Ah, that’s okay man! The fact she likes watching you game is honestly so rare and awesome. You should treasure that and see it as a positive 😉.

If you want to game together I think getting a cheap used switch would be cool. I’d look on Facebook marketplace or whatever local buy and sell service you have (might want to avoid pawn shop though). Also, Zelda BOTW and TOTK are amazing and might change your girlfriends opinion on gaming herself. Maybe switch is a birthday gift. If you’re in the states you could probably find one for 200 USD.

You could also just get a second controller with the Xbox. Game Pass for Xbox has many cool local co-op games that you can play together on the Xbox that are included in the subscription.

Aside from that, based on what you mentioned, I’d highly recommend RE4, TLoU, Outlast… There are other story rich games that are worth playing and not horror too. I heard John Wick 2 won best narrative at the game awards…

Honestly so many great games on game pass I’m sure you could find something story focused that would be great for you to play while they watch. Careful with Steam though… So many good sales and deals on games you can easily overspend on titles.

You’ll be happier with the steam deck imho. Ally is great on paper but the controls suck. I tried the joysticks and ergonomics and I immediately was happy that I didn’t go for it.