Is Need for Speed™ Rivals playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Need for Speed™ Rivals runs great on the Steam Deck.
Need for Speed™ Rivals runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 50 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Racing
- Developer
- Criterion Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release
- June 4, 2020
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- 76
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows 7 (Service Pack 2) 32-Bit
- Processor: Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo or AMD 2.8 GHz Athlon X2
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon 3870 512 MB or higher performance; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance; Intel HD 4000 Integrated 512 MB or higher performance
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- OS *: Windows 7 (Service Pack 2)
- Processor: Intel Quad-Core CPU or AMD Six Core CPU
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon 7870 3GB or higher performance; NVIDIA GeForce GT660 3GB or higher performance
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
Is Need for Speed™ Rivals compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Playable
Community rating · 50 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Shows a launcher / extra setup step
- ✓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
- ✓First-time setup needs an internet connection
- ✓Single-player requires an internet connection
Need for Speed™ Rivals 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.
Battery & recommended settings
Estimated battery life
- Recommended preset
- ultra
- Typical power draw
- ~12 W
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version 9.0-2 Steamos version 3.5
Tips for playing Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam Deck
- •You may need to click through a launcher each time you start the game.
- •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 Need for Speed™ Rivals playable on Steam Deck?
Need for Speed™ Rivals <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 50 reports.
›Is Need for Speed™ Rivals Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Need for Speed™ Rivals as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Need for Speed™ Rivals get on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players most often report playing Need for Speed™ Rivals at ~30 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 Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players report roughly 4h 21m at 30 fps on Need for Speed™ Rivals (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.
›Can you play Need for Speed™ Rivals multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Need for Speed™ Rivals has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
›Can you play Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam Deck?
Yes. Need for Speed™ Rivals runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Need for Speed™ Rivals?
Yes. Steam Deck players report running Need for Speed™ Rivals at ~30 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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