Regardless of being an Epic Sport Retailer unique, folks have discovered methods to play Alan Wake 2 on Valve’s handheld. Although it’s doable, poor efficiency means it’s not essentially a good suggestion.

To get Treatment’s newest recreation operating on the Steam Deck, you’ll want to leap via a couple of hoops. Your first impediment is the truth that the sport is unique to the Epic Sport Retailer launcher. To get round this, swap to Desktop mode then obtain the Epic Video games Retailer launcher. You’ll be able to then launch it from Steam by including it to your library as a non-Steam recreation.

Alternatively, you’ll be able to use the Heroic Launcher which is an app that mixes your libraries from a couple of launchers together with EGS and GOG. Both method, when you’ve acquired your EGS library accessible in your Steam Deck, all that’s left is to obtain Alan Wake 2 and play. You might have to obtain Proton instruments to drive compatibility.

Simply because you are able to do it, doesn’t imply you must. Those that have gotten the sport to run on the Deck don’t report good efficiency. With settings at low, YouTuber Deck Wizard manages to have the sport operating at round 24FPS within the woods. Steam Deck Evaluation and Suggestions‘ FPS sits within the low 20s as effectively.

It’s no shock that the Deck struggles to run the sport, because it extraordinarily demanding even on common PCs. When the really helpful PC specs had been revealed, it shocked many, as DLSS is closely relied upon. It’s arguably value it, as Alan Wake 2 is without doubt one of the best-looking video games of the present technology.

Alan Wake 2 isn’t the one recreation launched this 12 months that the Deck struggles to run. It additionally had a tough time with Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3.