{"id":298619,"date":"2025-10-14T01:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2160147"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:28:56","slug":"most-games-consistently-met-or-exceeded-30-fps-on-steam-deck-during-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/most-games-consistently-met-or-exceeded-30-fps-on-steam-deck-during-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Most games &#8220;consistently met or exceeded&#8221; 30 FPS on Steam Deck during testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/most-games-consistently-met-or-exceeded-30-fps-on-steam-deck-during-testing.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Valve has clarified what the company means by describing the Steam Deck as &#8220;targeting 30 FPS&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Though some prospective Steam Deckers were concerned at the use of the word &#8220;targeting&#8221;, Valve&#8217;s Pierre-Loup Griffais took to Twitter to emphasise that the hardware wasn&#8217;t targeting 30 FPS as much as it was suggesting 30 FPS is the <em>minimum<\/em> Steam Deck users can expect.<\/p>\n<p>All the games that have been tested on Steam Deck thus far have reportedly &#8220;consistently met and exceeded&#8221; 30 FPS, plus there&#8217;ll also be an optional FPS limiter to enable players to choose between framerates and prolonging the mobile device&#8217;s battery life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-25-most-games-consistently-met-or-exceeded-30-fps-on-steam-deck-during-testing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-25-most-games-consistently-met-or-exceeded-30-fps-on-steam-deck-during-testing\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has clarified what the company means by describing the Steam Deck as &#8220;targeting 30 FPS&#8221;. Though some prospective Steam Deckers were concerned at the use of the word &#8220;targeting&#8221;, Valve&#8217;s Pierre-Loup Griffais took to Twitter to emphasise that the hardware wasn&#8217;t targeting 30 FPS as much as it was suggesting 30 FPS is the minimum Steam Deck users can expect. All the games that have been tested on Steam Deck thus far have reportedly &#8220;consistently met and exceeded&#8221; 30 FPS, plus there&#8217;ll also be an optional FPS limiter to enable players to choose between framerates and prolonging the mobile device&#8217;s battery life. 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