Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works well and looks great and it is very comfortable to play but the only down side is of course the battery life

I have wanted the steam deck for awhile and then followed the ROG ally news. This thing is a beast, its powerful, its mostly quiet, it doesn't run super hot, its comfortable to hold. Runnings full windows to some is a negative but the interface works very well when using the asus software. Battery life is about what you would expect running a portable PC. Diablo 4 for 1.5 hours took me from 100% to 54% (so approximately 3 hours) the charger though gets this thing topped off rather quickly. Oberall my experience has been super positive. Negative reviews seem to be based off the company vs the product. If you want a portable PC this thing is the way to go, the specs alone will make this thing relevant for years.

It’s really impressive that this little device will run nearly anything.

Blows my steam deck out of the water. As long as you treat it as a PC, as far as installing all updates, it has been absolutely wonderful. I'm okay with a 1.5 hours battery due to the performance I get.

I have all the consoles, a desktop and a laptop PC so I'm familiar with gaming on Windows. The original setup is easy if you rememner it's a hand held PC. I recommend hooking the Ally up to a docking station to run windows updates, install steam, game pass etc. and after that you will be ready to roll. Price is great when on sale, and I hear the SD card slot overheats and destroys your SD cards. Those are my only reasons for 4 stars and not 5. Oh and yes it plays Modern Warfare III.

This little handheld is awesome. It played everything I threw at it with a few tweaks here and there with no issue. Unfortunately, it was a little small for my hands and it made them cramp after long gaming sessions. I returned mine for that reason alone. From what I understand the Ally X is coming soon with bigger grips so I returned and per-ordered that one. Hopefully it feels better in the hand.

Overall a great device. If you want a device with no restrictions and no compatible issues and with awesome power for a handheld then this if for you. just beware of normal windows problems. Don't expect to have a smooth console like experience with this device like the steamdeck. There are lots of pros with this device as well as lots of cons. Just be sure that the pros outweight the cons for your specific use case.

Excellent little on the go setup. Surprised the capability to run large developer games. You aren't missing a thing gaming wise with this.

Perfect handheld gaming machine. I have it with me everywhere. Powerful and portable. But you sure need to bring powerbank and you can enjoy your games whenever you go.

I absolutely love it. I got a great deal used and it's a MONSTER of a machine!

I've actually played with it more than my steamdeck, Aya neo and Aya neo air combined. Just the feel and comfort also with its lightweight nature and the ease of tdp controls, controller settings, brightness with the reach of my thumb is very convenient, making my gaming experience a whole lot easier. I started with the Aya Neo 2 years ago so my personal experience with the battery compared to Ally is very acceptable. We are still years away in having the technology for battery optimization. Ppl should stop complaining about battery life. It doesn't even get that hot, if anything my Aya neo and Aya neo air runs a lot hotter and the heat dissipation is actually not bad. Please read manual before use.

Very nice handheld laptop. A few kinks I think they resolved with early bios updates. Battery life and overheating can be an issue if misused.

Great device! Having already owned the steam deck, I was curious if this was any better, and it definitely is in ways that are important to ME. The handheld experience is similar to the steam deck with the exception being the ally has higher frame rates in certain titles. Where this device really shines for me is in docked mode, I was planning to build a second PC for my wife or when I have a friend come over, but I was curious about this device being able to fill that role. It blew my expectations out of the water! COD, Valorant, Valheim all play extremely well. My friend came over recently and we played rust for 5-6 hrs and it performed like a champ. I am very happy with this purchase.

Title says it all. You couldnt ask for a better all around handheld. Unlike competitors, you dont have to be stuck with certain OS to run certain programs. This thing is windows 11 and has he flexibility of running different launchers, such as Steam, prime gamin, etc. Only issue I have is that it doesnt have much official accessories made for it yet and it does get hot after a prolonged gaming session with it. Would be easily solved if they could make a fan/cooler attachment like what they have available with their RoG phones

Great for on the go or if your traveling. You can connect to a TV or monitor or play handheld. Games are pretty graphic and sweet.

Really good handheld. Has been able to handle any game ive tried so far. My only complaint is that the sd card reader wont read my sd card.

An amazing piece of computer engineering it runs games great and for how compact it is it put up a pretty good fight as a gaming “computer”

Works reasonably well, recent update seems to limit the use of the joysticks for some things. Some game compatibility isn’t ideal. I’d suggest looking around a bit on reddit or other channels for whatever games you’re intending to use it on to see how well it does or doesn’t work.

So I did pick it up yesterday and it's a cool handheld. But it's not perfect I didn't expect it to be tho. Discord on it was acting funny yesterday and discord kept freezing saint row ran just ok it was definitely some frame drops on that and COD and the boxing too I figure it will get better tho. It will good for on the go tho. To me if definitely aint taking the place of my PC or PS5 now it might just take the place of my switch on the go tho its just more options with the ally . Having the ability to have a small docking station to carry with is ideal for me even tho they are out of stock at the moment hopefully they will be back in stock before I go on vacation I look forward to the up dates.

The screen is just too small for portable gaming now a days. the bezel is huge and the performance and battery life on this thing just are not up to par