Lenovo Legion Go

I have a Legion Go, which is basically a premium Steam Deck - playing similar games but on a nicer screen with a stronger GPU to drive it. I've been very happy with it - still playing nearly daily 2 years later. [...] Already in the Legion Go line, its successors are much more expensive but not much more performant. [...] That is, the Legion Go S and Legion Go 2 are both priced higher than the original, with a lower screen resolution and identical (or nearly identical) chipset. [...] Like the Steam Deck, the Legion Go is still a perfectly serviceable device years later. [...] The performance envelope hasn't really moved. Tariffs and part shortages are making these devices a lot more expensive, but they aren't noticeably better than they were 2 years ago. [...] If prices are going up and performance is stagnating, people who already have gaming devices are going to be reluctant to upgrade. [...] I wonder how many games currently in the production pipeline were banking on players having more performance available by the time the games are released, and how that is going to impact their reception. The Steam Deck has been a really useful performance-and-feature anchor for computer gaming. [...]

Lenovo Legion Go. [...]

I fell down the Nix hole this weekend, getting my corp Mac and my SteamOS Legion Go sharing a config. [...] Every corp device I've had has been a Mac. [...]

[...] When I first got my Legion Go, there were a whole bunch of gaming distros, but none was more popular than the other. [...] However, a keyboard-centric configuration scheme is a bad pairing for a touch-centric device. [...] It seems to be a good pairing. [...]

I keep a Legion Go in my media center. [...]

[...] I currently use a Legion Go with Bazzite installed, paired with a cheap AliExpress dock and an eGPU dock (also from AliExpress) housing a Radeon 7600 XT. [...] Given that my entire setup cost around $1200 (Legion Go, dock, eGPU enclosure, and Radeon 7600 XT), I would absolutely go for a pre-built system like yours if I didn't already have my current setup. [...] It sounds like you've put a tremendous amount of effort into this, and the idea of a "best of many worlds" gaming OS with minimal setup is highly appealing to gamers. [...]

I personally own the older but almost identical version of the Legion Go and while i really think Steam OS is the defacto better operating system for Handleld gaming i still don't switch because what the article missed is the big buzzword Named Frame Generation. Yes windows has worse performance if you count Frame Gen out. [...] You get double or even triple the frames in those More demanding 3d titles, added smoothness for the 2d indi games, and the normally occurring downsides like graphic artefacts are a lot less of a problem because of the smaller screen size. Even on windows Lenovo is slow to update their official Drivers but you can either go directly to AMD or get the asus Handheld drivers instead, if you are willing to jump through the hoops that its. This feature which currently has a lot of bad press(rightly so) really is perfect for Handheld gaming and Valve should be staying on top with the updates more.

I just did a trial after the changes I made to my Legion Go running Windows the other day. Woke the system from sleep on my desk after a day, dropped a couple percent of battery. [...] Pressed the power button to sleep, set it down for a few hours. Picked it back up and pressed the power button. PIN on the lock screen, and I'm back in the game as if nothing happened. [...] SteamOS seems to be pretty good at it as well, but it's also hyper optimized with a massive tech company focusing on an extremely limited set of hardware which happens to include the Legion Go at the moment. [...]

FWIW, I have submitted a couple small patches to get the display and gamepad for my Lenovo Legion Go recognized correctly - probably similar levels of complexity to your change. One was to input and one was to display quirks. [...] You can install mainline Linux on a Legion Go now and the display and controller will behave as expected, out-of-the-box.

[...] I turn on my Legion Go, enter my Windows pin and then launch whatever game I want using the built in UI or Steam or Epic etc. [...]

I was trying to decide whether to get a Steam Deck or a Legion Go last fall. [...] Tinkering with it seemed interesting/potentially useful, so I went with the Legion Go with an intention to make Linux work on it. [...]

I recently got my hands on a gaming handheld (the Legion Go) and have used it to get more exposure to Linux. [...] Reading about immutable filesystems and how traditional Linux gives root willy-nilly to all sorts of random software piqued my curiosity. [...] They're clearly Linux experts, and you can see from the source that you're getting Valve's packages unadulterated, save for simple adaptations like introspecting instead of hardcoding the power button location. So, if you want a pure SteamOS experience without hosting your own mirror of Valve's update system (or if you want to be able to browse Valve's source without downloading a 3GB tarball), give Jovian a try. [...]

Sleep pretty much never works correctly on Windows laptops Sleep has worked pretty much fine on the vast majority of the Windows computers I've owned/managed, outside of a few troublesome devices such as this Legion Go and some network cards that would wake on any activity. [...] It's not uncommon to have some slowdown, open up Task Manager and seeing some process I-don't-know-what-it-does pinned at 99% CPU usage Yes, and I'm sure if an average user used ps aux on Linux they'd know what everything in that list is doing.

[...] I've had a lot of coworkers and friends with Macs still run into hot bag situations often. [...] I recently spent some time trying to figure out why my Lenovo Legion Go was waking from sleep. [...] It also is getting less battery loss sitting on the desk asleep than it had previously.

[...] I've had plenty of machines that went to sleep quickly on a lid close and would actually stay asleep. I've had a desktop which the default configuration for the network adapter would have it wake the machine any time it saw any traffic come across the interface. [...] My Legion Go will almost certainly wake itself up if I put it to sleep and put it in its case. [...]

Legion Go owner here. I bought a "Windows gaming" device specifically because I have a library of games that spans across multiple vendors, not just Steam. Not only does my Legion Go have a decent "unified UI" for launching games, I can easily launch Steam in Big Picture mode. [...] I spend way too much time fiddling with graphics settings, and second/mirror/display issues.

I've never tried traveling wearing a VR headset, but I did get a Legion Go that I like to use in that scenario. It's basically a Steam Deck with a nicer screen, more powerful GPU, and shit battery that needs to be constantly charged. As I learned when I tried to charge it with a 140W Apple charger, planes have current limitations. If you plug in too high of a wattage charger, it can totally disable the power socket. [...]

[...] Lenovo Legion Go 2: Windows (and possible Linux adaptability), Switch-like, will for some bizarre reason probably get an OLED display, might be at least Wacom AES compatible, pocket rocket with yet unkown but likely sketchy battery life, 8.8 inch. [...] on Lenovo devices works), outstanding IPS display according to all the relevant ads and brochures, Snapdragon Elite, plenty memory, no 3.5 mm audio jack but mSD card slot and two USB-C ports, possible Wacom AES compatibility, etc. Display size also 8.8 inch, and also not out yet. [...] Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro: 10.1 inch, semi-rugged, Wacom EMR penabled, hot-swappable dual battery configuration, 3.5 mm audio jack, mSD card slot, USB-C 3.2, TFT LCD (120 Hz, 600 nits), Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, a measly 8 GB RAM, Android with Samsung's patented shackles (i. [...] Essentially a slightly enlarged, but largely performative update of the Active5 below. [...] Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5, a classic example of corporate bean counting to the highest degree: 8.0 inch, semi-rugged, Wacom EMR, removable battery, 3.5 mm audio, mSD... [...] The only other established device makers that serve my use case at least in terms of display size are Chinese knock-offs with questionable support. [...]

you can either run NixOS (which isn’t ideal on a Steam Deck) I've actually been using NixOS on my Legion Go to give me the SteamOS experience while I wait for the official image from Valve [1]. [...]

I got a Legion Go 3y ago for this reason. Alyx and SteamOS were both draws as a lifelong Mac/Nintendo kid.

As someone who has been using a Lenovo Legion GO 1 for a little over a year now Whatever you find is more ergonomic Any stipulation about OS can be resolved with just installing a different OS, & you really need to know what you want out of a handheld But ergonomics are by far more important

My Legion Go came with a free Game Pass trial. I spent 20 minutes playing No Man's Sky in VR and liked it, bought it on Steam, but haven't actually played it yet. Maybe this is the nudge to move it higher in my queue.

Pause frames are wild. I have a cheap Legion Go dock and if I leave it with power/Ethernet connected and no legion in the dock, it brings down my whole network after about 30min or so.

Same. Looks rad, but I have a Legion Go which I can play any game I want and tinker on. This seems like it would be a worse version of that, but also not a useful phone replacement.

The Legion Go is basically that with some joycons and a screen. I keep mine in my entertainment center when I'm not using it handheld, and play plastic instrument games on the big screen. Looks like this would be an easy entry point to a DIY Steam Machine that takes up no space under your TV.

Running Bazzite on a Legion Go, and got gaming and productivity device at the same time. My question was about; do they enforce a device label?

[...] I love the Z1 Extreme on my Legion Go, it's an awesome platform. [...]

[...] I mostly play GamePass games on a Lenovo Legion Go. [...]

My Legion Go has a unified launcher, at this point I don't even know what we're arguing about. [...] I don't have any issues doing this on my Legion Go with Windows. [...]

It's funny that they still call it Big Picture Mode, because the UI makes assumptions about being on a Steam Deck (definitely in Linux, and even in Windows). In fact, my Legion Go counts as a Steam Deck in my Steam Replay stats. (I guess the actual funny bit is that they make assumptions that a general-purpose UI is only used on their hardware…)

If I ran Windows on my Legion Go, I'd probably be looking into WSA. Windows is famously crappy on touchscreens. It would be really nice to have something like ChromeOS or Android be the UI for a gaming handheld.

[...] Ally, Legion Go, Steamdeck, Ayaneo Kun, etc. [...] I've played more PC games now than I have in the last 10 years.

Thanks to JSAUX I got a chance to test their Lenovo Legion Go controller connector. It definitely makes playing with detached gamepad a lot more comfortable! If you thought about getting something like that, that one is worth buying :) Full review in PL: myhandhelds.pl/2026/05/20/u...

I am still ROCKING the Steam Deck and it remains one of the most comfortable handhelds I have used (I have used a MSI Claw 8Ai+ which I subsequently sold, and now also have a Lenovo Legion Go 2 & a Switch 2♥️ SteamDeck2 @steamdeck.com @steamdeck.com TechRumors

I got a Lenovo Legion Go 2, and I love it, but it is the boondoggle of all boondoggles

Literally part of the reason I got a Lenovo Legion Go. Removable controllers are amazing.

[...] I had hoped to double my RAM at some point but I am still at a comfortable spot. I am annoyed that the new handhelds are all crazy so sticking with my Legion Go for now. [...]

I tried a bunch of shells when I got my Legion Go, including COSMIC. [...]

I was wondering if this would be a worthwhile upgrade to my Legion Go Z1 Extreme. Sounds like it's in the same vicinity for graphics power. Not worth $1k for a tiny bit more RAM. [...]

[...] I have a Legion Go, which has a touchpad on the controller. [...]

NUCs are basically office machines though, I don't think any of them have the kind of graphics capabilities of a Legion Go, for example. There are SFF PCs a little bigger than NUCs that do have strong graphics but they're crazy expensive.

Most likely not, however I run LTSC on 4 different gaming setups. Steam Deck, Legion GO, and 2 desktops of various power for TV and desktop gaming. So I have a decent range of hardware to test these claims on.

Have you done any performance testing with btrfs compression? I have a Legion Go. I don't have the specs handy now, but the SSD was rated fast enough that I suspected compression would harm my overall performance.