Is Tooth and Tail playable on Steam Deck?

Tested on Steam DeckLast checked June 2026

Steam Deck verdict

Runs great

Yes — Tooth and Tail runs great on the Steam Deck.

Tooth and Tail runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 15 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.

Game info

Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Developer: Pocketwatch Games
Publisher: Pocketwatch Games
Release: September 12, 2017
Price: $19.99
Metacritic: 80

System requirements

Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 or later
Processor: 2 GHz Processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 1.5gb video card required to play. nVidia 320M, Radeon HD 2400, Intel HD 3000 or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

Steam Deck compatibility

Does it run?

Valve rating: Playable

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
✓External controllers not supported primary player

Tooth and Tail performance & FPS on Steam Deck

We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Tooth and Tail yet. Runs well with the default settings.

Battery & recommended settings

Estimated battery life

5h 33mat 60 fps

Recommended preset: high
Typical power draw: ~9 W

💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version native Steamos version 3.4

Tips for playing Tooth and Tail 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 Tooth and Tail playable on Steam Deck?

Tooth and Tail runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 15 reports.

›Is Tooth and Tail Steam Deck Verified?

Not Verified, but Valve rates Tooth and Tail as Playable on the Steam Deck.

›How many FPS does Tooth and Tail 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 Tooth and Tail on Steam Deck?

Steam Deck players report roughly 5h 33m at 60 fps on Tooth and Tail (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.

›Can you play Tooth and Tail multiplayer on Steam Deck?

Yes — Tooth and Tail has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.