People should definitely also check out SteamFork. It takes over where HoloISO left off, and they are doing a way better job of pushing forward the concept of a downstream from steamOS distro. It tends to be fairly bleeding edge, so compatibility might be narrower, but in general, if you want the true deck experience on non-deck hardware, it's your closest bet.

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The original steam machine failed because proton support wasn't there. Games just ran slower given the cost of the hardware at the time. Since then, proton has matured and works as good (and sometimes better 🤔) than windows.

You can just build a steam machine now though. Here is the one I built last year https://pcpartpicker.com/b/h7QD4D [External Link]

Getting SteamOS on it can be finicky: the official recovery ISO is tuned for the deck and finicky on non-deck hardware. SteamFork [External Link] is the cleanest directly downstream project from SteamOS at the moment. There are also OSs others to choose from that are not downstream, but similar like ChimeraOS or Bazzite. The further away you get from upstream, the more differences you run into, so what you choose comes down to preference.

The only real missing piece is a Steam Controller 2 (the deck, in controller form). The next best thing is the DualSense edge, but cost is prohibitive.

Anyway, I recommend trying out a build!

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Anyone else getting a virus warning from google drive when trying to download this?

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Anyone try updating over WINE?

WRT to the controller: yes, it feels cheap in many ways which is unfortunate. It does work very well though, and is basically the second best option after the DaulSense Edge for gyro aiming given the cap sticks and paddle. The 8BitDo Ultra would be ahead of it, but lacks any kind of cap stick or touch pad and suffers from a waker Bluetooth antenna and gyro drift pretty pad. Unfortunately for it, the actually controller deficiencies outweigh the improved build quality.

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Looks perfect! Yes I will buy one. Hoping it comes in less than $100. Paying $200 for a dual sense edge to get decent trackpad/paddles is so overpriced.

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How do I install this on steam deck? Looks cool

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