Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck: Best settings to get it running

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The Steam Deck lends itself well to giant RPGs such as Baldur’s Gate 3, as you can make good use of its suspend feature, allowing you to instantly pick up where you left off and chip away at the game.

So, today we will be investigating Baldur's Gate 3 on the Steam Deck and the best settings to get it running.

Larian Studios themselves has said how much it loves the Steam Deck — and its previous games, Divinity: Original Sin and its sequel, run exceptionally well on the handheld powerhouse.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is significantly more demanding than those titles, though, so you can expect a fair bit more tinkering.

The latest Baldur's Gate launched in a pretty technically stable state, fortunately, so compared to other releases in this year alone it’s been an absolute breeze getting a good experience on most systems.

But enough preamble from us, there’s a whole adventure awaiting you — so read on to get the scoop on how to get Baldur’s Gate 3 to play nice with the Deck!

Yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 runs on the Steam Deck and is certified by Valve on their Steam Deck verification programme as being playable.

This isn’t without nuance, though, as users are reporting that the default settings can leave a lot to be desired.

There are frequent dips below 30fps and by only having AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 1.0, the image quality is quite blurry as FSR 1.0 just sharpens the whole image — as opposed to FSR 2, Nvidia’s DLSS or Intels XeSS, which all use very clever algorithms and machine learning to create a much better image.

The controller set-up is very nice, though, so you won't have any trouble interacting with the game, and performance is set to improve soon when Larian Studios implement FSR 2.2 in an update that is slated to