Customer Ratings & Reviews

After owning a Steam deck for the past year, I’ve been extremely pleased with the ability to play games that were off limits on the deck. I’m familiar with Windows for gaming, but mostly a Mac user. I’ve been very pleased with how well the Rog Ally works given the normal exceptions you need to make for Windows. Yes, there are more updates and tweaking necessary than a more closed platform, but as usual with Windows, you get maximum flexibility and ALL the options. I’ve enjoyed my time with the Rog Ally so far, and would definitely recommend it.

Good performance for a handheld PC. Supporting software is not perfect but very good and almost convinces that this is a viable handheld gaming device. Poor battery life as a Windows PC. Terrible battery life as a handheld gaming device. SD card is susceptible to overheating by design. Inefficient when you want battery life.

I bought this in july when i become homeless to keep gaming, but now im about to become homeless again.

Great handheld, I will little bit big screen and better battery. Performance and cooling is great.

The Ally is a pretty neat little device. As more updates roll out this thing will have the optimization I think many gamers are looking for. Compared to the Alienware or the ROG Big Rig I custom built it can handle solid 1080P graphics and I average 70-80 fps on the really GPU intense games like Dead Island or CP2077. The option to dock it and connect keyboard and mice through Bluetooth is nice. If you are trying to game on a budget I would recommend this. If you are looking for something a little more powerful for the price point stick with a Ps5.

I game on this device every day. Best bang for your buck.

I bought to play on different games on different launchers. Works great with both epic games and steam. It is the perfect handheld.

I had an absolute nightmare trying to setup the Ally. Initially couldn’t get the keyboard to pull up in the window setup. After restarting it worked. Then when I was setting everything up I kept getting armoury crate errors during the windows setup. After finally making it into windows everything was good….. until it wasn’t. After updating the Ally I went to enter my pin and it gave me an error saying my pin was unavailable and to setup a new pin. I just changed my number on my microsoft account so it was asking me to enter a code sent to my old number to setup a new pin… My only option was to reset the ally because everytime I pressed the back button to try and login to a different microsoft account to setup a new pin it would kick me back to the enter pin screen. I ended up having to hook up a keyboard and getting to the recovery screen to reset the ally. After finally going through everything for the second time. I installed updates and the ally kept going through a continuous boot where the thumbstick leds would keep turning on and off. Had to hold the power button and manually power it on to get it to boot correctly. Once it booted guess what happened AGAIN! I got a message saying my pin was unavailable again befofe I even got the chance to try entering it. Needless to say I’ll be returning the Ally. What a massive uneccesary headache and waste of 5hrs of my time trying to get everything to work.

[Employee of bestbuy] This console REALLY needs an extra heatsink, because it will get VERY hot on the back while its in Turbo Mode, and the only way to get higher than 30fps is to be in Turbo Mode. Works great for being a portable windows device, but many of the higher end games will only run at 60fps if you keep the resolution at 720p.

Specs, size, sound quality, weight, power. Best in class. Only con is the slightly lesser battert life compared to others.

I've had this little guy for a few months now, and it is holding up fantastically. The battery life isn't the best, but I usually have it plugged in so it's not an issue. Overall I would recommend this to others looking for a handheld pc.

This is a machine that is going to age like fine wine. Amory Crate still needs work but Windows is not a hindrance. Just keep expectations in check. Its not going to run Cyberpunk full blast but Im not looking to play a game like that on a 7 inch screen anyway. Its nice to know that if I tone it down I can though. Ive had absolutely no problems with my Ally that would have damaged or corrupted the system in any way. Been using it since day one. Armory crate is the only thing that really needs work still as of 7-19-23. Buy it and game away.

My experience with Best buy has always been supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!! The employees there always know the information I ask about the products I'm trying to buy which results in me buying. This Rog ally has played everything I've installed on it and bought have I tested it. I got it for my birthday and haven't regretted it at all. If you are used to playing Windows games then you are going to be right at home.

If you're looking for a nice handheld that plays pc games and functions as a mini handheld pc this is an amazing device to have, you can play simple indie games, or play all your triple a games such as god of war, spider man, or anything inbetween, not just that but you can also set it up as a desktop. All you need is an adapter, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and you're all set to do school work or browse the web. Theres alot you can do with this device, i wouldnt recommend it for children since it really is just a portable handheld laptop/pc

Really enjoy this handheld! Of course it cant play everything out there but being able to play assassins creed shadow, space marines 2, should be enough to say how much it can handle. Definitely reccomend this for anyone wondering if its worth it

For all its faults, such as some software being not great when I first got it and AMD drivers being hit or miss with certain renderers I would definitely recommend this handheld. If you dont want to spend that much on an Ally X at this point, until the X goes on sale, this is a great option.

Great for on the go gaming or playing at home on the dock. If you already have a gaming pc then this is definitely a luxury item you may not need, but if you're looking for your first gaming rig and want something portable (and the highest graphics settings arent a requirement for you.) This is the perfect set up imo. Easy to use interface, simple set up, and the best part is being able to pay games across multiple platforms, not just steam. And upgrading the ssd is a snap.

Device worked amazing overall, the only complaint I had was the battery which led to its return.

Very impressive for the price. This thing is a hand-held beast. I have had no issue running any games I've tried, and they've all run well. I also use this as my only desktop PC now in docked mode and it runs fantastic. The only reason I gave it 4 starts was I found it to be quite frustrating to setup. Out of the box it does not register either thumb stick as a mouse control until you manually go into settings and tell it to.

Awesome display. Battery life is so so but the performance is quite good. Diablo on it is slamming!