Right, I forgot that there was an unofficial patch for Control made by an employee, haven’t looked into that. I wonder why they just didn’t add it to the game though…

I checked Hogwarts again and HDR does work.

It’s a bit surprising that not much is being made of this issue outside of a couple of mentions on Reddit. As someone who is a bit obsessed with HDR on OLED I really wish the situation improves as if implemented well it makes a big difference. The best game so far for me is Lies of P which is just stunning in HDR and runs like a dream with Ori Will of the Wisps a close second.

Good thread. Has Valve said anything about these HDR issues. I wonder if game devs need to do something specific to make it work or if it’s more on the Proton / Linux side of things.

Maybe HDR sometimes works with certain Proton configs but not others as I’ve read people comment, but here are the HDR supported games I’ve tried so far:

HDR doesn’t work:

Shadow Warrior 2
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Nier Automata (This one was always odd on Windows as well, no menu option for HDR but supposedly has it but I’m not convinced it’s true HDR anywhere)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade (I could enable it in the menu but it looks very off, a grey mess)
Devil May Cry 5

HDR works:

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Lies of P
Baldur’s gate 3
Hogwarts Legacy (You list this as didn’t work, but I’m 95% sure it was working when I tried it if I don’t misremember)
Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga (Not very impressive HDR though)
Elden Ring
Monster Hunter Rise
Doom Eternal

I haven’t tried Moonlight on the OLED, I’m excited to try it but what people have written is that HDR isn’t supported? It’s supposed to come sometime next year from what I’ve heard. Do you get the HDR badge in Gamescope next to the brightness slider?

These days there are just a ridiculous amount of quality games. As a kid it felt like there was about 8 games in total on the NES that me and my friends played for years.

I have very little trouble at all with HDR on Windows 11 on my monitor and TV these days, but it’s whole different thing on the Steam Deck, doesn’t seem to work on most HDR games, which would be no trouble on Windows. Has Valve said anything about this issue?

From what I’ve read on here many newer headphones support AptX Adaptive which is newer but not backwards compatible with AptX HD / LL… I have two pairs of headphones with Adaptive… Havin said that from testing out my OLED today, lag seems a bit better than with the LCD previously…

Reddit noob issue but I wish I could edit the title to include “resolved” so that others can find the magic trick: Powerbutton + Volume dots + Three dots.

I think it kicks the Steam Deck out of delivery mode.

I know exactly how you feel, I was so overly excited, rushed to pick it up after work and then nothing… Well let’s just hope we get replacements quickly.

I hope you are right. Never had to deal with Valve support previously, but generally RMA issues can be a pain.

I’ve seen Elgiganten sell the LCD online, they might have one on display but I kind of doubt it. Generally Valve sells the Steam Deck themselves online. And Elgiganten sold it more expensive than the price on Steam.

PC gaming is better than ever, there are too many interesting games, too little time. New Deck, new game splurge I suppose, but tried to only go for games I can actually see myself finishing and enjoying.

• Lego Star Wars the Skywalker saga(cheaper on greenmangaming). Supports HDR.
• Tunic
• Cocoon
• Lies of P - supports HDR. Quite expensive though.
• Bramble The Mountain King.
• Darkest Dungeon 2

Wow, and I’ve been raging about how slow the delivery has been. For me I got the tracking number on Monday, package left on Tuesday, then again left Utrecht on Tuesday. Left Denmark Kolding yesterday evening and seems to have left Malmö today. At this point the Schenker tracking number started working.

I guess I was lucky then. I thought they would be sending pallets to the same country together but seems quite random.

Sweden, ordered 20 minutes after launch. I managed to track through Schenker once it reached Malmö this morning and delivery is scheduled for tomorrow. Can’t wait.

Is this Dall-E haha, makes me sick to my stomach.

Voted Dredge, it was such a perfect Steam Deck game. Dave the Diver is a good candidate as well for me. Something like BG3 is not worthy for me, it’s my GOTY but a Steam Deck game of the year should actually be something that runs well.

Same, even after restarting.

Just found the GLS reviews, christ that is awful, I hope we all get our decks

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/gls-group.net

Got the tracking number 10 minutes ago - 512gb, Sweden. Still isn’t picked up though.

I have a PC with a 13700k + 4080 with an Alienware 34 inch ultrawide OLED and a Steam Deck. I don’t regret the stem deck one bit and have ordered the OLED as well (especially since my old Deck is a bit broke now) . I work from home a lot and after work it’s often just so chill to not sit in the same office chair and lie down in the sofa or on the bed to game. I will generally play the most demanding games like Cyberpunk and Alan Wake 2 on my main rig, but now with the OLED screen and with a wifi6 router I will look into streaming from the PC more.

Many games I see as basically Deck exclusive. There are so many cool indies and older games that are just perfect for the Steam Deck. Slay the spire, Monster Train, Triangle Strategy, Dredge, Persona 5 Vampire Survivors and so on… They just make sense handheld. Also for some reason Elden Ring was more gun, handheld I’ve felt even if performance is limited. But I love having the option and it’s so cool to play on the computer and seemlessly continue on the Deck. Midnight suns was for instance a game I played on both and it was great.

I would say my time is divided 50/50 and I couldn’t do without one or the other.

I bought Ys Origin for the deck but it was unsupported and I never managed to get it to run