Fallout 76 is experiencing a resurgence among gamers due to the Fallout TV show, which means many people (myself included) are curious if the game can run on the Steam Deck and, if so, which ones are best. settings. Here’s how to make sure your game runs smoothly on your Steam Deck.
Can Fallout 76 be run on Steam Deck?
when looking Fallout 76 Steam Page, the game is shown as “playable”.“This means that the game should run on any Steam Deck, but it may have some issues. For example, the page mentions that you may have to lift the virtual keyboard to type, or have trouble reading text on the screen.
Overall, it seems like the game should run on the Steam Deck without any issues breaking gameplay. I haven’t had any problems with the game so far, but I haven’t played with other players, so I haven’t needed the keyboard much. In fact, I’ve enjoyed the game more on the Steam Deck than on my PlayStation, simply because I can play it anywhere without sacrificing much.
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Best Settings for Fallout 76 on Steam Deck
Honestly, the game runs very well without changing any major settings. I just changed the game settings for certain graphics and it worked fine. If you don’t care about the battery, you can increase your settings (all on medium settings) and keep it 60FPS. The downside to keeping the setting on medium is that you’ll drain the battery quickly; my OLED lasted just over two hours in this setting.
However, most gamers will want to sacrifice a little graphical fidelity to save battery life. I added about an hour to my game by removing the graphics, which makes it worth it in the long run. If you do this, you will continue to float 45FPS, which seems to be enough to play correctly. To accomplish this, you will need to set the following settings:
- Resolution: 1280×800
- texture quality: Half
- Water quality: Low
- Lighting quality: Half
- Shadow quality: Low
- shadow distance: Low
Truth be told, the game works very well for a modern MMO that Steam doesn’t label as “supported.” It’s one of those games where I don’t have to play much to get it up and running, which in my opinion makes it more than playable on the Steam Deck.
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