Customer Ratings & Reviews

As someone who builds PCs for a living, this little powerhouse packs all the essentials.

After reading reviews and first-hand accounts of the ROG Ally having issues with the SD Card reader, and purchasing/returning two open-box handhelds that has that I decided to buy it again once it went on sale. Been playing on it for a couple of hours a week and compared to before, the updates have helped with the overheating and keeping the SD card reader from burning out. I like the ergonomics of it and smaller size than the Steam Deck. I'll update this if anything pops up in long-term usage.

It’s good it works it’s nice to have when you can’t use your pc

This handheld is honestly one of the best on the market for its price!

Great portable gaming device. Perfect for gaming on the go. Battery and storage are a small drawback but portable cloud gaming makes up for ant drawbacks.

Any worries you have about buying this device go out the window immediately, it’s simple to use and so many YouTube videos to help guide you and if you’re ever having any gameplay issues you do a few tweaks and problem solved

Awesome handheld device for traveling or home usage.

Very nice handheld and can support bigger title games which was something I was looking for and also a plus how you can hook it up to a monitor!

Amazing device and saved another $100 or so by getting an open box version. The console was in excellent condition, just as advertised. Easy purchase and pick up options. Highly recommend for anyone looking to play AAA PC games on the couch or in bed without hogging the tv.

I was looking for something with performance of a console, portability and simplicity of a console. This checks all those boxes. I give the simplicity aspect a 7.5 out of 10 because its a Windows device, but I can easily see that as new updates rollout simplcity will only increase. This is a must buy for the gamer on the go.

I bought this device about 6 months ago. I use it on my off days from work and I enjoyed it when i played. I am never rough on my devices, i buy cases, screen protectors, bumper protectors, etc. But this device is waaay to expensive for all the problems ive had. On day 1, something was already loose in the top left trigger and an audible rattle was present. Got that fixed. Then i decided to buy an SD card for the device and it worked great until the SD card reader stopped working and would no longer work. Figured it may have been a bios issue or a software issue. I updated the bios and got my ally working again, including the SD card reader. I then installed all my games and got my device ready for a trip. I played with the ally and all my games for several days leading up to my trip with zero issues. Then the day of my trip, my ally wouldnt turn on. I tried charging it, using the included charger and many different chargers and nothing happened. No power at all. I was reading on the asus forums and apparently, these issues are very common. They posted various tips and tricks to help get my ally back to life, including: holding the power button and all various button combos for 30 secs, nothing. I opened the back and disconnected the battery to let everything just, reset.. nothing. The device was completely dead for no reason at all. Its very infuriating that a device this expensive would have so many issues. Issues that shouldnt even be a problem, like the SD card reader not working?? How long have we had SD cards?? Lemme tell you, long enough to where issues like this should not happen. Then for the device to just be dead for no reason at all after me using it just hours before? C'mon. Its completely unacceptable. Luckily i got the 3 year warranty on the device. But im out 300$ for the warranty now. Waste of time and money. Ill be upgrading to either the oled steam deck or the lenovo go.

Coming from console gaming, this required a little setup and getting used to Windows, but it exceeded my expectations on user experience and performance. Steam, xbox gamepass all work great.

Super easy to use. Asus software takes a bit to learn. I haven’t found a game that won’t run on it yet.

I like this but it’s not something anyone needs. Works well in its use case and I’m happy with it. Looking forward to the x and all future improvements.

The ROG Ally is a great portable gaming PC, being able to play games like Cyberpunk 2077, Jedi Survival, Starfield, Forza Horizon 5, Hogwarts Legacy among many other AAA games on the go natively is just amazing, also its just perfect for emulation, you won't regret it.

One of the best purchases I’ve made. The power of a gaming desktop, in a portable handheld. I can easily take on trips and put down if the toddler needs me. Plug it into a dock and you’ve got a legit gaming PC.

Best thing to kill time away from computer. Only flaw would be battery life but we don’t need to play too much games if we’re outing

Unlike any other handheld consoles the whopping 120Hz refresh rate makes this product a no brainer when it comes to buy it. The only downside is battery life, but if you know your way around it it’s no problem because with 15w of power instead of 25 and a external powerbank you can get 3-4 of constant gameplay.

Love it. Compared to having the Steam deck this blows it out of the water. Screen, power, and aesthetics. Be mindful that since it's a new product, there are some issues you will face. Like currently the mSD card reader issue frying mSD cards, but if you're not going to use an mSD card or don't care. Buy this handheld.

It's a good console overall, but I decided to return it. The RB button wasn’t working properly, which was a big issue for me. Personally, I think the Legion Go is a better option compared to this one.