Right to Repair

Score breakdown

Why this grade

Category gold standard. iFixit scored the Steam Deck LCD 7/10 and the Steam Deck OLED as high as 9/10. Valve partnered with iFixit to sell genuine first-party replacement parts and Fix Kits (shells, triggers, screens, batteries, daughterboards) plus official end-user repair instructions, runs on open Linux/SteamOS with no part pairing or serialization locks, and uses standard user-replaceable M.2 storage. Only meaningful deductions are the strongly glued-in battery and a charge port soldered to the motherboard. Highest official parts availability, best documentation, reasonable OEM pricing, and effectively zero software repair locks of any device in this category.

Sources

• iFixit Handheld Game Console Repairability Scores (Steam Deck LCD 7/10, Valve of
• iFixit: What You Should Know Before You Fix Your Steam Deck (OLED 9/10, genuine
• Tom's Hardware: Valve and iFixit Launch Steam Deck Replacement Parts