I am looking to get the new Steam Deck to finally get onboard with PC gaming, coming from a console gaming background. In fact, I have never gamed on PC before.

I was very close to pulling the trigger until I found out there is an issue with the Steam Deck playing online if the game is going through the proton layer.

I have seen reports, such as Destiny 2, that won’t support Steam OS players and will ban you if you brute force it. I also saw other companies could ban players using Steam Deck’s Steam OS, mostly coming from big online games due to anti-cheat measures.

I wonder if this situation is universal for all games that are online, or if it’s more of an issue for big or AAA online games. What if I play an indie online game? Do they also usually enforce these rules?

If the majority of online games are not playable on the Steam Deck, it could be a dealbreaker for me as I wanted to get onboard with PC gaming for this specific reason.

  • Beneficial-Cod-4538@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The games i have played online is star wars the old republic, world of warcraft, final fantasy 14 and war thunder. All multiplayer parts of the games works great. Mmo’s are great to play on steam deck. War thunders controller (tanks) didnt feel great so i uninstalled.