Customer Ratings & Reviews

It runs all the new latest AAA games like Starfield like a charm. If you need a gaming system but don't have time or a dedicated space to set up your gaming rig this is the machine for you. Only downside for me is the battery life which isn't that good.

The ROG Ally is a great Windows handheld gaming device that lets you play most PC games anywhere you want. I have used it mainly when I'm traveling to catch up on a huge backlog of games that I haven't been able to get around to playing. The controls are smooth and everything works well. Asus does a great job updating the system to keep it working at it's best.

Great product I love it and how good it is at handling certain games, although storage leaves a lot to be wished. The internal storage fills up rather quickly depending on the systems you use for playing or streaming therefore I had to buy external memory card, but it is doing excellent so far and the amount of things you can do with the ROG Ally is very vast as it works and behaves exactly as a computer so it will be very easy to get the hang of it for new users, but there are few things it can’t handle well, understandingly because the processor is not then best of the best but it is quite decent in my opinion and I’m loving it so far for gaming on the go and daily use.

Amazing PC windows small factor video console. Not perfect due that is windows and not so easy to use as the Steam Deck. Obviously more powerful with the amazing option to add a eGPU and get extra graphics power. I think windows needs to start developing a system exclusively for PC handheld/laptop/Desktop gaming OS System. This is the way.

Great performance, display, and value. 120Hz screen makes a big difference on indie games (love playing Hollow Knight on it). One think that certainly could be better is battery life. Getting 1-2 hours with AAA titles and 3-4 with less demanding games. Hopefully software updates will improve this over time. I truly love it other than that!

It won't disappoint you like a steam deck would sorry steamdeck but im being real here. I ditched my 3080ti and ryzen 9 7900x to full time the ROG Ally and well im not sad. I play mw3 at 70fps at medium setting with fsr 3.0 1080p and it runs smooth. With more games being optimized things are starting to get better. Beam ng drive runs at 60fps but needs some software updates as it does feel a little glitchy, but it runs wayyy better than the steamdeck does. Overall runs all my games and i have quite a few. Maybe good to mention that i prefer image quality more than fps so that being sad the settings i run are for good looks and not straight performance. if it didn't satisfy me then i wouldn't be here leaving this review. Just know this was my honest review and i would hate for someone to ditch handhelds. This is the next generation of gaming consoles making it easy to just play a quick game or to sit down and smash hours on your favorite titles.

I’ve had this product for almost 2 years now and it has been great ! Yes the battery life could be improved but honest most of the time that I use it, it never runs out. Storage starts at a great capacity with sd card to expand . Screen size is perfect and overall I have no complaints . Controller format and butting feel great in hand as well . Would recommend .

Pretty solid handheld gaming PC. Lots of folks thought this was a “console” on launch and not a PC so I believe there was quite a bit of confusion initially but now that the smoke has cleared, I’d say the device is pretty good. A few issues I’ve had since Launch (I’m a day 1 owner of the ROG Ally) is the SD card slot died (not a huge deal as I do not use it…mainly an annoyance) and some software bugs. The battery life isn’t that great but at the same time…this is a gaming PC running multiple things at once…not a Nintendo Switch so poor battery life is to be expected while gaming on the go. Overall, it’s a great piece of tech and if you’re in the market for a pretty solid handheld PC, definitely give the Ally a try.

This thing is awesome only two complaints are not enough storage space for game orders like me and the fact you have to keep it plugged in because the battery life. Other than that it plays everything I put on it so far lost Ark tiny Tina’s wonderlands redneck rampage in Dosbox and emulation station. Could use a second USB-C port.

I came from the Lenovo Legion Go to the Ally. I returned my Go and purchased the Ally after not being fully happy with the size and weight. the ROG ALLY is like going back home... I feel more comfortable using it. Falls right on the Gaming niche of Asus stuff. I bought a few weeks a go and I am happy most of the bugs have been sorted out, the Go needs work. but this is what disappoints the most, they launch products and the updates are later, so, lesson learned with New Games and PC Handhelds, wait at least 6 months to buy, you would not enjoy it anyways until all the "updates" or fixes are out and seems that 6 months is a good time period for today's rushed releases. The picture I attached is with the bumper case also sold by Best Buy

This console is very good, it has given me many hours of enjoyment. The bad thing is that it is still very green and has a lot of room for improvement. I think Asus had to put 32 or 24 GB of ram in it to make the games more demanding before super good, but the console is very good that 120hz screen is very nice and sharp

The ROG Ally is a great PC gaming handheld, I was worried about the sd card issue many have experienced, but the newer models are supposed to have fixed this issue and I haven’t had any problems using my 512GB micro SD card. I bought mines open box in excellent condition and this is my first time buying open box and have to say I am very impressed. The Ally was in like new condition and has worked flawlessly. I play on it far more than I ever did with my Steam Deck, I can play all my games with no modifications. I been enjoying it so much I play on it more than my gaming laptop even, and been buying more PC games than I ever have. I am a console gamer and haven’t had any troubles using the Ally even as someone who switched to Mac a couple years ago and is used to the convenience of console software. This has been my favorite handheld experience outside of the Switch since the PS Vita. Now just building up my PC library!

Plays all games smoothly. Also gamepass cloud gaming is perfect for this device. The only negative about this device is the battery life. It usually lasts 1 hour.

I freaking love this device. Way more powerful than the steam deck, and please twice as many games. The only complaint is the battery life but I keep it plugged up.Most of the time, so that's fine

I've had mine since June 11. Coming from a Steam Deck, the screen and speakers are amazing as well as the performance in the Performance and Turbo modes. Haven't had any issues with deadzones or SD cards after a good 60 hours on it the last couple of weeks.

Good but still to improve some other things like the sd card slot probably in another position that can not being defected by the heat of the Ventilator otherwise is a good gaming hand console.

First things first: It's great! Positives: It's quiet It's comfortable It's very versatile Different game launchers are easy to use on this device (+ for the Windows) Negatives: Battery life that's to be expected Armoury Crate is sometimes buggy(already been fixed) It's Windows on a handheld (- for the Windows I've had ROG Ally for two weeks now, and it has surprised me with its capabilities! I have a great gaming PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch + some older consoles... but I wanted a handheld device that could also double as a PC-to-go Biggest surprise was how quiet ROG Ally is in different situations, and how comfortable it is even on high loads and temperatures. Even when the temps go over 90 degrees celsius at some points, the device doesn't get hot at all. It's only hot near the exhaust vents on the top. But I found out if you disable cpu boost the device can run very cool even on big AAA games. Overall I'm more than pleased with the ROG Ally. It is a good handheld, but it also works when you plug it in to a docking station. If you're looking for a pc device look no further this is it.

Yesterday I got my rog ally and came home late after work to boot it up. Just fyi, this thing needs updates here and there and it gets really frustrating at that moment(like armory update, bios update, myasus update, graphics card update, etc) becuase it took almost 2 hours for me to update this newly arrived machine to make it up to date. This made me irritated. I just wanted to play game.. so after all these disaster, I finally installed my favorite game to test this console and it was just phenomenal. The main reason to buy this console was to play djmax respect on steam because my steamdeck couldn’t do constant 60fps and it kept bugging me. I thought this console maybe do little better on turbo mode but i was completely wrong! It can handle 120fps even with 15w performance mode which is great. I thought about taking 1 star off for all these updates hassle but I just can’t after experiencing my favourite game running flawlessly. I give it 5 stars though I wouldn’t really recommend rog ally to the others who don’t really know much about computer becuase this thing is way too complicated for those who never used windows pc.

Excellent console for price, fast shipping! Price to performance this is far better then x version with only minimal upgrades!

If you get one with no hardware issues then this thing is amazing. This is not a switch, nor is it a steam deck. It's a windows laptop in small form with controls. If you go into it with that mind set you'll have a much better time. Once you tweak things the way you want it's great. I have a 25 watt limit (all 3 sliders) in manual mode while plugged in and 18 watt in handheld. I've tweaked it so the CPU does not "boost" so it runs sub 75c even at 25 watts with great performance and hardly any fan noise. However, if you just want something you can "pick up and play" this is definitely not the device, in-fact there will probably never be a windows device like that. Unless windows specifically creates an OS that is tailored to games. You'll need to update drivers, get annoying updates, etc. But after all that is done, this thing shreads games. I loaded up BeamNG (a car game) and on the grid map at medium settings 1080p I'm getting 60-70fps, super smooth and very low input lag. When I bumped it to 720p medium (closer to steam deck) I was getting 80+ the entire time, and even saw 120FPS at one point, that's crazy.