Hey everyone! I've been working on **Void Deck**, a Decky Loader plugin that restyles the whole Steam Deck interface in Game Mode. It's inspired by monochrome dot-matrix design: pure black backgrounds (great on the OLED), dot-matrix numbers, and a single white focus ring.

**What it does**

- **A new Home screen**: your last game front and center in big dot-matrix type, with playtime and Deck compatibility. Below it, your recently played games and a grid of *every* installed game, including non-Steam shortcuts (emulators, other stores…). A to play, X for details.

- **The whole UI, restyled**: Library, main menu, Quick Access, top and bottom bars all share the same look. Steam's blue gradients are gone.

- **Dot meters everywhere**: battery and Wi-Fi in the top bar, plus brightness and volume in Quick Access, are shown as rows of dots. The battery turns red below 20%.

- **Controller-first**: everything works with the D-pad, and button hints show A/B/X/Y glyphs that match the style.

- **Nothing breaks how Steam works**: it only changes the look. Each part (global skin, Home screen) can be toggled on its own from the Decky panel.

It's free and open source (GPL-3.0). Download and install instructions are on GitHub:

https://github.com/AlejandroTenorioC/VoidDeck

**Heads up**

- This is v0.1.0, the first public release. Valve updates the Steam UI often, so something may look half-styled after a Steam update. If that happens, toggle that part off and let me know.

- The plugin's own settings panel is currently in Spanish (English is on the list).

I'd love feedback: what screen should I redesign next? Bug reports and screenshots of anything that looks off are very welcome. Thanks for checking it out!

Yes screensavers you heard me right....I left my steam deck on my bed cause I went to my main PC to fix a mod while i was streaming Skyrim to my SD when I came back after sometime my steam deck was showing images from games I own and I was like cool

This is for Steam Machine, but I figure this issue is just SteamOS in general, so better visibility would be ideal.

So this was awhile ago, and seemingly everything works fine but recently just couldn't run Astral Ascent well on Steam Machine without this graphic glitch, and it's labeled as plays well on Steam Machine and gold rating from that Decky plugin about compatibility.

The other thing that is weird is I just can't mod Dark Souls 2 SotFS with lighting engine or blue acolyte. I think blue acolyte didn't work last time either, but Lighting Engine did work fine before I had this issue with trying out preview channel and swapping back.

Could there be a remaining issue that I should factory reset and start fresh?

Hi !

I've had my steam deck for about 1.5years now, i'm cery happy about it but today i've had a problem, the steam button and the mirror button on the other side (quick action? Not sure of the name) are acting like the pause / + button (not sure how to call it, the button on the top right of the right joystick)

I've checked the settings they're still recognised as their own buttons somehow, anyone had this issue and knows how to fix it?

This is my launch day steam deck. It sat in a shed in a hot duffel bag for a year, I thought I had lost it. When I moved I found it. I played it everyday before that happened and I've had it back for 5 months so far playing it everyday and the health is still 100% I guess I'm lucky huh?

So I had my deck since release I preordered it when they were still in early launch. Love my deck works perfectly no issues. It's the original lcd.

I'm wondering if a new version would work better with games, do they have a better graphics card, motherboard and processors? Would it be worth the money to buy a brand new one or are they just slightly different with no real benefits compared to the original. I do know they have OLED screens. But I'm not very techy so that's the reason I ask

I have no idea how to describe what’s going on because I’ve never encountered something like this.

I just updated my Steam Deck to the most recent stable update. As soon as I turned it back on, it started loading ALL the screenshots I’ve ever taken.

I haven’t launched a game, turned it off, restarted, etc. because when I go to the media tab, the screenshots ARE missing but are all reloading in, it’s not just some weird UI bug. I’m too afraid of losing my screenshots.

Anyone else with this issue? I’ve got thousands of images and I have no idea how long this will take. Maybe this is my sign to finally back up all those photos onto my PC.

AMDFSR 4.1: https:// gpuopen.com/amd-fsr-upscaling/

Git: https:// github.com/deadinside28

Pkg extractor: https:// github.com/AzaharPlus/shadPS4Plus

Its on sale on steam if you wanna try.

One of the most fun multiplayer Ive played and people still play it.

Not sure if I need to uninstall the game or something but it won’t launch on my Deck. I was looking forward to this all day too

EDIT: Excuse me, y’all. Haven’t pre-ordered or played anything launch day since the seventh gen days. Looking forward to playing in two hours!

Hey everyone, I recently lost my steam deck charger for my OLED and was hoping to find a third party charger that had similar dimensions to the original one so it fits in the case well.

Can someone be willing to take measurements of theirs and share?

Honestly I've only had my steam deck LCD for about a year now and I never really take it out of the house. I have been attending a wound clinic for a while now and last appointment I took it with me but it would not let me play anything as it told me to connect to the Wi-Fi.

What do I have to do in order to play offline during the trip? I know about disabling Wi-Fi and that there's an offline mode, do I disable Wi-Fi and enable offline mode, one or the other?

Please help me, I have to get it ready for tomorrow morning and I am going to bed soon.

I know it's in beta for online multi-player, it worked for me the first time I tried it, but now it doesn't work. I checked on the settings and it says its reachable but for some reason it still puts me on offline. Is anyone having the same issue?

I am trying to clear out non-steam storage because it is 33 GB

I have been dealing with a BSOD issue for the past few weeks. I’ve dug through the sub trying to find any solution that might work for me. I’ve tried EVERYTHING this sub has suggested. I’ve done the … and volume - trick, I’ve tried overwriting the firmware to an earlier version to see if that would fix the issue, I’ve taken the steam deck apart and physically reseated the cable and disconnected the battery. I am sort of at my whits end with this thing, as I can still use it, but only connected to an external monitor.

I reached out to support and was hoping I would get some further help. Earlier this year, I had to send away my steam deck because of a faulty motherboard. I paid the 185 to repair the unit, and received it back around February. The unit was fine for a while but now I have issues with the internal screen. Support suggested the same fixes I had already tried, but they didn’t work. They then suggested to RMA the unit, at a cost of ANOTHER $185. This seems unacceptable as it has not even been a year since the last paid repair. I asked for the ticket to be escalated, but is there any other path I can take? I just want a working console, and to not have to pay almost $400 this year in order to have it function.

Howdy! So my family and I moved (very quickly) from Missouri to Florida last week. Good move, happy to be with family. Just one downside: my SteamDeck was left at the airport on Saturday morning while waiting for our flight from Atlanta, GA airport, to the Orlando, FL airport. I already submitted a request to the Atlanta Airport to check (crossed fingers) but I know the chances are slim. If anyone has flown or has been at the airport in Atlanta from Saturday to now, did you find a 256GB OLED Steam Deck? Last game played on it was Final Fantasy XIII. The shell had scuffs on the sides cause kids are fun and it was knocked out of hands too many times. It was a birthday gift almost 2 years ago from wife.

Thank you to all who read this 🥰

Im planning on playin a Non steam game (the new Hellraiser game not porn) and I have my mother as a steam friend and I doubt she would react Kindly to seeing me play such a game.

Once again Im not talking about a porn game.

My wife's Steamdeck has been overheating and not charging correctly. At first we thought the charging issue was with her charging cable/plug, but when she used my cable, it also only working sporadically. My Deck charges fine with both her cord and my own.

We took the Deck apart and cleaned up and hair and debris in the port and the main board underneath, and the overheating issue stopped, but the charging didn't improve.

Also, the battery isn't inflated or in any state that would make me think it's compromised. Any ideas?

Edit: The charging cable works fine on my own deck and charges at 45W. It hasn't caused any issues so far.

We also cleaned the port out entirely with the battery disconnected to prevent any damage/short circuiting to the charging port (compressed air + toothpick)

Trying to launch any game results in it sitting for a bit saying Starting Launch, then going back the game library page. Verifying files causes it to instead only show the starting launch screen for a moment before snapping back to the library page. Tried shutting the steamdeck down and waiting a bit before turning it back on, that only causes it to go back to the long wait on starting launch. Reinstalling the game does nothing. Checked for updates, it's fully updated. The steam deck was working a few hours ago.

Help please? I am not tech savvy and just want my too expensive handheld to function

I bought this Steam Deck LCD from Facebook Marketplace for 250$ while many are being sold around 400$, case included but no cloth nor original charger. Through some inspection, I'm confident that the inside is untampered because there's no pry mark, but filled with gunk which I had to clean and scrape.

The software runs fine, battery life at 90%, air coming out from the vent exhaust smells like dry and old computers. The biggest elephant in the room is the scratch on the right track pad, I've spent an hour pondering why and how it got there, but it doesn't affect the performance of the track pad or sensor underneath. I've checked the controllers and there's no dead zone nor stick stuff.

What can I do to restore this wonderful piece of tech to it's former glory? I know that I'd have to open it up, clean the dust and gunk, repaste the CPU, anything else I'd need to do? Are there anyway I can deal with the scratch mark on the track pad?

Also, I've benchmarked the battery with Hades and the battery only lasts less than an hour and a half before going low, are there any software tweaks I need to know and do extend the playtime?

Lissless scaling has been great, it makes games like resident evil 9 and pragmata way smoother experiences. But decky is always causing issues dor needing to be updated and still causing issues.

I bought the lossless scaling app, any way to use it without decky, or do they need each other to get the effect?

A lot of people seemed invested in this saga and I've hit a wall presently. I hope people have some other ideas.

I have:

• contacted Steam support and got this lame response:

Hi there,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support and reporting this to us.

Please note that Steam Support cannot connect you with the device’s owner.

We recommend that you report the found Steam Deck to your local law enforcement so it can be handled appropriately and returned to its rightful owner.

We appreciate your honesty and for taking the responsible steps in this situation.

Steam Support Oliver

If anyone has advice on how to break through this wall let me know!

• Posted in several subreddits, getting a lot of traction!

• Commented on a guy's post and messaged him directly who I think for several reasons is the owner, no response

• Added the owner as a friend on Steam, no response

• Tried to log into the account itself to see the billing information or any other means of contacting the owner. I can see what account the deck is associated with in the settings, but I can't access anything else without being routed to a login screen. I can see the username & friend code only.

I throw it out to Reddit, any other ideas? I got plenty of comments last time saying my mother-in-law should have turned it into Amtrak when she found it months ago - and I agree! But she didn't! So there is nothing I can do to turn back the hands of time and I highly doubt it will get to the right person if I turn it into Amtrak now... at best, they'll just give it to the most recent person who claims to have lost a Steam Deck, at worst it lives in lost & found purgatory or is taken home by an employee.

Original post: This is a long shot but .....

Several months ago my mother-in-law found a steam deck left on an Amtrak train. She had no idea what to do with it or how to even turn it on. She just came to visit and handed it over to me this weekend. I was able to boot it up and see the person's username. If it's yours, please message me with the final digits of the username and what Amtrak line you were on when you lost it, and I'll get it back to you.

I've seen lots of posts recommending games for the Deck, however most of these are singular games which don't have any direct sequels or follow-ups such as Sleeping Dogs, Mad Max, Prey etc.

I'd like to find games where I can play one entry and look forward to playing multiple sequels of it in the future that follow on from the same story (so not including anthology series like FF)

Previously Enjoyed games:

- Batman Arkham series

- Yakuza series

- Halo Master Chief Collection

- Bioshock trilogy

- Mass Effect Trilogy

- Assassin's Creed series

Preferred Genres: Open to anything

Budget: Anything

Other notes: Would prefer series with 3+ entries which run well (40+FPS) and have a progressing narrative

Updated my steam deck and it took a little bit to load after restart and now I can't reach the internet even though I know I have wifi, rebooting does nothing.

EDIT: it seemed to randomly fix itself? still keeping up incase anyone has an answer to why it did it

It works fine with light movements but pressing down doesn't work. Tried restarting the device but it's still not working.