I’ve been interested in picking one up in the sale, but between the controls and newer games having high CPU demands, it seems like a stretch to get a comfortable experience in handheld. Something with either built-in controller support, a slower pace or a good community layout would be perfect.
What style of RTS are you looking for? City Skylines and Transport Fever 2 show up under Strategy for Steam Deck verified games, but I personally wouldn’t consider them a traditional RTS (although they’re both very entertaining to me).
Those are both objectively not RTS games.
I mean it’s strategy that happens in real time? Surely they are a kind of RTS?
That’s like calling Cities Skylines an RPG because you “play the role” of a city planner. RTS refers to a specific kind of game.