It’s been a strange few days for Palworld on Steam Deck. Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it’s back to Steam Deck Playable again.
We still don’t know what happened. Valve’s Deck Verified system is quite the mystery on why exactly they tag each game as they do. When a game is set as Steam Deck Unsupported, it rarely actually says why other than very specific times where the anti-cheat is clearly not enabled or the graphics cannot be set to perform well enough.
So here we are again! 3 days after Valve set it as Unsupported, it’s now rated Steam Deck Playable again. However, Valve do clearly list multiple issues with it including:
Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration.
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons.
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard.
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read.
This game requires manual configuration of graphics settings to perform well on Steam Deck.
This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu.
Even when a game is set as Steam Deck Unsupported, it doesn’t always mean it won’t run at all, just that Valve for some reason don’t recommend it.
After the update Palworld continues to see a lot of players jumping in with a 24 hour peak concurrent count of 198,212 players. We’re still waiting to see what happens from the Nintendo lawsuit though, as there’s been no official update since November last year.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
