
I’m not entirely sure why I installed this. Is not all that difficult once one gets into the rhythm of parrying and attacking.

The “souls-like” tag gave me some pause but I decided to give it a go anyway. It’s a bit on the stringent side, I think, but kind of fun once I got the hang of it. Is a fun rhythm game in which the cues to press the button are completely in the environment and vary from stage to stage. You just swim through essentially a linear river with almost nothing to do. The artstyle is nice but there’s absolutely no gameplay here. It’s also an absolutely stunning 2D Soulslike, specifically in the vein of Sekiro. Nine Sols works beautifully without tinkering except for an opening video that doesn’t play, but I don’t really know if that’s Steam Deck related. As a result I can’t really say what I think about it but given its a rhythm game I’m probably going to pass this one up. I haven’t had a chance to really tinker with it to make it work. It also stuttered a bit and then crashed a couple times. It needs control adjustments, especially analogue stick sensitivity. Metal Hellsinger isn’t quite working on Steam Deck with default settings.

Paper Trails works on Steam Deck with a modified control scheme that maps the mouse to the analogue sticks. Also dying is hilarious because the enemies have the best dance moves! If you are looking for Hotline Miami in first person and a lot of kicking, this will be your jam.

It doesn’t quite hit 60 fps, so I played it at a locked 30fps without any issue. Anger Foot plays well on Steam Deck, right out of the box.
