› I may have to try putting an emulator on my Steam Deck

I always tought it was standard for pc players to have at least 1 emulator installed, usually Retroarch or Emulation Station.

But since you are willing to give them a shot, try Metroid Fusion too, I admit it’s heavily on rails, but it feels fun and the movement is improved over Super Metroid.

There is a patch to make Super Metroid behave somewhat like MF, but I think playing it vanilla first is fun on it’s own.