
The verdict: This is the console I recommend for serious gamers who don’t mind doing some tinkering to enjoy games new and old. And just as with a computer, the Steam Deck can be customized to run older games by installing emulation software, which are apps that can run digital copies of games for older consoles.Īs someone who grew up with consoles all the way back to the Atari, I decided to give the Steam Deck a try. It runs Linux, the open-source operating system, which makes it capable of loading a huge swath of new games, including titles made for personal computers and some PlayStation and Xbox games.

The Steam Deck tries to be a jack of all of those trades.
