u/Localhorst86

I'm in germany. Entered my spot early in August, when a friend of mine got their list-spot for the 2TB+controller SKU.

Not OP, but presumably they used a Decky Plugin called CSS Loader. You can use it to costumize the layout.


Not for bed, but on the sofa I use a Len breastfeeding pillow from IKEA.


EDIT: Actually, I did use it to play in bed a few years ago, when a bed was basically the only piece of furniture I had to comfortably sit/lie in

That's an insane price increase. And it makes me worried for the price of the steam frame/machine.

Yeah, the number of "unsupported" games that I played and finished on my steam deck is higher that one would expect.

I am still playing silksong, although I tend to get stuck occasionally, the difficulty in act 3 is pretty high.

When I want to relax, I play some doom eternal (just finished the campaign and first DLC, started the second one).

Also, some Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga

Personally, that reads to me that there already is en expiration date on the plugin version as well as the GOG extension.

Either way, while they are free to charge what they see fit, I was flabbergasted by the high price and it being a subscription. I'd argue it should never be their bread and butter. I see the target audience to be too niche for this to be a fulltime gig, I dont believe there's going to be enough users for this to be sustainable, which is (I guess) the reason they went for a SAAS subscription model.

Yes, the plugin version is open source, but I don't believe anyone is going to bother to fork it. Simply because there already is a sophisticated, quite advanced community project (Heroic) that does the job well on a steam deck, also works very well on the desktop, and uses the same backends (legendary, gogdl, nile) as JS.

And it really irks me, that they rely on free, open-source components for their proprietary, closed-source software to function. From what i understand, they are not in breach of the GPL license if they just invoke the binaries, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I've just watched the installation video and when they install Doom64 from Epic (around the 3:20 Minute mark), it mentioned legendary, a free and open-source alternative to the epic launcher. A bit of further digging we notice that junk-store uses gogdl and nile as well. I am absolutely baffled by this. This closed-source, proprietary $40/p.a. software is a wrapper (albeit a fancy one) for other, open-source launchers.



Now, i am sure theres a bit more to it than just invoking the binaries of these launchers, but personaly, I consider this shady.

The plugin version remains and will remain free according to the husband and wife team behind Junk Store. They’re very easy people to talk to if you need anything at all, and they have a passion for what they’re doing. I think it’s **super shitty** to call them greedy because they’re offering a paid option alongside the free one.

I'd like to point out, that the subscription to JS 2.0 is absolutely ***not*** there to keep the free version free.

In their own FAQ on discord they are already on record stating that if the paid GOG plugin drops of in sales (not usage!), they are going to scale back or even stop maintaining the paid plugin as well as the decky version of JS.


I doubt this is going to be distributed via flathub, less likely even be maintained by your distro

The last update a few weeks ago said it was $40 per year.

Edit: its under "Learn more"


I assume they meant updates to junk store.

I am definitely not going to pick this up.

I don't see why I should pay $40 for a yearly subscription to an app, that

• doesn't do anything other tools like heroic don't already do just as good or better

• doesn't even come with all the features promised.

• doesn't even provide an actual continuous service that justifies a subscription (games are hosted by epic/gog.

When they launched the initial app, they promised a one-stop-solution, but actually only worked with epic.

Then they promised a GOG plugin that would become free after testing, but then decided to not do that and instead make an entirely new app.

I have no confidence they can deliver on their promised features for their app, or suddenly do another rug-pull on the scope of their app. I can see them changing course any day, and putting further store plugins behind yet another paywall.

Compared to solutions that already exist (heroic), they offer access to the same stores, as well as amazon. The $40 junk-store can do less than the free and open-source heroic.

I am not a big chess nut, but I just gave "The Chess" a quick spin. To me, controls seem good, you use the right touchpad as mouse and the tight trigger as your mouse button.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have save/load functionality.

This looks AI generated, just count the fingers.

Or maybe The Chess:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3158990/The_Chess/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

Sounds exactly what you're looking for.

Jokes aside, what about free chess on steam? Seems reasonably polished to me, is marked playable on deck and its free. What exactly have you had issues with other chess games with? Controls?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2672290/Free_Chess/

If you mean downloading, there is wine cellar

I have PC2 in my collection but haven't tried it on the deck yet. I played quite a lot of the original Project Cars, which has a career mode, but that one is just seemingly linear progression, "moving up" in the series. It's unfortunately lacking the entire car collecting aspect, checking which of your cars works for a specific event/series, and if none fits, "go shopping" for a car that does.

I also have Assetto Corsa and Assetto Corsa Competizione on steam, and they are great sims to sit down in front of the tv, set up a wheel and go racing, but they, too, lack the entire car collection aspect. You start a race or series, hop in a car that's provided, and once done, you move on to the next series, abandon the old car, and get in a new one.

Really the best thing I can play is GT4 or Forza 4 on an emulator, and Forza 4 doesn't currently work on the 360 emus :(