God of War Ragnarok runs remarkably well on the Steam Deck, and all signs point to a great PC port in general.
The Steam Deck has been the dominant force in the handheld gaming PC market, and for good reason – it still manages to offer great performance at a modest entry fee. Despite the market being flooded with multiple powerful handhelds, the Deck still remains relevant to this day.
A breakdown of the best God of War Ragnarok settings for the Steam Deck can be found detailed below, taking into account a 40 FPS cap for better battery life and general stability.
Optimized God of War Ragnarok Steam Deck settings
In-game settings
Display
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 1280×800; native Steam Deck screen resolution
- VSync: Off; always keep disabled
- Aspect Ratio: 16:10; native aspect ratio for the Deck
- Frame Rate Limit: Off; will be capped via the Deck’s UI instead
- Latency Reduction: Reflex Boost
- Frame Gen: Off; frame generation is a stuttery mess at low base frame rates
Scaling
- Method: AMD FSR 3.1
- Quality: Performance; Ultra Performance may help in some cases
Quality
- Preset: Custom; a mostly Low preset with some Medium options thrown in
- Textures: Medium; 6 GB VRAM is recommended at minimum
- Models: Low
- Anisotropic Filter: Medium
- Lighting: Low
- Shadows: Low
- Reflections: Low
- Atmospherics: Low
- Ambient Occlusion: Low
- Tessellation: Low
Steam Deck specific settings
- Frame Rate Limit: 40 FPS; can be capped to 30 for those wishing for a locked ‘cinematic’ experience
- TDP: 15 W
- Battery Drain: 25-30 W
The Deck mostly hits its 40 FPS target with the combination of settings mentioned above, with minor dips to the low 30s occasionally. Overall, the game is quite stable when running with the Proton Experimental compatibility layer.
Expect around 2 hours of battery life with the Steam Deck OLED, and half for the original, LCD Steam Deck.
