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Steam Deck rating
Equal-weight average of all 5 scores (community reports, community observations, and cited evidence). Not a median, benchmark, or guarantee.
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The author completed a full Steam Deck playthrough at 1280x720 with low and custom settings and FSR 2 Performance; performance stayed near 40-45 FPS but dipped in busy scenes.
720p · Custom preset · 60 FPS target
Frequent dips · Performance upscaling · FSR · FSR 2
Article: Resident Evil 4 Steam Deck Settings.View source (opens in a new tab)— Equivalent source rating
TouchArcade reports launch-week Steam Deck play and says the default preset works well; 30 or 40 FPS targets provide very good image quality with some drops in busy areas.
Default preset · 40 FPS target
Mostly stable
Article: Steam Deck review frame-rate paragraph.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Destructoid directly captured the full game on Steam Deck and reports maintaining at least 40 FPS in the village brawl with Low settings and the article's system tweaks.
Low preset
Mostly stable
Article: Best settings and Steam Deck performance sections.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Dexerto reports direct full-game testing at 1280x720, Low, and FSR 2 Balanced, holding a solid 30 FPS without the earlier demo's intermittent dips.
720p · Low preset · 30 FPS target
Locked or nearly locked · Balanced upscaling · FSR · FSR 2 · Proton Experimental
Article: Does it run and recommended settings sections.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Rock Paper Shotgun reports direct full-game testing with a customized performance preset and FSR 2 Performance, averaging about 38 FPS in the hardest scene and 45-50 FPS elsewhere.
Custom preset
Mostly stable · Performance upscaling · FSR · FSR 2 · Proton Experimental
Article: Steam Deck performance and alternative settings paragraphs.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence