Is Guild Wars® Reforged playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Guild Wars® Reforged runs great on the Steam Deck.
Guild Wars® Reforged runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 58 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Developer
- ArenaNet®
- Publisher
- ArenaNet®, NCSOFT
- Release
- December 3, 2025
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- —
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: 16-bit Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Network connection required
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Microsoft Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Series Video Card or above
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-FiTM series Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Network connection required
Is Guild Wars® Reforged compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 58 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Controller glyphs match the Deck
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Guild Wars® Reforged performance & FPS on Steam Deck
Based on 1 Steam Deck community reports. These are the framerates players actually settle on — many cap it to save battery — not the game's maximum. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Guild Wars® Reforged on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Guild Wars® Reforged playable on Steam Deck?
Guild Wars® Reforged <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it <strong>Steam Deck Verified</strong>. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Platinum</strong> on ProtonDB across 58 reports.
›Is Guild Wars® Reforged Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Guild Wars® Reforged is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Guild Wars® Reforged get on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players most often report playing Guild Wars® Reforged at ~90 fps (based on 1 community reports). These are usually the framerate players settle on — many cap it to save battery — not the game's maximum.
›How long does the battery last playing Guild Wars® Reforged 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 Guild Wars® Reforged specifically.
›Can you play Guild Wars® Reforged multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Guild Wars® Reforged has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
›Can you play Guild Wars® Reforged on Steam Deck?
Yes. Guild Wars® Reforged runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Guild Wars® Reforged?
Yes. Steam Deck players report running Guild Wars® Reforged at ~90 fps, based on 1 community reports — that's the framerate players settle on, not the game's ceiling.
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Community configurations
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