Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will run on Steam Deck at launch, which is nice albeit surprising information. It’s surprising, as a result of final month Ubisoft dominated out Steam Deck assist, mentioning—fairly fairly—that Valve’s handheld is “under our minimal specs for PC“.
So what’s modified? Presumably the studio has carried out some testing, tweaked some knobs, and found that the sport does really run. “We are glad to say that we’re supporting Steam Deck at launch and are presently awaiting the extent of classification from Valve,” the official Assassin’s Creed X account wrote. “More information to come back quickly.”
Steam Deck OLED launched in November 2023 and is holding up astonishingly properly. It runs Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and a bunch of different latest blockbusters I definitely did not count on it might run. That’s spectacular work for a handheld machine, and equally spectacular work from the builders who handle to make their video games work on it.
But will Assassin’s Creed Shadows be enjoyable to play on Steam Deck? I’m uncertain. Those aforementioned heavyhitters are each “Verified” Steam Deck video games, however they’re clearly made for bigger screens and beefier rigs. It’s cool that they run, however it’s fairly exhausting to get pleasure from them once they look nearer to shifting Claude Monet work than trendy videogames. They’re smeared, jerky, and total suboptimal. Maybe I’m being choosy, however I normally discover I’m much less choosy than different PC players.
Still, if Steam Deck is your solely gaming machine—and I really feel like that is a rising class of participant—Assassin’s Creed Shadows is on the menu. It’s nice to see studios really addressing the still-small however rising handheld market straight, too.
Will Assassin’s Creed Shadows issue into our checklist of the finest Steam Deck video games? Time will inform, however for those who ask me, the machine is ideal for many indies, CRPGs (these monitor pads), and Vampire Survivors.
