HELLDIVERS™ 2

Tom's Hardware Italia tested HELLDIVERS 2 on both LCD and OLED Steam Decks at 1280x800 with a detailed low-to-medium custom configuration, generally measuring 35-40 FPS with brief 25 FPS drops during large airstrike effects.

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After several hours of direct settings testing, the outlet reported 45 FPS outside combat and frequent 30 FPS combat drops, plus hard-to-read text.

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Direct OLED Deck captures and the author's own testing produced a mostly 30 FPS experience with a custom mix dominated by low settings and Ultra Quality rendering. It ran smoothly overall but dipped during deployment and heavy explosions, while small HUD text, startup black screens, and an anti-cheat FAQ remained caveats.

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Hardware Times played the tutorial and first post-tutorial HELLDIVERS 2 mission on Steam Deck after Valve's Proton Hotfix, using its published custom settings at a 45 FPS target and observing only a few hectic-scene dips to 40 FPS.

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