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Baldur's Gate 3

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★ 95/100Metacritic 96 · SteamDeckHQ 90 · Steam players 96% of 759,332 reviews
Steam Deck: VerifiedSteam Frame: UnsupportedSteam Machine: VerifiedProtonDB: gold · 1532 reportsSteamDeckHQ: 3/5

73 h main story · 117 h with extras · 181 h for everything HowLongToBeat ↗

“An amazing cRPG, truly deserving of the praise that it has received. There are some performance issues on the Steam Deck, but it remains fully playable and definitely worth a recommendation!”

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Major update · Apr 15, 2025Patch notes ↗

The Final Patch: New Subclasses, Photo Mode, and Cross-Play

6 of 7 setups were made before this update. Graphics options and performance may have changed since, so treat them as a starting point.

What changed for graphics
  • The Steam Deck's default FSR setting is now FSR 2.2 on 'Quality'.
  • Fixed an issue with Shadow Blade spells and the Knife of the Undermountain King dagger not granting Advantage against an obscured target.
  • Fixed the VO getting cut off prematurely for githyanki and drow characters entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands for the first time.
1 expert profile · 6 user reports

Recommended settings for 30 FPS

Set the Framerate Limit to 30 with the screen at 60 Hz, or 90 Hz on OLED.

User reportLCDBest match

ShareDeck report by Мужики я посрал

30 FPS
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SteamOS performance

Framerate limit
30
Refresh rate
60 Hz
TDP limit
11 W

Game & compatibility

Preset
default
Resolution
1280×800
Proton
10.0-1
SteamOS
3.7

Power

Power draw
18.0 W
Battery life
2h 13m
Notes from Мужики я посрал

Proton version (sniper 3.0)

Expert reviewBefore update

Recommended Settings

30 FPS
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SteamOS performance

Framerate limit
30
Refresh rate
60 Hz
TDP limit
Off
GPU clock
Off
Half-rate shading
Off
Scaling filter
Linear

Game & compatibility

Proton
No Forced Compatibility

Power

Power draw
15W - 17W
Temperatures
75c - 85c
Battery life
~2 Hours
In-game graphics settings (23)
  • Resolution: 1280×800
  • VSync: Disabled
  • Frame Rate Cap: Off
  • AMD FSR 1.0: Off
  • AMD FSR 2.2: Quality
  • Model Quality: Low
  • Shadow Quality: Low
  • Cloud Quality: Low
  • Texture Quality: Low
  • Texture Filtering: Trilinear
  • Instance Distance: Low
  • Fog Quality: Low
  • Detail Distance: Low
  • Animation Level of Detail: Low
  • FidelityFX Sharpening: Off
  • Anti-Aliasing: None
  • Ambient Occlusion: Off
  • Depth of Field: None
  • God Rays: Off
  • Bloom: Off
  • Subsurface Scattering: Off
  • Slow HDD Mode: Off
  • Dynamic Crowds: On
User reportLCDBefore update

ShareDeck report by Jormungrandr

30 FPS
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SteamOS performance

Framerate limit
30
Refresh rate
60 Hz
TDP limit
Off

Game & compatibility

Preset
medium
Resolution
1280×800
Proton
7.0-5
SteamOS
3.4

Power

Power draw
23.0 W
Battery life
1h 44m
Notes from Jormungrandr

Initial settings I will update as further testing is done. Runs at a pretty steady 30 fps with a few dips. Proton Version: Experimental Display Mode: Windowed Vsync: Double buffering Frame rate cap: On Max Frame: 30 Model/Detail/Instance/Texture: Medium Texture Filtering: X2 Animation Level of Detail: Medium Dynamic Crowds: off Shadow Quality: Medium Fog/Cloud Quality: low AMD FSR: Quality Anti-Aliasing: SMAA Ambient Occlusion: off Depth of Field: Gaussian Depth of Field Quality: Quarter God Rays/Bloom/Subsurface scattering: Off