Valve’s new portable PC, the Steam Deck, launches tomorrow, February 25. Coincidentally, that’s the same day much of the world will be able to play Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s new open-world title that’s receiving rave reviews.
SteamDB reported that Elden Ring has been verified for Stem Deck, but if an unofficial source wasn’t enough, you can also see the green check mark on the Stem Deck version. Steam Deck from the Steam store. This means that Elden Ring will play with decent graphics with readable text and will display all of the Steam Deck control icons. This brings the total number of Steam Deck verified games to 401.
However, some outlets have reported some performance issues on PC such as frame drops, lag, and the complete inability to get the frame rate up to speed. Elden Ring is greater than 60. Also, it does not support widescreen. The latter will not be a problem. Steam Deckbut poor performance on PC means poor performance on Steam Deck, since it’s still a PC at heart.
All of this will be clarified tomorrow, once both Elden Ring and Steam Deck are available worldwide.