My SO and I have been having a lot of fun playing co-op games on the Steam Deck connected to the TV. We recently finished Split Fiction and I'm looking for the next cool experience to try out. We enjoy casual co-op games, nothing too hard or violent. EDIT: pixel art is apparently a big turnoff for her so that's out as well.

Games We Enjoyed:

Split Fiction
It takes two
Untitled Goose Game

Games that flopped:

Stardew Valley - She is open to "farming" games but doesn't enjoy the energy management aspect of the game. It also gave her motion sickness, somehow
Overcooked / Moving out - We enjoy these games but as they start to get more chaotic and hard, the enjoyment goes way down
Ibb & Obb - A bit dull and samey
Portal - Gives me serious motion sickness, completely unplayable
Lego Lord of the Rings - I'm a lord of the rings fan but I hated the gameplay for this game, I found it to be so boring. We quit after an hour or so.

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[–] pedro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A way out. Two criminals escaping prison, made by the Same studio as it takes two and split fiction. Full of mini games along the way like the other two and my god the story made me laugh with it's ridiculousness. it's definitely not as good as it takes two or split fiction but well worth a go imo

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The steam deck status is unfortunately unsupported. Otherwise it would be a great fit.

[–] H4CK3RN4M3D4N63R570RM@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In case you're comfortable trying a couple things out it does work for some on steam deck. ProtonDB link

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Tinkering is fine, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

A Way Out is marked as "Playable" by Valve, mainly because of Origin (or EA App nowadays?) and some quirks with the controls. Should play just fine though and once in-game controllers should be well supported.

[–] pulido@lemmings.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hm. I was able to play it without issue on my Linux computer.

I don't see a reason why the Steam Deck would be unable to play it or have any issues that I didn't.

If buying it is a concern (which it should be), you can always torrent it.