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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Modder creates the Steam Brick — a stripped-down Steam Deck with only a power button and a USB

Crastinator-Pro's Steam Brick.

Someone has stripped down and modded one of the popular Steam Deck handhelds into a minimal form factor dubbed the Steam Brick. "No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense," quips Crastinator-Pro on GitHub, "just a power button and a USB port." Yet, it still delivers all the portable functionality the GitHubber needs as the device was (and is) invariably connected to either a TV or AR glasses for Steam-based fun.

For some, like Crastinator-Pro, the Steam Deck is a bit hefty, even ungainly. They explain that the handheld was often left behind when packing a backpack, as it was just a little bit too bulky. We guess the 'brick' is also rather more rugged and immune to mistreatment.

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