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Anonymous11/13/25, 13:26No.2234272Steam Machine & STRATEGY games
How well you think this will perform on strategy games (and specifically the unoptimized garbage Paracuck keeps propping up)? Specs-wise it looks fine, though I don't know how well SteamOS runs games made for Windows.
Also even though VR is typically viewed as a meme gadget, imagining the entire world projected on my living room wall for me to paint gives me a massive hard on. What do you guys think?
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Anon11/13/25, 13:57No.2234367
I'll be honest chief, i have no idea. The last thing i remember about VR strategy was a UE4 fan remake of Red Alert 2, it looked promising, but The Corporation of Evil™ shut it down.
Although, i bet that something like VR Black & White would go insanely hard.
VR is still an unexplored field, decades after its initial inception and a decade after its rapid resurgence, but stuff like apple vision make the whole idea sound cringy as fuck. Its not 90's or 2000's anymore and developers rarely try pushing the envelope, and even if they do, most of the time they are shut down by publishers who want only profits, most of the time at the expense of the quality, or even consoomers who don't want innovation but to just simply consoom cheap copies of what they have already played even if said copies are billion times worse and less innovative if not outright downgrades by the standards of the game they are trying to copy. Perhaps we won't see any progress until the inevitable second crash.
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Anon11/13/25, 14:02No.2234379
why does this crap even exist? it will be useless and dead on arrival
even as it gets worse, there is still zero reason to use a non-windows pc for gaming and huge reasons to use one
they might as well have called it the terraria machine because the only games people will play on it will be stuff like that
>vr
exists for coomers
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Anon11/13/25, 14:03No.2234389
>still no vr strategy game
I am mad
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Anon11/13/25, 14:40No.2234468
EU 5 will probably run fine on it on medium-high grafix
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Anon11/13/25, 21:32No.2235417
Strategy vidya are generally not very demanding, like the older ones and assorted indies, especially turn-based. I'm sure a non-trivial number of anons do gaming on worn-out old junk possessing a mere fraction of this thing's performance.
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Anon11/16/25, 15:34No.2241640
Its good for strategy games.
>specifically the unoptimized garbage Paracuck keeps propping up
It will run but not good.
>I don't know how well SteamOS runs games made for Windows.
Modern games no problem. Start launching 10 year old games like Far Cry 4 you will run into problems.
Proton really doesnt like certain games but it works with most. I would assume their goal in making these SteamBoxes would be the same as Steam Decks: Make a simple platform where the specs are mostly the same and optimize the software side for it.
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Anon11/17/25, 01:37No.2242878
I don’t think that strategy gamers are the target audience. The box is for people that have a PC, but want to come out of their bedroom on occasion and play something like a shooter on their bigger screen in the living room without having to purchase an overpriced console, a second copy of a game locked to said console, and some stupid membership to play it online.It’s basically just an alternative to using a steam deck with a dock. And with that in mind I could see myself picking one up if the price is appropriate. Might be more accessible for people who have families and don’t want to be locked away in a separate room too.
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Anon11/17/25, 01:58No.2242909
i think itll be fine, but idk.
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Anon11/17/25, 02:56No.2242983
>new steam controller
Best thing out of these for strategy games. The trackpad is incredible for mouse movement. I remember on the OG steam controller advertisement they showed someone playing cities skylines since a trackpad is just so much better than a joystick for mouse movement
As for the machine, it's hard to say since "strategy games" covers such a huge selection. It should be more powerful than the deck and it runs the same OS, so if any game is certified to run on deck I see no issues with running on the steam machine
The frame though, don't bother getting a VR headset if you just plan on using it as a monitor. remember that 2160x2160 is the resolution of the entire periphery, not just the virtual screen displaying your game. Just put that money into a better monitor
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Anon11/21/25, 21:15No.2253607
Weirdly the only strategy games I've had issues with were 2D games. Used to have issues with Panzer Corps 1 and Capitalism Lab, but those work now.
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Anon11/28/25, 14:37No.2267351
Not gonna lie can't wait to play EUV on my couch