Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is an amazing gaming handheld. Every game ive tried on it worked and it has amazing preformace. The only two things that are not so nice about this is the battery life and the storage if your going to be playing aaa games

So its a good device, great concept and basically a portable gaming pc. The drawbacks are that the sticks are very smooth (i like a little resistance personally), and the sd card reader may just decide to stop working or reading specitic cards. Mine currently stopped reading the sd card i bought specifically for it but that card works fine in other devices and different cards work in it, and sometimes the armory service can load slow or windowd just not want to function properly (had to hold down the power several times because it wouldnt shut fown normally). When it does work, which is usually, its a great little device that runs pretty well. Id wait to see what asus does about these issues before buying if i were you though.

"I love my Asus ally! The performance is on par with my gaming laptop. I highly recommend it for purchase. It's worth every dollar.

This thing is a beast. Run alot of games no problems. Feels good to hold and controlls are in a good position. Screen looks amazing runs at 1080p and 120 htz. Runs windows 11 but has a asus over lay so you can easily control your settings like tdp. Ive had it tor a month and have played it every day no problem. RGB lights around controllers.

For a $400 open box, can’t complain too much. The only downside is battery. Only can last for about an hour on battery.

The Asus Rog Ally is great! It took a little while to figure out the keyboard when needed, but it works great for Steam gaming and browsing if you do not want the Steam Deck!

The heat issue on turbo mode from bios update which lead to ssd overheat in the process what lead to bring back but the device itself and concept is great! Once out for bit longer and main issues are resolved then will probably repurchase again.

Great device,powerful to play almost any game, this is not the switch so at times it takes a little playing around with and battery life is not great. This is my only go to gaming device right now.

I ended up returning this. It was ok but you have to do a lot of tinkering with it to get a lot of games to work. First off the size is ok its a bit bigger than a Nintendo Switch. It is technically portable but the battery life is terrible. About an hour and a half max even playing simple games. My kids like playing Among Us a fairly simple game. They could play it on the phone for 5 to 10 hours but in this its still 90 minutes max. Second after a bios update it got real glitchy. That combined with the low battery life made the decision to return it pretty easy.

Amazing. 0 sd card issue. 0 speaker issue. Intuitive game setup. I loved that this was windows over my steam deck with linux and proton this and update this proton for this or that bleh! If you can run a pc this system is fantastic. Better screen. Better processor. Better gpu. Better memory. Better ssd. Easily worth the extra money.

Sold out everywhere else was able to snag this and very happy with my purchase good device to take on the go just make sure you have a good wifi connection on both ends or it wont connect but feels really good in the hands and not heavy and the screen is beautiful

I am loving having the Ally. It has a very powerful performance with its different TDP profiles. The face buttons feel mushy in a good but the sticks feel kinda loose which I don't like but I haven't had any dead zone with the sticks. the D-Pad feels really good and works well with 2D games and works well for fighting games. the triggers feel excellent and the RB and LB buttons feel better than the steam decks. My only reason for giving it 4 stars is because of the software. Asus does a great job with it but Windows just doesn't feel like it was meant for a handheld but here is where the fun can come in. Because its windows there are so many things you can do to fine-tune the experience. From fine-tuning the TDP with manual mode to setting up controls for games you wanna play in armory crate is awesome. If you are someone who loves to mess with settings and discover things pick this up today!

I love it! It runs wonderfully whatever game I play (after adjusting setting of course). I play a lot of Steam games on the go and this allows me to play them easily.

I really wanted to like the Ally. The plus side of being a Windows device and easily installing games is nice. Clean layout, Great screen, … a lot of nice features! The problems come in with battery life and stability though. I experienced several crashes on Steam games and once where a restart was required to resolve the in-game crash. Battery really feels undersized for this device too. I think what made me return it in the end was the D-pad. I like to play some games that require it and it has a poor placement ergonomically speaking and the tactile feel is subpar for the D-pad. I really liked the device overall but given how much it costs, I would say this device needs another iteration or two before they get my money.

Great starter gaming handheld, a decent upgrade to a steam deck. It can play most games on at least medium settings quite well. Sd card issues and windows are a bit of a draw back, installing Steam OS definitely upgrades the device.

This is my absolute favorite new tech gaming device. I have a PS5 and have not been able to play PC games for years due to having a family. This device now allows me to play both PC titles *and console titles...and being able to do it all MOBILE? I mean, come on. This thing is a powerhouse gaming PC that I can dock to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard anytime I want to use it as a PC or to more easily download or configure it. But when it comes to gaming, hand-held all the way! I really do love this thing. Only BIG advice to any prospective owner is download the software called 'StarAllBack' to change the terrible Windows 11 interfaces back to Windows 10 styling. Besides that? This thing is 10X worth its wait in gold! As far as accessories: Yes, I do think you should purchase a larger HDD to fit more games. Get yourself a 2TB HDD. There's more and more cases as well, which I do also recommend. Also recommend getting a 'dock' so you can use it as a desktop PC or plug into your TV more easily.

Plays great. Way, WAY more power thans Steam Deck. Battery life is poor but no worse than Deck in reality. Being able to use Game Pass, Epic, and other stores without any hoops is a great feature. All-in-all a great device especially for the money.

Was curious about the handheld pc’s and got this one open box. Performance is good if your realistic and dont mind lowering the graphics or resolution for max fps gains. I would recommend this to anyone who likes handheld gaming.

I was actually surprised how well this runs games, I have played pretty straining games and it runs great. Speakers are good quality and can get loud. Doesnt get too hot while playing and the fans are quiet. Screen is very vibrant. All around great product.

Light, portable, good looking with a built in finger print reader and excellent screen. However, the well known Micro SD overheating issue along with my unit frequently freezing made me return mine.