraos I dunno what the hell I was trying to say there lol.

[@INSEIKYU01]

I got some useful tips from those other video, but these have really given me a better idea of what's possible on this little gaming portal. Thank you

[@TimothyBozemanJr]

Thank you for this video! Keep them coming! Can you do a tips and tricks for offline play, as I will be traveling with my steam deck soon and would love to get that figured out before getting on the plane!

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Start your games when you have internet BEFORE you get on the plane

[@StrongmanLovesAnimals]

I've been binging steam deck videos since I got one this week, your content is top tier- thank you

[@mcgee113]

Refreshing to see a content creator that is actually helpful. That's gained a like and a sub 🤙

[@RunningOnReefer]

Def earned my sub, with this video. I look forward to checking out the rest of your content.

[@emdee8029]

Just purchased a Steam deck today, hopefully arriving tomorrow so while waiting decided to look up some tips. This dudes legit! Have subbed. Thanks for the info

[@bazzy5644]

This was a great video! Very helpful. If you do more of those there are some more complicated things, which nonetheless would be very useful, like mapping the right back buttons on the deck to act like mouse buttons valve themselves made that stuff available on the deck, but getting there and understanding how and what to configure can be a pain in the ass. Other than that, I just got my deck yesterday and am still in the process of setting emulation up and getting the hang of how to use it. It's been a lot of fun as of now!

[@DeezNyts69]

Thanks for this clutch ass video Alex! Finally decided to order a steam deck thanks to your awesome info!

[@crespo1392]

Great content, new to the steam deck community, and these tips are exactly what I was looking for! 👍🏼

[@TaylorTEK]

Such a good video and actually different than all the others! Thanks man

[@emshomar]

Here is another pro tip I haven't seen anyone mention: If you run out of space on your internet storage, you can move a folder to your sd card and create a link(/shortcut) from the original path. The system will continue to act like that the folder was on the original path but physically it's no longer there using your storage.

[@bastianm5478]

Had to think a few times about what you meant by internet storage.. you meant internal storage!

[@BIaccCat]

@@bastianm5478 hopefully he did….😂

[@paro2210]

I think you can just move the game to the steam library on the sd card.

[@valg.3152]

Aloha thank you so much for the video. I am definitely a newbie and I don’t know anything about this. I’m going for the big ride. I ordered my last night and I can’t wait to get it. Please keep on showing us video so we can learn. Thank you again keep up the good work.👍🏼

[@michaelparham4577]

Def a great video! I’ve been looking into a steam deck but im not a pc guy nor know anything of it. This is def informative! 🤟🏽

[@paulwinter5609]

Phenomenal video. You are my go to guy for steam deck 🔥🔥

[@blest.3345]

its crazy typing in a topic and seeing an OG PSP member on the front page love to see it!! but yea they def show basic stuff

[@MooseyGeek]

Nice vid. Def subbing after this. Just got my Deck Saturday so still getting used to it.

[@Sephsplaces]

I think some basic terminal tool tutorials could be a good idea for steam deck users. Things like symlinks can be so useful and very versatile. Eg a symlink for your boot animations in your home documents folder could be very valuable, or a symlink for a highly moddable game in your documents folder

[@hardbrocklife]

The thing that's annoying the heck out if me is not being able to xompilw things from source. No matter if I run the base devel common or the base decel cmake command, it it update, I still get constant "alpm.h does not exist". I got stdlib.h to go away installing base devel cmake, but can't get alpm.h failure to go away.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

true. Plus it makes it more fun to show off

[@walaszek]

Outstanding tips - thank you.

[@Thiniking]

Wow, an actual must watch video about the Steam Deck. Subbed.

[@sgtkickazzTVShorts]

Let's go. I really appreciate it, man thank you for your time Alex.

[@daved1216]

Good vidéo as always bro.Keep up the good work man !

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Appreciate it!

[@gamedad1984]

This is exactly what i needed thank you for this bro very helpful.

[@jefferrrson1x]

Subscribed just bc of this video. Thank you so much. I’ll try this!

[@craigc5106]

Great video some really good tips I will definitely check these out 👍👌

[@neekz320]

Def the best tips video out there, thank you!

[@sonnieslim5973]

Awesome video. A few things I wasn’t aware of. 👍

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hekwon5717]

i don't have a Steam deck but whenever I do ... this is a really good go to video ... thnx Alex

[@ospididious]

Thanks! This was actually helpful

[@i1KiCK1BUTT]

as a big time linux user i know learning the steam deck can be scary for some. desktop mode will be new to people im glad you covered the file system. knowing where steam hides stuff can be useful.

[@zackdreak1870]

by far one of the best tips videos I have seen!

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

I love finding a tips video that is actually useful. Thanks

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BradyPartain]

Just ordered mine, I'm a console noob so all your videos will help me immensely.

[@AmartharDrakestone]

"I'm a console noob" Why does that matter? The Steam Deck is not a console.

[@christianr.5868]

@@AmartharDrakestone I think he means he only played consoles til the steam deck

[@bossedup957]

Bro same here... Maybe we can give each other tips. This is all so new to me.. Maybe we can talk in ps5 chat an help each other out

[@part4693]

I've only had consoles I'm glad this video is not full of PC language that I don't understand

[@B727X]

@@bossedup957 I’m down add me on ps brentanyl. I’m good at hackin and editing consoles and phones but was a mac user lol

[@ricogt7092]

Love the steam deck tutorials keep up the good work! In the future could you make a video on how to install mods

[@netwatch7261]

Can you install mods? I was under the impression you'd have to duel boot windows to do that.

[@mohit7636]

Lutris also supports the use of AMD FSR on all games, you will have to use proton ge, or lutris-wine to enable it's support and you have a toggle switch in your lutris game settings

[@nathanlamaire]

5:01 There's an equivalent of disk analyser that runs on native KDE called 'Filelight', which also integrates well with KDE and Dolphin. When you click on the space left on the bottom right of Dolphin window, it shows the option for Filelight too.

[@submissions72]

This was awesome thank you!

[@isaiahsmith2296]

Thank you this was very helpful deserves a subscribe

[@patrickstoute4085]

Great video Alex😎👊🏼!!!

[@stodakhizzle9049]

Good stuff, subbed.

[@Zilanto]

Great video. The only thing I was really missing was some UEFI stuff like changing VRAM/UMA Fram buffer size. And some other tweaks that could optimize performance in more demanding games.

[@N3xTw1tN3eS]

Do you have any suggestions on where we can find solid overviews on how to do these more intricate changes to the deck?

[@Zilanto]

@@N3xTw1tN3eS Cryobyte33 has a good video that both explains how to change VRAM and also a script that tweaks the swap file stuff for better performance in games that are using alot of resources.

[@76sagman]

Disc Analyser was a first when i got mine. Good shout.

[@caco3017]

Holy shit finally no bullshit straight up fire content! Subscribed.

[@bhargavjoshi275]

Extremely useful video!

[@SNKNostalgia]

Impeccable knowledge!

[@CODzombiePS3]

Would like to add "steam deck repo" you can find it in discover apps. It lets you change your boot intro video for others made by the community directly from steam deck repo, it's as easy as just choosing whatever intro you like, hit donwload and voila it'll display after reboot. You are also given the option to revert back to the original intro if anything

[@Rose_J]

Thanks. This is great!

[@kill3r94]

Great tips, only thing I want to highlight it no one has already is that you'll want to close out the steam client before installing or changing compat packs. Otherwise, you won't be able to see them once you're in gaming mode. Other than that, great video! :)

[@jblev736]

14:52 Another easy was to do this is to use any usb stick/external drive etc to put your roms from computer --> usb drive. Then plug that drive in and transfer usb drive --> Steam deck. Works like a charm

[@IcoKirov]

Some lutris love! Great thing. Most people suggest heroic and while it is good, some games don't run with it, while they run with lutris

[@tennohack6704]

I love Ambient Gold! Great song choice! Hey, how are you getting a clean screen feed from your steamdeck? I cant find how to do that anywhere!

[@chrls.1093]

Bro, thank you to actually show things to DO instead of things to buy. No no seriously, thank you !! 👌🏻

[@DocX36]

Nice tips and information, useful content indeed! Subscribed!

[@Steepcase]

Great video Alex! Will save it for when my steamdeck arrives. Completely unrelated but, has anyone tell you that you look (and sound) like ben affleck? Must be the beard haha.

[@WyvernDotRed]

For the formatting of SD cards, any Windows game you want to run on Linux should be formatted for the Deck. This is due to the way Wine and Proton works. Linux native games do work fine on Windows (NTFS or exFAT) formatted cards, unless they rely on filesystem specific features. The Steam Client does, so that will need the Deck (EXT4) formatting.

[@bjornkeizers]

Nice one, very useful indeed.

[@jackburtonwii]

Thanks Alex ;) great Tips , got mine 3 days ago 🥰

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Enjoy it

[@dafttab101]

thank u bro love u man. u massively help my decision oxoxo xxo

[@RedouaneSebbar]

Mr Guy, I have my steam deck about as long as so I have also seen my share of top 10s. At your intro I was like BS That's what they all say. But you made good on your word. Great video thank you!

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Thanks man

[@RedouaneSebbar]

No problem, glad to be subscribed to your channel now. It was my fist vid of you! Keep up the good work!

[@WI-FI_GOD]

That first step is the one I needed the most

[@dustinryan1336]

This video has been the single most helpful “beginners guide” for the SD.

[@Toni_De_Arcadia]

Alex doing gods work 😎👊

[@dralberthofmann]

Subscribed for Steam Deck content. I never came across your videos before except I recognize you from some steam deck hating weirdo complaining about a video you did many months ago lol.

[@lovemysi07]

Great vid and tips s

[@papagoth5621]

Thank you, not enough OS/gamer KZbinrs talk about ProtonUp and Luxtorpeda, with steamdeck

[@papagoth5621]

ProtonUp and luxtorpeda are great in any Linux distro tbf

[@celsorodrigues7511]

For artwork, the Boilr app is awesome. It really streamlines the whole process.

[@anthonyharding4380]

Excellent video :)

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Thank you very much!

[@vcblueworld123]

Finally!!! Actual tips

[@WhitekidCvsual]

Aye, I appreciate you Alex. 🙏🏻

[@smittytibbins]

Can u make a playlist of anything and everything u make related to steam deck? I just got one today for my birthday and have never played pc or steam games so I’m a COMPLETE noob. This video is definitely something I’m gonna try and do but anything helps thanks Alex

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

I mostly do emulation videos for it. Check the emulation playlist

[@jangelelcangry]

Alexx is one of my favorite Linux Gaming Content Creators.

[@sketchpen777]

Just in time bout to throw in my 512gb SSD in the Deck , upgrading from a 64gb drive. Can't want, awesome videos as always Alex.

[@Sheebert]

Same my ssd is coming today

[@Hijynx87]

Favorited so I can watch it again when I get home and after I upgrade my ssd. Should I launch my 64gb deck before upgrading btw? I haven’t set it up yet.

[@mohit7636]

Btw if you want to emulate dos games (arena, doom, etc) you can use Boxtron

[@osudaycore_]

hey, alex, thank you for this video i'm about to get steam deck very soon and i'd be happy to know if final fantasy 7 works well on steam deck (i saw it in your steam library in the video) i got refund for it recently because it doesn't really work on pc with controller and i don't feel motivated to deal with mods and custom patches, so if you know, i'd be glad if you could give any comment on this i saw the open source ports part, but i mean the exact steam version of ffvii

[@texasnativr4550]

just wanted to say fantastic video also a bit of feedback you may need a pop filter for your mic.

[@OhNoItsAlexx]

Nah I just got real close to it early on

[@pally8868]

Yeah the best tips stream for sure 👍

[@diquejohnny]

Going into bios and changing the alias to 4gb changed everything ✊

[@itsopzac4897]

Please can you do video on how to tweak it up to 60 fps also thanks for the actually helpful tips

[@kimmyksbro3116]

From protondb Sniper Elite 5 Gold status, runs perfectly after tweaks

[@lammasmike]

The Steam Deck is not for the faint hearted and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who doesn’t understand computer hardware and technical specifications. That being said, if you can overcome and handle this beast, then this device would be right up your street and you would be in for a real treat to know how powerful this device is! The steam deck is a portable handheld gaming PC and it is so powerful, it’s even backwards compatible and plays almost all of those classic retro games across many platforms through software emulation. The Nintendo Switch has serious competition on its hands and with the new arrival of the Steam Deck & judging by its amazing success so far this year, I can safely say that the Steam Deck blows away all of its competitors!

[@marlongutierrez9704]

Awesome you're the best 🎉🎉