Is Tribes: Ascend playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Tribes: Ascend runs great on the Steam Deck.
Tribes: Ascend runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 16 reports.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Free To Play
- Developer
- Hi-Rez Studios
- Publisher
- Hi-Rez Studios
- Release
- June 27, 2012
- Price
- See on Steam
- Metacritic
- 86
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
- Memory: 2GB (XP), 3GB (Vista, Win7)
- Hard Disk Space: 10 GB free
- Video Card: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Sound: DirectX compatible sound card
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 1GB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560+ or ATI Radeon 6950+).
Is Tribes: Ascend 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.
- ✓Default controller config not fully functional
- ✓Controller glyphs don't match the Deck
- ✓On-screen keyboard doesn't pop up automatically
- ✓Some text may be hard to read on the Deck
- ✓The Deck's native resolution isn't the default
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Tribes: Ascend performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Tribes: Ascend yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Battery & recommended settings
- Recommended preset
- default
- Typical power draw
- ~9 W
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version native Steamos version 3.4
Tips for playing Tribes: Ascend on Steam Deck
- •Some on-screen text is small on the Deck — bump up the UI scale if the game allows it.
- •Button prompts may show Xbox or PlayStation icons instead of Steam Deck glyphs.
- •Open the on-screen keyboard manually with STEAM + X when you need to type.
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Tribes: Ascend playable on Steam Deck?
Tribes: Ascend <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 16 reports.
›Is Tribes: Ascend Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Tribes: Ascend as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Tribes: Ascend 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 Tribes: Ascend 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 Tribes: Ascend specifically.
›Can you play Tribes: Ascend multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Tribes: Ascend has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
›Can you play Tribes: Ascend on Steam Deck?
Yes. Tribes: Ascend runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Tribes: Ascend?
Yes — Valve reports that Tribes: Ascend performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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