If you’re a Steam Deck owner hoping to explore the Living Lands of Avowed on your favorite handheld, I have (mostly) good news.

The Steam Deck was a trailblazer when it launched in February 2022, kickstarting the PC gaming handheld market. However, three years have passed, and in tech years, that’s an eternity. With newer hardware from Lenovo, ASUS, MSI, Acer, and others, the Steam Deck is beginning to show its age.

In addition to crashing on startup on the ASUS ROG Ally in hardware writer Nick Evanson's Avowed performance analysis, I've found that the game runs booboo at best on the more ubiquitous Steam Deck. Avowed remains tagged with an "unknown" Steam Deck compatibility rating on its store page,

Avowed runs pretty well on ROG Ally as long as you're playing at the right settings. But you won't want to play on Steam Deck.