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Favorite games for traveling? (reddthat.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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What are some good games you play that you think are good for extended travel (i.e. battery friendly)? Emulation and TDP-adjusted options count!

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed Dave the Diver on my deck, I'm only 9h in but didn't play for a while due to lack of time.

Another one that isn't really my thing but uses practically no battery is Minecraft through PrismLauncher (I don't like playing Minecraft on controller).

And some other games from my library that play nicely on deck, some might take a little bit more power:

  • Celeste
  • Geometry Dash (especially with the new platformer levels)
  • Hue (might be a bit boring, I got it for free)
  • Pole (might be a bit frustrating, I got it for free)
  • Rayman Legends (there's a certain patch to make it run without uplay)
  • Stardew Valley
  • Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
  • Undertale
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion was a fun one! I didn't know Rayman Legends had a patch to skip Uplay; I'll have to look into that!

[–] null@slrpnk.net 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been going hard on Balatro lately. Fun rogue-lite deck-builder.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Same here. My only issue is sometimes I mix up some card suits due to the lower resolution and smaller screen size, and because I'm not paying close enough attention, end up playing a high card hand instead a flush.

Might help to turn off the scanline effect.

Otherwise it's a perfect Deck game.

[–] chillhelm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That and of course Slay The Spire, IMHO peak rogue like deck builder.

You can turn down everything to minimal (so maximal battery life) and have a perfect playing experience with that.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hotline Miami is a good one. Not super demanding and great for short play sessions

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Been a while since I played that one!

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

I'm old, so I like playing nostalgic NES era games. Super Mario, Double Dragon, Final Fantasy 1, Tetris classic, etc.

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 8 points 8 months ago

Darkest Dungeon is probably top of my games not already mentioned, Slay the Spire is definitely up there too!

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I haven't actually benchmarked this, but I believe Dead Cells is pretty battery life friendly.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Hollow Knight lasts a good amount of time on airplane mode (no online connection is needed)

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 8 months ago

Openttd and openrc2 I can get 20 hours easy

[–] kilgore@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago

I'm currently traveling and really enjoying Against the Storm on the deck. Its easy to pop in for twenty minutes or just sink a couple hours into it. Runs super smooth on the deck.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

It's technically "unsupported" for steam deck for some reason but one of my absolute favorites.

Heat Signature

It's a top down shooter roguelike with tight controls and and tons of replayability and it's extremely battery friendly, i remember being trapped in the woods for a few days and I was able to get 8 or so hours of play from that game

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Yo thank you for the suggestion, this game looks hilariously amazing. For anyone else, its also in space and looks like a darn blast if you love space themes. Only 15$

[–] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you have to use the touchpads?

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not at all, its totally built for controllers, I'm really not sure why it's unsupported, i even started an entirely new save and played through the game again and had not a single issue, not one

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@Telorand I play Stardew Valley for days without charging, so I guess it could definitely last you an entire trip.

Why aren't you taking the train? Depending where you live, they might have power sockets in there (trains here usually have)

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

The train is, unfortunately, not an option. Trains are my favorite form of travel, so I would be taking a train if I could!

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

you can easily get 8 hours emulating ps2 games at 4w tdp and 1080p resolution, been playing persona 3 fes mostly because of that. I've also been able to push 4 hours emulating the switch version persona 5 royal at 7w tdp and 900mhz

though I'm not sure what extended travel means, I "only" travel 3 hours to class over one day

[–] lama@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Slay the spire and FTL are my two go-to travel games. They don't use much battery and give hours of entertainment

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh god. Do I chance another bout of FTL addiction? Makes me wonder if Into the Breach would be similarly low-power.

[–] Byter@lemmy.one 4 points 8 months ago

I play Slay the Spire or Into the Breach on my phone on every flight I take. Both are light on the battery.

[–] Hagdos@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Can confirm that into the breach is similarly lowpower. It's absolutely great for deck. It isn't time-based like FTL is, which makes it even better suited. (FTL makes me miss a mouse sometimes)

[–] Cloudless@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What are your favourite games? What genres do you like? It would be difficult to recommend without knowing your preferences.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No context. I want to know yours. Sometimes, it's good to explore genres you wouldn't expect!

[–] Cloudless@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright

Fallout 3

Super Mario RPG (SNES)

Final Fantasy 6

Dragon Quest 3

What Remains of Edith Finch

Burnout 3

Mass Effect 1

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oo, I wouldn't expect Fallout 3 to be lower power. But I guess being designed to run on 2008 hardware means it wouldn't take much!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

New Vegas runs better with modern hardware, so that's a great choice too! Plus you can mod it more.

[–] registeredusername@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Dwarf Fortress, Skyrim, Valheim

[–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast, you'll need to use wine/proton tricks to get the water rendering correctly or Ys games before 8.

[–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How did you ever get the controls mapped correctly? I LOVE Outrun 2, but my ZR /ZL were mapped to a single Z axis, meaning I can't break and use the gas at the same time, making drifting almost impossible :(

[–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Worked out of the box for me, no need for steam input of anything else.

[–] Oiza@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Same here, recommended it to a friend recently but it is not available on Steam for purchase anymore! Something with the Ferrari license.

Easily available via AbandonedWare though

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In a weird way it is the really really fast paced games I like the most when on the go.

If I play 5 mins of Voidigo, DIG or Enter The Gungeon, I can potentially experience a lotttt of gameplay .

Playing Xonotic against bots is a blast, Xonotic probably uses less battery than any other 3D game in existence lol. Similarly 5 mins of Xonotic is a LONG time.

Motor Town is a great driving game to play while traveling, so is Snowrunners.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

I only know one of those! I'll have to check those out.

[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
  • Backpack battles
  • Noita
  • Broforce
  • Baba is you
  • Shattered pixel dungeon
  • Caves of Qud
  • Barony (maybe)
  • Snake farm
  • Snood
[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Noita 👍

[–] donio@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Traveling right now and I am playing Dead Cells. It's gentle on the battery and I am fairly new to the game so lots to explore.