Nexon’s The First Descendant is available on a wide range of platforms – including the PC. This naturally extends into handheld gaming PCs, of which includes the Steam Deck. The Steam Deck has been the go-to handheld for most – and readers will be pleasantly surprised to know that the game can run on it rather well.
The best First Descendant Steam Deck settings include a mix of both in-game and Steam Deck specific settings, which will be explained in more detail below.
Optimized The First Descendant Steam Deck settings
The Steam Deck OLED will be considered for this particular breakdown, over the base LCD version of the Deck. While the performance difference between the two models is virtually indistinguishable, there do exist some extra features that the OLED version makes proper use of in this particular game – such as HDR.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the OLED Deck has a much longer battery life over its LCD counterpart.
Regardless, an 800p image with a mostly ‘Low’ preset will be considered for the Steam Deck, opting to deliver a solid 30-40 frames per second. These settings include the following:
In-game settings
- Graphics: Low
- Ray Tracing: Off
- Additional Options: AMD
- FSR: Quality
- VSync: Off
- Frame Generation: Off
- Maximum Frame Rate: 60
- Visibility: Low
- Anti-Aliasing: Low
- Post Processing: Low
- Shadows: Low
- Global Illumination: Low
- Reflections: Low
- Textures: Low
- Effect: Low
- Vegetation: Low
- Shader Quality: Low
- Object: Low
- Physics: Low
- Motion Blur: Off
Steam Deck settings
- Frame Rate Limit: 40 Frames Per Second (FPS)
- TDP: 15 W
- Battery Drain: 25 W
Image Scaling Filter and Image Sharpness can be tweaked as per your liking to obtain a sharper image. The combination of settings above will result in around 1.5 to 2 hours of gameplay on an LCD Steam Deck. OLED Deck users can expect roughly twice the battery life.
