Is Hand of Fate playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Hand of Fate runs great on the Steam Deck.
Hand of Fate runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 16 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Indie, RPG
- Developer
- Defiant Development
- Publisher
- Defiant Development
- Release
- February 17, 2015
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- 78
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/XP/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
- Processor: 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 260 GTS or Radeon HD 4850 - 512 MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1 (64bit)
- Processor: 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 460 GTX / Radeon 5770 - 1 GB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Is Hand of Fate compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Playable
Community rating · 16 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Some text may be hard to read on the Deck
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Controller glyphs match the Deck
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Hand of Fate performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Hand of Fate yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Hand of Fate on Steam Deck
- •Some on-screen text is small on the Deck — bump up the UI scale if the game allows it.
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Hand of Fate playable on Steam Deck?
Hand of Fate <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>Platinum</strong> on ProtonDB across 16 reports.
›Is Hand of Fate Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Hand of Fate as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Hand of Fate 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 Hand of Fate 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 Hand of Fate specifically.
›Can you play Hand of Fate on Steam Deck?
Yes. Hand of Fate runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Hand of Fate?
Yes — Valve reports that Hand of Fate performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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