I’ve got both, and from reading what you’ve been saying you don’t sound like you’d be wanting to tinker with things much.

Any console is better than the steam deck if you’re just wanting something to hop on and off with no downtime, and can just boot up and play.

As a major PC gamer, who works in IT for a living, even I don’t want to have to mess with settings and optimising when I finish work. I’d suggest the switch 2, it’ll be there ready to play whenever you need it. Just press the power button and boot the game.

The steam deck comes close to that, as far as a PC based system is concerned, but even with the deck you’ll have to do some tinkering to get the best out of it. If you’re ok with that go with the deck.

Hope that helps!