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Steam Deck Run Score
Steam Deck · Community and sourced scores
Community reports and cited external evidence use the same anchored 1–5 scale.
Each value summarizes the current scores independently. This is not a recommended configuration.
4 current scores: 0 community reports and 4 sourced scores.
Community and sourced evidence
The publication's Deck testing recorded 80–90 FPS in general play, with drops below 70 during combat and roughly 80 FPS in NPC-heavy Diamond City. It recommended restoring the launcher, selecting high settings, and disabling motion blur and god rays.
High preset
Mostly stable
Benchmark: Can you play Fallout 4 on Steam Deck?.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Testing on a Steam Deck OLED after the Proton hotfix was substantially more enjoyable. The game still struggled occasionally and crashes were not eliminated, but they became much rarer and the overall experience moved much closer to stable Verified behavior.
Mostly stable · Other runtime
Article: Post-hotfix Steam Deck testing.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
PCGamesN tested Fallout 4 after the next-gen update on a Steam Deck OLED in 90 Hz mode, measuring an actual 45 FPS with erratic pacing and encountering a crash immediately.
90 FPS target
Varied a lot
Article: Fallout 4 next-gen update is broken on Steam Deck.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Windows Central directly tested Fallout 4 on Steam Deck at 1280x800 with a mostly Medium custom configuration and reported 50-60 FPS most of the time with occasional dips into the 40s.
800p · Custom preset
Mostly stable
Article: Best Fallout 4 settings for Steam Deck.View source (opens in a new tab)— Score mapped from cited evidence
Steam Deck settings and performance
Steam Deck settings and performance
Steam Deck settings and performance
Steam Deck settings and performance