After insisting that the required PC specs for Assassin’s Creed Shadows would make it impossible for the game to run on Steam Deck, it seems like Ubisoft has managed to make it work just in time for launch.
In a post on X, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be compatible with the Steam Deck at launch, after initially saying earlier that it wouldn’t meet the minimum requirements.
They haven’t given any details beyond that it will be supported, saying that they are still “awaiting the level of classification from Valve”, which presumably means determining whether the game will be listed as “Playable” or “Verified” on its Steam store page, and which specific features will be supported on the handheld.
How Will It Compare To Consoles?
Ubisoft recently went over the performance modes that will be present in the PS5 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, summarizing the three different settings and how fans should expect them to run on both base PS5 and PS5 Pro in terms of frame rate and ray tracing support.
More generally, they’ve stated that it should be able to run at 60 fps upscaled at 4K resolution on not just PS5,...
