Customer Ratings & Reviews

Having this for almost a minth now and i have very little complaints about the Ally, performance on any game ive tried is great and runs even better when pluged in. Some not so good things is the battery life its about an hour so and it can get veru hot if you arent careful. Other than those its a great portable gaming pc wiuld recommend fully

I wanted my Ally for the ability to play my PC around the house when I don’t want to sit at my deck. To be able to play games in bed or on the couch and it does that perfectly. I truly only have two problems with the Ally. 1) The SD card slot. This has been well documented now that the SD card slot will fail and take your SD card with it. Asus has tried to fix this issue but it still happens and will most likely take a whole redesign to fix. 2) Personally, I am not a fan of the thumb sticks. This may be something I just have to get used but I think they are just meh to ok at best. The battery life is comparable to other handheld PCs but with the included 65w charger, you can have almost a full battery again in about an hour or less. Overall I love my Ally. I would definitely lookup reviews for it to see if it’s something that fits your needs before you send the money.

Awesome device works great will play pretty much any game at decent settings! Insanely easy to upgrade to 2tb via asus cloud restore!

Love this thing, plays older games at high fidelity and newer games at medium fidelity. Battery and storage aren't the best but easy to upgrade.

Performance and screen are awesome! Battery life is not sufficient for what this machine can do. Would be five stars but had to take one off for the battery. I suggest buying a 65w external to get the most out of this thing.

I had a chance to play around with it and it’s honestly quite impressive for what it is. Played Diablo 4 well, plays Far Cry 5 and other games very well. Battery life is a little bit of a bummer, but we knew it wasnt great going into it. Plus we only ever use it next to an outlet anyway.

This handheld is pretty incredible. Definitely a 5/5 star for me…however, if I were scoring this for the masses (how would others fair with this, I could see it being a 4/5 star). There is a bit of a learning curve in figuring through how to set-up, update drivers, BIOS, applications and software, etc. There are also some optimization steps that I’d recommend each look into saved out online. So long as you go in to buying this with your expectations set that there is some heavy set-up work, it’s all worth it in the end. This is my first foray into PC gaming (having been a console gamer: Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch and PS5). I had no idea how great games would both look and play on this device. The screen is absolutely beautiful. Colors are vivid the the picture itself is super clear and high definition. Being so used to my Nintendo Switch, this is obviously in a league of its own. The games that I’ve played thus far are super smooth and the performance is stellar. Surprisingly enough, the speakers on this are pretty insane. I believe they’re Dolby Atmos supported and it’s crazy to hear how wide the sound-stage is for these (super far left and right channels). Really excited to continue using this. It may even render my PS54 obsolete!

The ROG Ally is a worthy competitor to every other pc handheld on the market and it deserves it place in the discussion as one of the best right now. My unit is working perfectly, with no issues with the sd card slot. I like the button controls much better than the steam deck and the screen is beautiful. I think Armory Crate can and will continue to improve with quality updates, and the games I've played on it have been a joy to play. I wish I could say the battery life was descent but it is not, plain and simple. It's not a big deal for me because I play in short bursts. Keep battery life in mind if you are looking for this product to last long sessions, may need to look elsewhere. Overall, the compact size, screen quality, button controls, and quality of game experience gets a 4 star from me. Let's see if this unit can hold up to the Legion Go.

I played a couple AAA games. It was choppy on perf mode. It performed as expected on turbo. But when switched, I only had a little over an hour battery life. Screen quality is great. Screen size is a little too tiny when in desktop mode.

I really wanted to like this, and i really did. The screen is bright, and smooth. I did not have any performance issues, although i did not try the latest AAA games. It stayed cool and the heat was directed away from my hands. The one thing i didn't like, which was a deal breaker was the ergonomics, especially the right thumb stick. I just never felt comfortable using it and strained my thumb... Mainly it was placed a bit too far to the right. But, if this doesn't bother you, you will love it! The other nit pick i have is that i believe asus needed to do more customization of the windows interface for controller input. It was fine to use the touch screen most of the time, but many times the on screen keyboard covered text fields.

It works great. Gets hot on turbo mode but most games only need performance mode which is great. And the fact that you can play plugged in is an amazing addition. The interface can sometimes get glitchy or freeze and some things not work, but all it takes is a restart. The restart doesn't take long at all, too. Startup is just about 7 seconds. I love to hook this up to a dock and play on my monitor. You xan use bluetooth easily and there is no problems with the wifi connecting.

Honestly, one of the best purchases I've made. While it's marketed as a 'Gaming Handled', it's truly a compact ASUS ROG computer, loaded with Windows 11 and full desktop functionality. It's great for gaming, but it really is a PC that has a controller as it's housing. It runs games like BO6, Rivals and Fortnite seamlessly, while bigger more intensive games struggle sometimes if you're playing through Cloud. If you download them however, it runs just like a PS5 or Xbox. Would definitely recommend the purchase, grab an adapter and a monitor and have some fun.

As a long time PC gamer, I have been intrigued by the new handheld devices. I have found gaming laptops to be very expensive, heavy, and with loud fans. They also just aren't practical on planes. So I thought I would give this item a try and have thus far been impressed. I have not had any issues with my unit. Although I am enjoying playing some modern games, such as Diablo 4 on it, I am really enjoying going back and playing some classic PC games that easily play on this unit and look great on its 7 inch screen (e.g. Mad Max, BioShock, Devil May Cry, Alan Wake, Resident Evil 2, etc.). I credit the Steam Deck with bringing PC handhelds mainstream, and the Ally is the next evolution. I'd rate this a 4.5 if I could, because the battery life is limited. But I think this product will continue to improve as Asus and AMD continue to release optimized drivers and software. Highly recommend for portable gaming...

I think better value than a Steam Deck because you can play any platform. ROG software is pretty nice as a launcher as well. Not a bad way to take games on trips. Only negative is the power block is a bit much

This is a handheld PC that can candle triple A games such as GTA5, rd2, cyber punk ect.. and it handles unreal engine 5 like it's nothing! I use the docking station so I can play on my tv using my mouse, keyboard, and controller with a USB multi port that I had. Make sure you update all your drivers and applications before trying to do any gaming and also youtube graphic set up to get the smoothest gameplay otherwise your experience will be mediocre. I have always been a console player but ever since getting this I have not turned on my Xbox. I'm about 600 hours in on the ROG ally and coming to PC from console has been a big learning curve but my experience has been positive. I've been gaming since the 90s and switching to this handheld has been the best experience I've had... gameplay wise and I do recommend this to those looking to transition from console or even the steam deck. I have not had any issues but that doesn't mean others haven't. Some received bad batch's and left those individuals with a bad taste in there mouths so don't let their experience take from your decision making because I stand by this product and I don't stand by nothing!!!!!! Well.. I hope this helps out some!

I bought it open box and it was in excellent condition, item got hot and my sd card slot got fried and i had to return item. The device itself was great and it has windows! I could play starfield on low settings and play all other games in high settings

I really wanted to love this. The concept is amazing and when it works, it works great. My micro SD card slot died yesterday. The storage leaves a lot to be desired. The battery life is awful. I can play fall guys for maybe 45 minutes before it completely dies. You’ll need to be tethered to a charger. All in I spent around $1200 on this. For that price I might as well get a gaming laptop that has better battery life, upgradability, same portability, and probably better graphics. If you NEED a handheld, get this and carry a charger with you. Otherwise spend a few bucks more for a laptop.

I really like this device. Form factor is comfortable. Performance is outstanding. The sticks, buttons, and triggers all feel good. My only gripe, if I had one, is battery life but that is expected given the power behind it. Strong recommend as a really good Windows based gaming device.

I think this item is really worth it if you have the money for it. It can be a little bit pricey but you are getting 120Hz and it could handle AAA games pretty well. I like to play Destiny 2, Yakuza like a Dragon, and Dead by Daylight and it handles all of them pretty well. For the games I talked about these are some of the benchmarks I got running on Turbo. Destiny 2 - 70FPS on low settings Yakuza like a Dragon - 45FPS on medium settings Dead by Daylight - 79FPS on low settings And for emulation games consistently very high frames and can easily handle it depending on what emulation you’re doing. The only personal problem I have is the joysticks when playing Destiny feel a little bit floaty. Now it does have low battery but I mainly play it plugged in and it runs amazing, so I would recommend playing it plugged in. Overall would still recommend if you can get your hands on one.

i own both top dog hand helds and here is my take, if your gonna spend the money you get more for your cash with the ally. that being said they both have their place, steamdeck is good for simple console like fun. the steamdeck is what id buy for kids for christmas the ally is what you get yourself it will play call of duty and warzone with some setting changes and a learning curve, it will play diablo 4 perfectly pretty much anything i have thrown at the ally can be played but you have to set it up and it can take time. i also find myself using this as a laptop to watching youtube and surfing the web and the transition from aurmory crate to windows is seamless unlike haveing to restart the deck to get to the desktop. the battery is a concern for every one on the ally but i think if your getting this your looking at performance and you will use a hefty battery bank anyway. ultimatly this is the only price to performance option for windows handhelds and it should be appluaded that asus had put this out with no game store revenue to back the loss they take on the build they know what they are doing and are giving us more options would definatly recomend to anyone looking to play AAA games on the go.