Cheat Happens vs CheatDeck
Cheat Happens
cheathappens.comCheatDeck
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| Figure | Cheat Happens | CheatDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Trainers | 9.3 (#1) | 8.3 (#3) |
Plans
Cheat Happens
- Free PassFree
- Lifetime PLUS MonthlyPriced on request
- Lifetime PLUS YearlyPriced on request
- Premium Monthly$12.95 a month
- Premium Yearly$39.95 a year
- Lifetime Plus$89.95, paid once
- Premium Lifetime$89.95, paid once
In their own words
Cheat Happens
Cheat Happens has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
CheatDeck
CheatDeck is a free, GPL-3.0 Decky Loader plugin for Steam Deck that launches sidecar programs and manages game launch options. It can start a selected .exe or .bat alongside a game in the same Proton or Wine environment, then stop it when the game exits. Its Language setting assigns one locale code to both LANG and HOST_LC_ALL. Advanced controls cover desktop behavior, FSYNC, WineD3D, compatibility-data redirection, and audio latency. Custom Options accept environment assignments, prefix commands, and arguments before or after %command%. Unsupported shell syntax or unclear launch options make a document read-only to prevent unsafe partial edits. Optional Lossless Scaling and OptiScaler presets require their corresponding Decky plugins. Installation uses Decky Loader Developer Mode and CheatDeck.zip from a release or nightly build. Some sidecars need runtime dependencies installed with protontricks.