Returnal On PC Will Reportedly Support Steam Deck

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2021's PS5 exclusive Returnal was one of the biggest surprises of the year. The game was the first foray into AAA game development for Finnish developer Housemarque, which was previously known for developing arcade-style downloadable titles such as Resogun and Dead Nation. Despite this, Returnal kept the studio's arcade roots intact while telling a compelling horror-style story. Now, various rumors and leaks indicate that the game is coming to PC via Steam, and according to its SteamDB listing, it will also be compatible with Steam Deck at launch.

Steam Deck is a handheld game console created by Valve that doubles as a gaming PC, built on Valve's Linux-based SteamOS and allowing far more performance customization than a traditional console like the Nintendo Switch. The system has been a huge hit, appealing to both fans of console and PC gaming, and has remained sold out since its launch in February of this year, while Valve continues to release the system in batches. Currently, reservations are still open for the system, but these units are not expected to ship until October 2022 at the earliest.

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So far, support for the Steam Deck has been huge, with many developers patching their previous titles to be compatible, or Valve implementing support to make the games Deck compatible. So far, all of Sony's releases for PC have been compatible with Steam Deck, including Horizon: Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and God of War. Now, according to SteamDB, the upcoming PC release of Returnal will be too.

Returnal's Steam Deck compatibility is especially exciting as it will be the first PS5 developed title to be compatible with Valve's handheld PC, which is closer to the original