Steam-Deck.Shader-Cache-Killer VS steamdb.info-issues

By default, Steam stores these shaders at /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/shadercache/ where each directory is named after the relevant game’s Steam app ID. (For example, 1551360 is the app ID for Forza Horzion 5, whose shader cache takes up 8.9 gigabytes on my Steam Deck!) I wouldn’t really recommend deleting these caches, but you can use tools like Shader Cache Killer or CryoUtilities or Storage Cleaner for Decky to better manage these shaders– or just uninstall the relevant games that take up too much space. There’s tons of YouTube videos out there that can help you with this.

To clear them out you need special programs (careful, when clearing out compatdata on games, as those are the fake windows folders (one per game) also savefiles are stored there, back them up, if they arent cloud synced, also dont delete a compat folder of a random unnamed small thing, because that might be the protons versions compatdata folder, and doing that would ruin the functionality of that entire proton versiion until and uninstall reinstall of that proton version) like https://github.com/scawp/Steam-Deck.Shader-Cache-Killer

if u need clean cache after gaming session try it

GitHub - scawp/Steam-Deck.Shader-Cache-Killer: Script to Purge The Steam Decks Shader Cache

Last but not least, some games break, after you change proton versions via force compatibility - they are in the vast minority but it happens. In which case before switching to a new proton version its also recommended to kill compatdata for that game (can be done via https://github.com/scawp/Steam-Deck.Shader-Cache-Killer or CryoUtilities. Make sure to only kill them for the game, and not for unknown or all uninstalled games - as if a mishap happens there and you kill the compatdata folder for an entire Proton install, that version is then borked for every game - so dont.)

Otherwise: Shadercachekiller is helpfull: https://github.com/scawp/Steam-Deck.Shader-Cache-Killer

Asking if you should buy a game now or wait for a sale isn't allowed, asking when a game will go on sale is not allowed, asking how big of a discount a game might get is not allowed. Use SteamDB to look at sale histories on games.

Here's how to cure you from your buying habit, checkout https://steamdb.info/, check the price history of the game you're thinking of getting. Most likely it's on sale once every odd month, and discount percentages are only ever increasing over time. So really you can just buy it when you think you have time to play it soon.

Correct, it's trending on https://steamdb.info/ if you look at the panel, some games will show zero players. But OP is wrong, other games are trending too.

Asking if you should buy a game now or wait for a sale isn't allowed & asking when a game will go on sale is not allowed. Use SteamDB to look at sale histories on games.

You can use the Steam console to download older versions as described here. You can get the depot and manifest IDs from SteamDB.

If you want to find the app id for any other game just head to steamdb.info and type the title of the game on the search bar.

Yes, as yo_soy_pinguino noted it does go on sale. You can check steamdb.info for a price history. I bought my copy during the Autumn Sale.

(*1) RRP Data from SteamDB