Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this as an open-box deal and saved a little over $100 off MSRP. In my opinion, the Legion Go S (SteamOS) is the best handheld you can get right now. It may not have OLED, but it does support VRR, which I think is more important on a handheld. Performance is excellent, and upgrading the SSD isn’t too difficult. Just clone your existing SSD to the new one (you’ll need an enclosure), swap it in, and don’t panic if the screen stays black for a minute—it will eventually boot and startup times will be much faster. The 8" screen size feels perfect. By comparison, the 7" ROG Ally X is too small, and the 7.4" Steam Deck OLED is close but not quite there. I added Dbrand joystick covers and the KillSwitch case (highly recommended), plus a matte screen protector since the display is very reflective. This isn’t my primary gaming device, so raw performance isn’t my top priority—I just wanted something more powerful than the Steam Deck OLED. SteamOS is also a much better handheld experience than Windows, especially since Windows sleep mode is still unreliable. My advice: only buy this on sale, ideally open-box. At full MSRP, it’s overpriced.

This is ALMOST perfect. The performance is definitely there but I truly wish it had a bigger battery. Other than that this is an amazing handheld.

With STEAMos and the Z1 extreme chip, this handheld is pretty fast at playing games. I feel like for the money spent, it was worth it. I can play metro exodus, south of midnight, and several other newer games and they look great on the screen here, not to nenthon it feels great in hand. It may not be for everyone, but being a busy dad of a two year old, its for me. A good way to still get to enjoy what i love!

Got it on sale for Black Friday and I will it handles all the games that I throw at it. The fans actually don’t bother me as others say in their reviews but the battery life does suck so I have to play with the charger plugged in. I will say if this device had a larger touchpad it would be amazing

I’ve been using it non stop. It’s amazing. I wish there was a way the battery lasted more but it’s still amazing. Great quality and silent.

Absolutely incredible. I travel for work and this thing is awesome. Great performance and awesome emulation machine. Battery life is ok

Really good quality and the screen is really good I have a lot of fun with it, but the battery life could be better but I have a lot of fun playing spider man on it I would really recommend this if you want a handheld PC.

Been wanting to find a portable platform to play steam games on the go for a while now. Was between this item, Asus Rog, and Steam Deck. I have been very happy with this platform, running most of my steam library on medium graphics settings, some games run maxed out. The battery life depends on the game your playing with most of the time I can play about 6-7 1/2 hours before having to get on the charger. The screen resolution is very sharp with the ergonomic profile fitting great in hands. If you are between this and steam deck, I would choose this option for convenience, ergonomics, and display size.

Please keep in my the size of your hands. I have average sized hands for a woman, with slightly short thumbs, but nothing crazy. Yet it was impossible to comfortably game on this. I am so sad that I had to return it because the screen was gorgeous, steam os was great, I really liked it. Yes, the tiny touchpad was slightly difficult to use, but I would have loved to keep this. However, this was apparently made only for people with large hands in mind because I tried playing for ages on several different games and, not only did it *hurt* my hands to use, the buttons were spaced in such a way as to make me clumsy with my gaming. I've not had this issue on other controllers, including the Xbox controller, something about this was just not made for anyone with average or small hands to use. All the reviews that say this is ergonomic actually mean it's only ergonomic for, let's be honest, male hands, which is an absolute shame that they couldn't find a middle ground for the button spacing.

I honestly love this thing. My PC took a dive after a power surge and this thing is trucking along nicely. There are a few things you should watch out for that I didn’t realize were a problem at first. The first and most noticeable being to make sure that you are set up with “performance” preferred rather than “power saving.”

I rarely take the time to write a review for a product unless the product was so bad that i felt i should warn other possible buyers. But this product is so good i feel anyone and everyone should be aware. Outstanding performance delivered by solid hardware and a gaming focused Operating system. This thing has reinvigorated my love of gaming and i play games now more that i have in a long time. Great for playing in bed, great for playing at a friends house, great when connected to the tv in performance mode and great on a flight in low power mode.

I own a steam deck oled as well as this one and i got to say leveno legion go s with steam os is were its at . Good performance as well it plays and looks so good . I recommend it for anyone that is in the market looking for a handheld and steam is where it's at.

This in my opinion is the best handheld on the market as of now. Definitely worth it. Has made me start gaming a lot more. From the ergonomics to the ease of use and power. This thing has loaded every game I've thrown at it right up and played amazing with little to no tweaks.

I held off on buying steam decks for a while because I didn’t see the value and at first glance they did not seem to offer much value. Fast forward a few years and I will say that the technology has come a long way. This steam deck is more powerful than my current laptop. It is quieter and more portable. I did a lot of research on the best steam deck for the price and this is the one. I can play the most current AAA games better than I could on my 2024 g17 Asus ROG. Paired with a compatible docking station this will replace your console as well. If you are on the fence about buying a steam deck you will not be disappointed with this purchase.

I really enjoy this device. Honestly the fan noise isn’t nearly as loud as people complain about and considering I don’t play too far from an outlet, battery life is great. My gaming time is between 2-4 hours at most and the charging is super quick. I think if you’re waffling between steamos or windows, just know the software is going to keep updating and approving. So I think it’s perfect. Are their certain triple A games you might not be able to play on this? Sure but then you should get the other or the rog ally if you want windows. For the games I play and enjoy, this works perfectly and honestly a device I can game on for years into the future. I feel safe playing on this device versus the Xbox rog ally or the legion go 2. This is a happy upgrade from the switch. I could have gotten the steam deck for a lower price but I think this is like having the steam deck 2. You really don’t need oled when the screen looks this good.

Great console, for an everyday gamer, nice materials and performance so far.

Wanted this as an upgrade to my Steam Deck OLED — bigger screen and more RAM is noticeable. Its definitely a beefier device than the Deck, but its so comfortable to hold that you’d never notice. Only complaint is that there aren’t many accessories for it, particularly cases, which makes transporting it a little bit of a pain.

for me this was an amazing device the grips, device size, responsiveness, layout, IPS panel, plus the steamos was great so no bloated windows. with steamos being bases on linux you do lose out on some games but that wasnt a deal breaker for me. only 2 downsides for me was the tiny trackpad my hands are not that small lol, and the battery life/size older/indie games was fine but when it comes to the newer higher end games will drain its battery really quick. some games would only get an hour and a half before it died. if i was only using it at home where i had access to chargers i would have kept it easily. all in all it was a great little device and looking forward to what these device can achieve in the future.

The Z1 extreme version of the Legion Go S is like a supercharged steam deck. One thing I wish it had was a slightly larger battery though. The extra horsepower also makes docked play more enjoyable.

Other than the trackpad, it is a 5 star product. The trackpad moves fine, but if click it the trackpad detects that small movement sends the cursor flying. Only complaint is your charger has to be at least a 45W charger or it will not even try to charge. Prices are all over the place, so I would wait or buy an open box.