Valheim launched on Steam a yr in the past yesterday, and Iron Gate has outlined its Steam Deck ambitions as a birthday current. In a celebratory submit, the Nordic survival recreation’s builders revealed that they’re presently working in direction of handheld optimisation, which might assist it earn it Verified standing.
In its “One Year of Valheim” occasion submit, Iron Gate says “Steam Deck can be deliberate to launch in February! We would after all prefer to have Valheim working easily on it from the begin, in order that’s one thing we’re engaged on at the second.”
Currently, Valheim comes with partial PC controller help, and it’s not but included on the Steam Deck’s Verified listing. However, the recreation is listed as “playable” on SteamDB, so getting Iron Gate’s Nordic limbo working on the moveable shouldn’t be a problem. In reality, gamers ought to be capable to enhance fps and play with increased settings enabled, due to SteamOS’ included AMD FSR upscaling.
Iron Gate already has a busy second yr forward, engaged on new Valheim Mountain and Mistlands biomes. Hopefully, we’ll be capable to convey the smash-hit Viking romp with us in our backpacks come February 25, as sending Greydawfs to Niflheim on-the-go sounds too good to move up.