Is Shantae and the Pirate's Curse playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Shantae and the Pirate's Curse runs great on the Steam Deck.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 42 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
- Developer
- WayForward
- Publisher
- WayForward
- Release
- April 23, 2015
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- —
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
- Processor: Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- OS *: Windows®7 or Windows®8
- Processor: Intel™ Core 2 Duo / AMD™ Athlon 64 X2 or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce™ 200 series or higher, AMD® Radeon™ HD5000 series or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory.
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Steam Deck compatibility
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 42 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
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 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
- default
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version 7.0-4 Steamos version 3.3.2 Bios version F7A0105
Tips for playing Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Shantae and the Pirate's Curse playable on Steam Deck?
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 42 reports.
›Is Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Shantae and the Pirate's Curse get on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players most often report playing Shantae and the Pirate's Curse at ~60 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 Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players report roughly 11h 22m at 60 fps on Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.
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Community configurations
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