Customer Ratings & Reviews

I am very happy with my purchase, the Asus Ally addressed all my personal issues with the Steam Deck (screen, game pass support, speakers) Now the biggest elephant in the room is is it better than a Steam Deck? Honestly it depends on you as a gamer. If you are going to want to play more AAA games then the Ally all day. If you want simplicity, comfort, and still play most games the Steam Deck is the winner. I believe long term the Steam Deck will be the winner but the Ally is a wonderful device to add a touch of competition. In terms of the reviewss saying its buggy. I guess not many of them used a steam deck within the first six months of release.

A great portable system. I love taking it to work with me. Only thing I wish for is a longer battery life while unplugged

easily best investmant I've made. It goes everywhere with me. Yes, the battery life could be better and the screen a little larger but it's been ideal.

Love this little monster! I was finding myself getting more and more into emulation, but I wanted to take my Steam experience away from the desk too. The couch, bed, you know, the Switch life, but PC master race style. Any of the negative talking points to the Ally are mostly subjective and speak to how the user intends to care for their tech. I purchased a dock for my TV that supports turbo 30w and extra I/O. All that flexibility, and I don't have to pack my "laptop bag" when I travel. Got it open-boxed at a great price. Win, win, win.

First of all, I got this on release day as an impulse buy. Had no idea about it nor did I do any research. I own two Assus laptops and have been very happy. I mean its Asus! How bad can it be? Well, pretty bad it turns out. The product is made out of cheap feeling plastic. The joysticks have no tension at all. I have no idea how they get back in center position on their own. I literally can't feel it move sometimes. The thing gets very hot and loud. Battery life is insanely bad, just keep it plugged in. There is a 3 sec delay to register input 80% of the time. Armoury crate is an abomination, but I already knew that. If I knew that's what they used I would have never purchased it. I have only Steam installed because when trying to install other platforms like Ubisoft I literally can't type in my login info. It simply doesn't register. Same goes for Rockstar and GOG Galaxy. After reading the reviews I have come to realize that, apparently, it is perfectly acceptable to charge $699 plus tax and be a beta tester for Asus. People are expecting that the device will be great in about a year (assuming Asus dedicates enough effort into maintaining and improving this product) and thus rating the device positively. Maybe I'm old school but for this kind of money I expect a premium feeling device with smooth user experience and top notch performance. You literally get none of that with this device. Complete trash. Will be returning it.

Better display and more power than the Steam Deck. Yes, Windows isn’t ideal, but its fine. More compatibility than SteamOS. Battery isn’t great but adults know how to manage.

Great console, easy to play, well build, very good sound and handling.

[Employee of bestbuy] I've tested several gaming handheld devices, and this is still my Go To. More expensive than a Steam Deck, but your paying for extra quality and performance. The only reason this isn't 5 stars is the faulty SD Card slot, but honestly I'd never use it anyway.

Tinkerers dream. I really enjoy playing games. Its a lot more powerful than the steam deck even though battery lige is pretty bad

Great device. FIFA 23 works perfectly at 900p. Battery life is bad. Barely lasts 1hr15min playing FIFA.

I love the light weight, color, and display. The only complaint is the buttons and joysticks aren't that good.

Way better than steam deck. Every game i want to play i play it without having to do a bunch of stuff to make it work. It just works!

As someone who is a pc gamer and have tried many portable options (steam deck, asus flow z13, laptops and nintendo switch), I can truly say that this device has the most power. My steam deck runs windows as well and has a hard time playing cod but the ally can on low medium settings. To be able to add the asus egpu will better expand the chances for higher resolution and ugraded settings. I would recommend this device to others but as long as you know how to work windows to get the best out of your experience.

I’ve been having handhelds since the game boy so I know how far the handheld gaming industry has come. If you are new to PC make sure you watch as many videos as possible. It can be a bit tricky for a novice with no patience. It can run anything thrown at in and has ton of customization. Main drawbacks are the battery(which is to kinda be expected), not the greatest thumb sticks in the world( you get use to them, and eventually someone will come out with 3rd party ones). I mean it truly is a handheld gaming pc. Have some patience with it and you should enjoy this ride as I am. PS….My wife loves it and she never liked gaming at all!

I have a number of handhelds now including the steam deck and oneXplayer mini 6800u. After using this about a few weeks I can say this is by far the better machine. The cooling alone and how quiet it is when using it makes it the best as of now. You can get more fps due to the ability to raise the power in the armory crate manual mode. I normally play plugged in and it can boost to 50w making this thing put out higher fps than all other competitors.I would definitely recommend this to anyone!

This thing is very light. I love how it looks. I appreciate being able to navigate windows with the thumb sticks. VRR is a nice thing to have as well.

Other than windows being jank, it's a great pc handheld! Played my games well and I didn't run into to many issues. The battery could be better and the asus interface needs some finessing, but if it's on sale and you don't already have a pc handheld then this is a great option.

Love it. Up to now I play anything I’ve been wanting to play. Which the battery life was longer.

really cool portable gaming pc quality is good and the softwares are super good so far no issue and it runs most of my steam games

Amazing. Have a library of PC games that I have not been able to play due to time constraints, kids and work etc. So being able to play on the go with this portable beast is a pleasure. Armoury crate seems to work very well, would take some of the critic reviews with a pinch of salt since they are mostly outdated with the number of updates that Asus have been delivering. There has been an issue with the SD card, it did seem strange that the bios I was running would allow the system to run at 90C. I purposely avoided this and since they have released an updated bios that runs with much louder fan profile and lower temperatures