Touch Arcade

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a game you need to experience if you enjoy memorable stories, well written characters, and excellent music. Having done nearly three full playthroughs across platforms, I still can’t get over how good OPUS: Echo of Starsong is.

The story is perfect to experience during the holiday season as well. It has been about two years since its PlayStation debut, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales has aged brilliantly. It is yet another ‘perfect on Steam Deck’ experience from Sony.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure runs at 60fps with very good visuals on Steam Deck. It lacks the amazing DualSense haptics, but is a perfectly fine way to experience Sumo Digital’s lovely platformer on the go.

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is one of Sony’s weaker PC conversions so far. Games like Marvel’s Spider-Man and God of War play like a dream on Steam Deck while the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection feels a bit lacking in comparison.

Marvel Snap is an incredibly well-designed game. It’s perfectly suited to mobile thanks to how quickly the matches resolve, but the level of strategy is satisfyingly deep. The missions incentivize you to mix things up, and the steady stream of new cards ensures you’ll have plenty of options to choose from for such endeavors.

There is so much I’ve enjoyed unlocking, and I’d love to have a nice physical book like with the Stardew Valley guidebook. Even before it hit 1.0, Vampire Survivors had almost infinite replay value, and it is even better now.

The touch controls feel a little better in this game than the first, but that could just be down to a better UI layout. You can naturally use an external controller if you’d prefer to. I found there was just a touch of added lag by playing that way, but nothing too serious.

It’s not flawless by any means, but it’s a great game with a lot of things going for it. I’m truly impressed with how well Nitrome was able to adapt the essence of Shovel Knight into such a different format without losing the satisfying elements of the pineapple and pen it was trying to smash together.

The goofy humor helps it stand out from the crowd, and having so many different characters to use adds greatly to the replay value.

Twinkle Star Sprites plays well on mobile in the mechanical sense. The controls work well enough, it’s running as smoothly as it ever did, and you have a wide array of options and features.