Steam Deck Optimized Settings

Note: the gameplay video above is captured with an AVerMedia X'Tra Go GC515 dock/capture device, which doesn't affect performance in any way. What you see is what you'll experience on your device.


Kingdom Come: Deliverance II runs rather well on a Steam Deck for a 2025 AAA game. Yes, you have to set FSR to "Quality," but the image is almost the same quality as native due to SMAA, the only antialiasing option in the game, having relatively poor temporal stability.


After you set FSR to "Quality," set the graphical preset to "Low" and then "Objects quality," "Textures," "Vegetation detail," and "Character detail" to "Medium." You can also set "Objects quality" to "High," but this leads to relatively frequent stutters in settlements. Finally, set the level of sharpness according to your preference.


The result is a very stable 30 FPS and above experience that can drop to low 30s in dense woods and reaches high 40s in less demanding areas. You can expect some stuttering, but it's far from annoying and usually only happens inside settlements. Most of the time, frame pacing is very stable. Despite being a first-person title, the game feels very fluid, even at 30 FPS, which is always nice to see.


All in all, we can say that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is fully playable on Steam Deck. While the overall image quality isn't that great, KC:D II looks rather good on Steam Deck's compact 800p screen. It's also great that the machine can push playable frame rates with some LOD settings (objects, characters, and vegetation) set to "Medium" because with LOD options set to "Low," there's a lot of obvious pop-in.

The game will use all the available power Steam Deck can offer, so expect about one and a half hours of battery life on the LCD variant and about 2 and a half hours of battery life on Steam Deck OLED.