Elden Ring: Can you play it on Steam Deck?

If you are among the diehard fans of Elden Ring and enjoy it on your PC, you might wonder if the game can be played on Steam Deck.

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By Rohit Kohli | Jan 5, 2023 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

If you are among the diehard fans of Elden Ring and enjoy it on your PC, you might wonder if the game can be played on Steam Deck. Elden Ring took the game scene by storm when it came out in February 2022.

The game will soon be receiving its first DLC, so now might be the right time to check out if the game can be played on Steam Deck. Now players are intrigued to know if this incredibly hard to win game can be played on Steam Deck, Valve’s handheld device that enables players to bring PC gaming on the go.

In this article, we will be discussing if Elden Ring can be played on Steam Deck and how it runs on the console.

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Is Elden Ring Steam Deck certified?

Elden Ring is Steam Deck certified and players can enjoy the game on the handheld console. On Valve’s Steam Deck compatibility page, Elden Ring can be seen among the most popular games that can be played on portable gaming device.

When the game when launched, it didn’t really run well on Steam Deck with massive frame rate drops and poor graphics. However, Valve has managed to optimize the game for the console, greatly improving Elden Ring’s performance with stable frame rates and solid visuals.

Now, players will be able to explore The Lands Between with smooth gameplay. The game now supports a 16:9 aspect ratio, which means they will always get black borders at both the top and bottom of the console’s screen regardless of what visual changes players make inside the game’s settings.

Elden Ring Steam player base

Well, there is no accurate way to determine how many people are playing Elden Ring across all platforms. However, Steam Charts give away accurate figures for the number of Steam players. As per Steam Charts, as of June 7, 2022, Elden Ring averaged 77,048 players on PC. Although, the player base hit the 952,523 mark in March.

Well, these numbers only show the players that are playing the game on PC and do not give away the number of players playing Elden Ring on the console. FromSoftware is yet to reveal exact sales of the game, but some data available offers some insights.

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