Is Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut runs great on the Steam Deck.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 38 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- WayForward
- Publisher
- WayForward
- Release
- July 15, 2014
- Price
- $9.99
- Metacritic
- —
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
- Processor: Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® Geforce 9600GT, AMD® Radeon™ HD 3870 or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- OS *: Windows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
- 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 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Is Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 38 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: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut playable on Steam Deck?
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut <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 38 reports.
›Is Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut 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 Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut 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 Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut specifically.
›Can you play Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut on Steam Deck?
Yes. Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut?
Yes — Valve reports that Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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