tiny lemmy 

what games run okay but drain too much battery

c/steamdeck · u/BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org · 44 points

It’s easy to find information online suggesting games that don’t suck down the battery too fast. But it’s not as easy going the other way.

I ended up with a spare 512gb card, so I’ve popped it in my hub/dock to add on games that I’ll only play when docked.

I’ve got Cyberpunk and Elden Ring on it. When I played those I lost about 30% battery in <20 minutes. But they performed fine.

Looking for more suggestions like this, so I can build myself a database of games to pop on this card.

Comments

u/Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 1 points

Some of the Yakuza games seem to benefit a lot from a TDP limit. Seems like you can restrict the power usage quite a bit without any decrease in performance.

u/Renacles@lemmy.world · 3 points

I don't think MHW has gotten a single update in years so you are good.

It's a fantastic game overall.

u/fujiwara@lemmy.zip · 2 points

The game is only 50gb, you probably have the High Quality Texture Pack DLC installed. You can disable it and to save a ton of space.

u/BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 points

I didn’t give it a good chance before because it was getting multiple 99gb updates. It was pretty fun though and it would be well past that stage now.

u/lordnikon@lemmy.world · 5 points

Clair Obscur runs great with a few tweaks but burns through battery like it was running water unfortunately

u/Nima@leminal.space · 4 points

I'd love to know what settings you use to get 3 hours. I'm lucky if I can get an hour and 35 minutes.

u/Renacles@lemmy.world · 11 points

Monster hunter world goes through my battery very quickly but runs perfect

u/xkbx@startrek.website · 9 points

I can get a solid 2-3 hours on Baldur’s Gate 3 (with a bunch of mods) before I have to worry about plugging it back in. All the other games I play right now are the other ones that you’ve mentioned are older games that really don’t drain the battery at all. I’ve used mine pretty consistently since November December of last year, and I haven’t really noticed a drop in performance of battery life.

I really wanna try some of the newer games that look great like that Clair Obscur 33 game to see how it compares.

u/Ulrich@feddit.org · 4 points

I mean half the games in my library will max out the power draw at ~21w

u/alexcleac@szmer.info · 2 points

Black Mesa, Witcher 3 on high graphics quality setup. Generally, I tend to lower the quality just to increase the battery life: anyways I usually don't notice very much of graphical improvement on high setup.

u/Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 2 points

A lot of Sony's games (God of War, Spiderman, Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn) run pretty decent but will max out the power usage. Expedition 33 has been my recent favorite game, and it definitely brings my OLED down to it's min battery life of about 2.5 hours.