How To Play Fortnite On Steam Deck

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Fortnite, even almost five years after its release, is still one of the most popular games in the entire world. Millions of players still log on every week to take part in the ever-changing battle royale landscape from Epic Games. At the time of its release, Fortnite was a truly game-changing experience that completely altered the gaming landscape for years to come. Well, five years later, there's something else on the market that could accomplish that same thing: Steam Deck.

Valve's new device is essentially a portable PC that users can utilize to play their games on the go. During the time leading up to Steam Deck's launch, it was thought that Fortnite wouldn't be a part of the slate of games players could download. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney stated that Epic didn't trust Valve's Easy Anti-Cheat software to stop cheaters when using custom kernels on the Linux platform. As such, Epic Games said it wouldn't update Fortnite to be able to run for Steam Deck after it launched.

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However, there is one simple workaround for users to play Fortnite right from their Steam Deck.

After Steam Deck's initial launch, Microsoft announced that Fortnite would be launching on Xbox Cloud Gaming. This cloud-based service is usually a free commodity for subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. However, for Steam Deck users, there's no subscription needed in order to access the service. According to Microsoft themselves, all players need is a legitimate Microsoft account and their Steam