You can build macros and chorded combinations with other keys and per-key turbo modes, and like I said, it’s dizzying - and Valve barely explains how any of it works. Choose Properties > Select the Updates tab. and every one of the Deck’s 20-plus programmable controls can issue multiple different commands depending on how and when you press. Open your Steam Library > Under the GTA 5 library page, select Manage. You can click, swipe, flick, and “spin” a virtual trackball press down on their pressure-sensitive surfaces and even set their edges to continually move or turn your character. In addition to providing an entire traditional gamepad worth of analog joysticks, triggers, and face buttons - almost all of which feel fantastic, I might add - you also get four rear grip buttons and a pair of Steam Controller pads so customizable, calling them “trackpads” feels like a disservice.

Okay, you might ask, but all the games I just named have gamepad support - what about the decades of mouse-and-keyboard fare? The Steam Deck lets you borrow or build a dizzying array of custom control schemes that make them feel at home, too. I just added a 512gb SD card to my steam deck and the first thing I did was migrate all 110GB of GTA5 over to it.

Gta 5 steam deck