Is Beyond Good and Evil™ playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Beyond Good and Evil™ runs great on the Steam Deck.
Beyond Good and Evil™ runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 44 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montpellier
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release
- May 13, 2008
- Price
- See on Steam
- Metacritic
- 83
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
- Processor: 700 MHz Pentium® III, Celeron®, or AMD Athlon™ (1 GHz recommended)
- Memory: 64 MB minimum, 128 MB recommended (256 MB recommended for XP)
- Graphics:DirectX® 9-compatible 32 MB video card (specific cards supported: ATI® Radeon™ 9700 and Pro, ATI Radeon 9000 and Pro, GeForce™ 4 Ti 4600/Ti 4400/MX 460/MX 440, GeForce3 and Ti500, GeForce2 GTS/MX400/MX)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
- Sound: DirectX 9-compatible sound card
- Hard Drive: 2.2 GB
Is Beyond Good and Evil™ compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Playable
Community rating · 44 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Controller glyphs don't match the Deck
- ✓The Deck's native resolution isn't supported
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Beyond Good and Evil™ performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Beyond Good and Evil™ yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Beyond Good and Evil™ on Steam Deck
- •Button prompts may show Xbox or PlayStation icons instead of Steam Deck glyphs.
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Beyond Good and Evil™ playable on Steam Deck?
Beyond Good and Evil™ <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it <strong>Playable</strong> on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Gold</strong> on ProtonDB across 44 reports.
›Is Beyond Good and Evil™ Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Beyond Good and Evil™ as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Beyond Good and Evil™ get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Valve reports good performance with the default settings.
›How long does the battery last playing Beyond Good and Evil™ on Steam Deck?
Battery life isn't fixed — it depends on your brightness, TDP cap and framerate target, typically landing anywhere from 2 to 6 hours on the Steam Deck. We don't have a measured figure for Beyond Good and Evil™ specifically.
›Can you play Beyond Good and Evil™ on Steam Deck?
Yes. Beyond Good and Evil™ runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Beyond Good and Evil™?
Yes — Valve reports that Beyond Good and Evil™ performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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