Steam Gun is a gun-shaped accessory that lets you play your favorite FPS on Valve’s Steam Deck.
What a wonderful console is the Steam Deck, a cross between the Nintendo Switch and a gaming PC. Faced with its enormous success, Valve is even thinking of its successor! Other companies are picking up the slack to cash in on the popularity of a medium like the one behind the Steam Gun. An accessory that takes the form of a gun and allows you to play FPS in motion game mode!
The perfect accessory for FPS?
We all remember rail shooters, once popular games on arcade machines and consoles that allowed shooting pistols and other plastic guns. A concept taken up by Steam Gun which, as its name suggests, is intended for Steam Deck. Sold at the approximate price of 188 dollars at this address, this accessory allows the player to aim and shoot with this replica rifle. A video allows us to discover how the Steam Gun works.
For its operation, Steam Gun always uses a joystick for movement. By resting on the gyroscopic capabilities of the Steam Deck, the accessory allows you to aim and shoot like a real rifle. Therefore, the use is very intuitive and easy. The existence of such a product shows that companies have an interest in Valve’s console capabilities.
Despite these good points, there are still negative elements. For starters, the price is still quite high for an accessory that is not particularly essential and that seems a little cheap. Not to mention, a handful of games can take advantage of it. Second, is your design strong enough to prevent that the dear Steam Deck falls to the ground? The video shows us that the player must remain standing for a better immersion, we rarely use a firearm sitting from his sofa. At least for this type of rifle!
This Steam Gun shows us that the Steam Deck is a technology incubator. It remains to be seen if other accessories will follow and if this fake rifle will be a hit with FPS enthusiasts.