[nonesuchluck]

Yeah, the capacitive touch screen feels really tetchy and imprecise. Frustrating to use, even for simple card games with large touch targets (ex. Dicey Dungeons).

But I've found the dual thumb pads to be surprisingly good for mouse input. And with the inbuilt controller mapping software (WASD etc), I don't even need mouse all that much. I've been playing a little bit of Guild Wars 2, which doesn't even support controller input in the options. With a community-made control mapping provided in Steam, it works surprisingly well for casual adventuring (probably not for PvP).

[bpye]

My experience is similar. I’ve been playing through the original Deus Ex on my Steam Deck using the touch pads. Of course the game has no controller input and the input scheme is generally pretty dated, but it works well enough on the Steam Deck to be enjoyable.

[goosedragons]

Me too. It probably isn't precise enough for multiplayer FPS or RTS games but for single player experiences I've been pretty impressed.