Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love to play mobile games but offerings from Nintendo and phones lack that processing piwer to play next gen games. Enter the ROG Ally. Much like the steam deck, you can readily download my Steam library. Better yet, because i also have gamepass, GoG and Epic launchers, i have an avenue of many free monthly games. Because its Windows, just about any windows application works as well. My biggest gripe with the device is battery management. Windows is not catered to be optimized like SteamOS is. I will say the screen and hardware are really nice and the device doesnt run too hot to the touch. Lack of thrid party accesories also hurts the device a bit. The included charger is very welcomed to allow for quick top offs when running low.

I am happy with my purchase and would recommend. I bought to play InZoi and the gameplay is nice. I can use my USB to stream to my TV for larger screen play. I also play XBox Gamepass and Steam games. The fan does stay on gor a while however once cooled it will turn off and stay off. The batterly life unplugged is short, but plugged up is recommended. I do wish the battery life was longer unplugged, you may get 1 hour of gameplay unplugged. Overall, im happy with my purchase.

Amazing PC windows small factor video console. Not perfect due that is windows and not so easy to use as the Steam Deck. Obviously more powerful with the amazing option to add a eGPU and get extra graphics power. I think windows needs to start developing a system exclusively for PC handheld/laptop/Desktop gaming OS System. This is the way.

Great performance, display, and value. 120Hz screen makes a big difference on indie games (love playing Hollow Knight on it). One think that certainly could be better is battery life. Getting 1-2 hours with AAA titles and 3-4 with less demanding games. Hopefully software updates will improve this over time. I truly love it other than that!

It runs all the new latest AAA games like Starfield like a charm. If you need a gaming system but don't have time or a dedicated space to set up your gaming rig this is the machine for you. Only downside for me is the battery life which isn't that good.

Probably the only handheld I will ever need until they update this thing truly too good only thing that sucks about it is the battery life but I can play Skyrim at 60fps on medium settings pretty consistently and any rogue likes with 120fps easily truly the best purchase I’ve made

It won't disappoint you like a steam deck would sorry steamdeck but im being real here. I ditched my 3080ti and ryzen 9 7900x to full time the ROG Ally and well im not sad. I play mw3 at 70fps at medium setting with fsr 3.0 1080p and it runs smooth. With more games being optimized things are starting to get better. Beam ng drive runs at 60fps but needs some software updates as it does feel a little glitchy, but it runs wayyy better than the steamdeck does. Overall runs all my games and i have quite a few. Maybe good to mention that i prefer image quality more than fps so that being sad the settings i run are for good looks and not straight performance. if it didn't satisfy me then i wouldn't be here leaving this review. Just know this was my honest review and i would hate for someone to ditch handhelds. This is the next generation of gaming consoles making it easy to just play a quick game or to sit down and smash hours on your favorite titles.

This thing is awesome only two complaints are not enough storage space for game orders like me and the fact you have to keep it plugged in because the battery life. Other than that it plays everything I put on it so far lost Ark tiny Tina’s wonderlands redneck rampage in Dosbox and emulation station. Could use a second USB-C port.

This console is very good, it has given me many hours of enjoyment. The bad thing is that it is still very green and has a lot of room for improvement. I think Asus had to put 32 or 24 GB of ram in it to make the games more demanding before super good, but the console is very good that 120hz screen is very nice and sharp

I've had mine since June 11. Coming from a Steam Deck, the screen and speakers are amazing as well as the performance in the Performance and Turbo modes. Haven't had any issues with deadzones or SD cards after a good 60 hours on it the last couple of weeks.

Pretty solid handheld gaming PC. Lots of folks thought this was a “console” on launch and not a PC so I believe there was quite a bit of confusion initially but now that the smoke has cleared, I’d say the device is pretty good. A few issues I’ve had since Launch (I’m a day 1 owner of the ROG Ally) is the SD card slot died (not a huge deal as I do not use it…mainly an annoyance) and some software bugs. The battery life isn’t that great but at the same time…this is a gaming PC running multiple things at once…not a Nintendo Switch so poor battery life is to be expected while gaming on the go. Overall, it’s a great piece of tech and if you’re in the market for a pretty solid handheld PC, definitely give the Ally a try.

This pc gaming handheld is seriously top of my list as favorite devices to play on the go!! I cannot believe it can play so many of my favorite games and even stream my xbox while I'm away from the house! Biggest flaw is the battery capacity is very low and you need to have a portable charger or be next to an outlet. Other than that, love it!! Side note: I have the killswitch travel kit from dbrand to add to the look and protection of the device. Highly suggest!

I bought the steam deck on launch and had a great time with it. But the performance was lacking, and some games needed some effort just to get it running. Also, the screen brightness wasn't too great. Btw i bought the 512gb which was like $650. Anyways, this thing is better in all aspects. Yea the battery could be better but i mean its almost the same as the deck anyways. The screen is great, armory crate is cool, speakers are way louder, joysticks are in a better position, and it feels better to hold. If you can get it for $450 like I did, its a great buy!

Is a powerful mini computer with a lot of features that can make your game play better and have a wonderful experience. Very well designed to last for years with many customizable components and LED lighting that gives a great look.

Yesterday I got my rog ally and came home late after work to boot it up. Just fyi, this thing needs updates here and there and it gets really frustrating at that moment(like armory update, bios update, myasus update, graphics card update, etc) becuase it took almost 2 hours for me to update this newly arrived machine to make it up to date. This made me irritated. I just wanted to play game.. so after all these disaster, I finally installed my favorite game to test this console and it was just phenomenal. The main reason to buy this console was to play djmax respect on steam because my steamdeck couldn’t do constant 60fps and it kept bugging me. I thought this console maybe do little better on turbo mode but i was completely wrong! It can handle 120fps even with 15w performance mode which is great. I thought about taking 1 star off for all these updates hassle but I just can’t after experiencing my favourite game running flawlessly. I give it 5 stars though I wouldn’t really recommend rog ally to the others who don’t really know much about computer becuase this thing is way too complicated for those who never used windows pc.

If you get one with no hardware issues then this thing is amazing. This is not a switch, nor is it a steam deck. It's a windows laptop in small form with controls. If you go into it with that mind set you'll have a much better time. Once you tweak things the way you want it's great. I have a 25 watt limit (all 3 sliders) in manual mode while plugged in and 18 watt in handheld. I've tweaked it so the CPU does not "boost" so it runs sub 75c even at 25 watts with great performance and hardly any fan noise. However, if you just want something you can "pick up and play" this is definitely not the device, in-fact there will probably never be a windows device like that. Unless windows specifically creates an OS that is tailored to games. You'll need to update drivers, get annoying updates, etc. But after all that is done, this thing shreads games. I loaded up BeamNG (a car game) and on the grid map at medium settings 1080p I'm getting 60-70fps, super smooth and very low input lag. When I bumped it to 720p medium (closer to steam deck) I was getting 80+ the entire time, and even saw 120FPS at one point, that's crazy.

First things first: It's great! Positives: It's quiet It's comfortable It's very versatile Different game launchers are easy to use on this device (+ for the Windows) Negatives: Battery life that's to be expected Armoury Crate is sometimes buggy(already been fixed) It's Windows on a handheld (- for the Windows I've had ROG Ally for two weeks now, and it has surprised me with its capabilities! I have a great gaming PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch + some older consoles... but I wanted a handheld device that could also double as a PC-to-go Biggest surprise was how quiet ROG Ally is in different situations, and how comfortable it is even on high loads and temperatures. Even when the temps go over 90 degrees celsius at some points, the device doesn't get hot at all. It's only hot near the exhaust vents on the top. But I found out if you disable cpu boost the device can run very cool even on big AAA games. Overall I'm more than pleased with the ROG Ally. It is a good handheld, but it also works when you plug it in to a docking station. If you're looking for a pc device look no further this is it.

I came from the Lenovo Legion Go to the Ally. I returned my Go and purchased the Ally after not being fully happy with the size and weight. the ROG ALLY is like going back home... I feel more comfortable using it. Falls right on the Gaming niche of Asus stuff. I bought a few weeks a go and I am happy most of the bugs have been sorted out, the Go needs work. but this is what disappoints the most, they launch products and the updates are later, so, lesson learned with New Games and PC Handhelds, wait at least 6 months to buy, you would not enjoy it anyways until all the "updates" or fixes are out and seems that 6 months is a good time period for today's rushed releases. The picture I attached is with the bumper case also sold by Best Buy

The ROG Ally is a great PC gaming handheld, I was worried about the sd card issue many have experienced, but the newer models are supposed to have fixed this issue and I haven’t had any problems using my 512GB micro SD card. I bought mines open box in excellent condition and this is my first time buying open box and have to say I am very impressed. The Ally was in like new condition and has worked flawlessly. I play on it far more than I ever did with my Steam Deck, I can play all my games with no modifications. I been enjoying it so much I play on it more than my gaming laptop even, and been buying more PC games than I ever have. I am a console gamer and haven’t had any troubles using the Ally even as someone who switched to Mac a couple years ago and is used to the convenience of console software. This has been my favorite handheld experience outside of the Switch since the PS Vita. Now just building up my PC library!

This device is really top notch. I am able to play a lot of surprisingly hungry titles with ease. I have many emulators installed onto the device using Launchbox and with the proper tweaks they are running amazingly well. Currently im playing COD 4 remastered and the performance is really quite surprising. Im easily averaging over 60fps w/ recommended settings. w/ dips down to 50 when some intense bombing happens. I would highly recommend this device to anyone that only has an hour or two a day to relax and get a game in. It can play all the titles you want it to play and more. Very surprised at the quality of the device. I have much more than an hour to game a day and I find myself gravitating towards the Ally. The software hasnt given me any issues. I don't expect it to give me any more issues than my desktop PC gives me. This thing is COMFORTABLE. I have had to switch the way that I use the triggers a little bit but the way they have the two humps positioned in the back its very nice to grab like you're pinching a book. I havent had any hand cramps w/ sessions up to 4 hours on it.