Steam Deck competitor Lenovo Legion Go revealed, with a wheel on its back

We already knew that Lenovo was working on a handheld gaming PC that runs on Windows last month thanks to Windows Central. Called the Lenovo Legion Go, we now have what appears to be leaked images of the upcoming device courtesy of Windows Report.

At a glance, the Lenovo Legion Go looks a lot like the Steam Deck or the ROG Ally. However, it also appears to borrow quite a bit from the Nintendo Switch as well. You have detachable joy-con like controllers, and what looks like a kickstand that you can use to set the device up on a table.

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However, the detachable controllers aren’t flat like the joy-cons on the Nintendo Switch, instead they’re contoured like the attached controllers on the Steam Deck. There appears to be a touchpad on the right controller. For comparison, the Steam Deck has a touchpad on both controllers. Windows Report speculates that the touchpad might actually be a touchscreen. Another interesting thing about the Lenovo Legion Go is that the back of the controller also apparently has a wheel. 

Other than that, we can also see what looks like an 8-inch display. Compared to the Steam Deck or ROG Ally, the Lenovo Legion Go appears to be a lot thicker. ASUS made a conscious decision to avoid heft with the ROG Ally, which has impacted battery life, so we might be seeing much better life on the Legion Go, at the cost of weight.

According to Windows Report, the Lenovo Legion Go will run on Windows 11. So any games that run on Windows 11 should work on the Legion Go without any hitches. According to Windows Central, the Legion Go was reported to use an AMD Phoenix processor, which is also present in the ROG Ally and other Windows handhelds. Lenovo has not confirmed or denied the same however.

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This wouldn’t be Lenovo’s first foray into handhelds. Back at CES 2021, they revealed the LaVie Mini concept, and also an unreleased  device called the Legion Play, which was Android-based. The Legion Go however, is a much bigger project in comparison. If it’s the real deal, it will be interesting to see how it stacks up to existing handhelds like the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally.