Handheld Pc reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 373 Reddit reviews across 22 subreddits and 54 posts to rank the best Handheld Pc brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/gaming, r/Handhelds, r/SBCGaming, r/CozyGamers, r/indotech. Top-rated brands include Steam Deck (4.5/5), Valve (4.4/5), Asus (4.3/5).

Stats

Reviews373

Subreddits22

Posts54

Brands42

Products48

Top communities

r/gaming136 r/Handhelds101 r/SBCGaming50 r/CozyGamers26 r/indotech9

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Steam Deck

4.5

(85)

"If you want a handheld, I cannot recommend the Steam Deck enough."

"Steam Deck for versatility and best price to performance ratio."

"I can only speak for the steam deck which is amazing with incredible support."

"I have a steam deck and I love it. Looks great, works great."

"Get a steam deck."

"Trackpads are fucking amazing for strategy games so I’d do steamdeck any day."

"If you’re looking for something versatile with solid performance, I’d suggest checking out the Steam Deck OLED."

"If I had to do it all over again I would have just gone with the Steamdeck oled."

"I just recommend steam deck is easily the best handheld console."

"I adore my OLED Steam Deck."

Valve

4.4

(46)

"The steam deck is a very good and balanced choice indeed. Good performance, good price, good software support."

"For the cost and ease of use, it was a no brainier to get a SD. It can play a good 90% of everything on Steam and emulation is super easy with emudeck."

"Steam Deck OLED (I own)"

"Steam Deck OLED for the screen, battery life, and ease of use."

"Dont get the wannabe steamdecks they are dogshit. get a steamdeck, you'll be more grateful for having bought one."

"The Steamdeck. It has the most console-like features, the easiest UI, and lowest price point."

"Steam Deck LCD is great! I’ve had it for 2 years and have been happy with it ever since."

"I absolutely love my Steam Deck! I was one of the first people to buy it in the 512GB version. It works just great to this day!"

"Top 3 u could buy, in no specific order 1. SteamDeck 2. SteamDeck, but OLED 3. also a SteamDeck."

"Steamdeck is incredible.. I'm really enjoying the desktop mode on the deck."

Asus

4.3

(38)

"Ive been very satisfied with my asus rog ally."

"If you can comfortably afford it I’d say get Ally X."

"Rog Ally X (best Ryzen based device esp if you wanna use Linux)"

"Ally X for Windows and power."

"ROG Ally X is probably the best mainstream Windows option at the moment that’s readily available."

"Im incredibly satisfied with the ally x"

"Asus Ally X, I just got one last week it’s been a huge step up compared to the Steam Deck."

"I use the ROG Ally. Windows based so it supports steam, native gamepass installs, and gamepass cloud gaming."

"Im loving the Ally X so far , especially that absolutely clean and beautiful design"

"In my opinion it’s the Ally X. Sleek beautiful design, very solid screen, great performance with the Z1X, dual USB C ports, very fast charging, and 2-3 hour minimum battery for AAA titles is insane."

ROG

4.2

(37)

"Go ally x. The VRR display and z1 extreme chip are at the top of the market currently."

"Rog ally x is the goat."

"You get the console-like experience of the Steam Deck but with the much powerful hardware of the ROG Ally X. It’s a near perfect experience imo."

"ROG Ally X."

"In terms of performance, Ally outperforms Steam Deck in every possible way."

"If you can get a used/open box ROG Ally X, that’s your best option."

"I think the Ally X with Bazzite OS sideloaded would be the overall best."

"Rog ally X better."

"Ally X has double the battery life of any of the handhelds."

"Rog all is the best option, it’s more compact and can use an RTX 4090 graphics card."

Steam

4.1

(28)

"Steam Deck, touch padnya bagus banget buat daily use."

"Valve did a ton of work optimizing the steam deck and the overall user experience."

"Having a good quality trackpad-mouse makes PC games so much more comfortable to play."

"The steam deck just cannot be beaten on price, community and ergonomics."

"The build/design quality of the deck is miles above the Ally I can tell you that."

"I'm a little bias but the Steam Deck is the best."

"I had a kid two months ago and it's saved my life."

"The four back buttons and the two track pads on the Deck are basically required for my use case."

"I love it. It’s easy to use and has a huge library of games."

"Just make sure you get the OLED version."

Lenovo

4.1

(27)

"Get the legion go 2. It is the very best"

"Legion Go is best overall unless you want a smaller screen and thus lighter hand held."

"I bought the Lenovo Legion Go and now it’s my go to for playing FM. It’s genuinely really good and I don’t regret the purchase one bit."

"Legion Go for it's bigger screen, trackpad and kickstand."

"I’ve been using a Lenovo legion go and love it. No issues"

"Legion Go has a big screen. 8 inches and it's gorgeous. Plus, it has more power than a Steamdeck."

"I recommend waiting for the Z1E model of the Legion Go S to drop"

"Lenovo go if you want windows and more power"

"Legion go if you want more laptop with handheld possibility."

"Upcoming Legion Go 2 could be a real challenger."

ROG Ally

4.3

(16)

"I have a rog ally Z1 extreme and I haven’t played on my PS5... I play Black Ops 6 with my ally connected to a portable monitor and it runs extremely well."

"I'd recommend getting the ally Z1 extreme, pick one up cheap secondhand and see how much you use it."

"After I got my Rog Ally, my steam deck lasted for a while then completely eating dust."

"Ally X if you want to dock it as a windows computer and want power."

"I bought the rog ally just for the purpose of playing bdo if I am abroad."

"The best option would be the rog ally."

"My Ally gets a lot more use."

"My ally beats my wife's SteamDeck performance wise."

"I went for a Rog Ally and have had 0 issues."

"ROG Ally."

Legion

4.0

(14)

"The tablet mode is really helpful compared to Ally X."

"Legion Go, because it is very portable when the controller is removed."

"I've got a legion go and by and large not experienced any problems."

"I'll make an argument for the Legion Go. I have one and I love it."

"LegionGo runs bdo well."

"Legion GO is a lot nicer in just about every aspect."

"I sold my steam deck for a legion go. Simple reason is that I play a lot of non steam games."

"Legion go is better but I keep my steamdeck around in another part of the house."

"I had my eyes on the Legion Go as it's bigger in the screen."

"I started out with the original lcd deck then sold it for the oled then sold the oled for a legion go."

Legion Go

4.2

(10)

"I love my Legion Go, and sold my Steam Deck OLED to get it."

"Legion go with bazzite installed on it is the way to go for me."

"Legion Go udah ada kickstand."

"Pilihannya antara legion go atau rog ally yg baru."

"Very happy with the Go now."

"If you're willing to do an OS install, the Legion Go can run Bazzite."

"The Legion Go feels like a proper second PC, it's mirrored all my desktop PC settings."

"Damn it feels really good to hold and looks so nice!"

"The legion go is the best option for versatility."

"The best is probably lenovo legion go."

#10

ROG Ally X

4.4

(9)

"Asus ROG ally x is an incredible handheld."

"Rog ally x is the best by far."

"I went with the Rog Ally X, and I love it!"

"Currently it's Rog Ally X from purely hardware perspective."

"Kalo skenarionya dicolok monitor, Ally X. RAM lebih gede."

"I spent days on this question and I concluded 'it depends'."

"Ally X is objectively the best but some prefer the OS of the Steam Deck."

"Ally X if you dont have a gaming pc. Steam deck if you have one."

"ROG Ally X, hands down."

#11

Onexplayer

4.2

(6)

"Onexflypro with the new amd ai 9 and hx 370 it gives you better performance than any other handheld at way lower tdp"

"Onexfly f1 pro"

"The best current handheld is the oneXplayer, but it’s expensive and has worse battery life than the current ally X."

"Onexplayer f1 pro"

"Performance wise the one x f1 pro probably it has the hx370 chip and will basically perform almost the same."

"The onexplayer f1 pro is smaller than the steam deck and will play everything."

#12

ASUS

3.8

(6)

"Catch an ROG Ally Z1E version on sale at best buy."

"Secondhand Ally Z1E would be my recommendation"

"I second and Ally Z1 Extreme."

"Rog Ally Z1 Extreme when it’s discounted to $450 USD at BestBuy"

"Rog ally z1 extreme used from eBay."

"Ally z1e is like 150 more vs oled but I hear it's SD card has problem with damage and that the battery is bad."

#13

MSI

4.4

(5)

"MSI CLAW 8 is the best overall right now, in every category including performance."

"MSI Claw 8+ is the best overall in pretty much every aspect."

"MSI Claw 8 (if you can get one)"

"MSI Claw 8 and Ally X"

"The new MSI Claw handhelds. Specifically the 7 AI+ and 8 AI+, they do outperform the Ally-X in a lot of situations."

#14

Logitech

4.8

(4)

"Logitech G Cloud is the most reliable of all. Insane battery life, fantastic controls and screen"

"Logitech G Cloud is built exactly for that purpose."

"Find a cheap Logitech g cloud, battery life is insane, comfortable with huge screen"

"I have an Logitech G Cloud and like it a lot."

#15

Ayaneo

3.8

(5)

"I like Ayaneo 3 modular build"

"But the screen is beeauutiful and I got it on sale so I’m very happy"

"Ayaneo 3 looks to be the best right now for me"

"Went with an Ayaneo Air, had it for a few years now, use it everyday."

"I heard mixed reviews about it and some complaints about the battery life. High end games last less than 1 hour on it."

#16

GPD Win 4

4.3

(3)

"I would look into the GPD WIN 4 had mine for like a year now."

"Personally I'd recommend the GPD Win 4 over those others."

"GPD Win 4. It’s similar to the ROG ally, in that it runs windows and has similar, if not better, specs."

#17

GPD

4.0

3.5

3.0

(1)

"Ayaneo Next Lite might be what you are looking for, though maybe on the bigger side of things."

#42

Lenovo, Acer

3.0

(1)

"Legion go or if you hate yourself, the Acer nitro blaze 11 as big as the name."

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