With Horizon Forbidden West finally making its way to PC, will it run on the Steam Deck? Here’s everything we know about playing through Aloy’s second adventure on the go.
Aloy’s adventure in Horizon Forbidden West is about to get a second lease of life. Sony will be launching the Complete Collection on PS5 and PC, with the PC version hitting Steam and Epic’s stores later this month. Thankfully with it coming to Steam, we won’t have to jump through too many hoops to get Horizon on the Steam Deck.
In Horizon Forbidden West, you have a new frontier to discover as you take on the role of Aloy once more. In this sequel, there are bigger fights and new awe-inspiring machines to confront, and the DLC is included too.
With that in mind, here’s everything we know about whether or not Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition will run on the Steam Deck.
Will Horizon Forbidden West run on Steam Deck?
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is coming to PC, but the game has yet to go through Valve’s verification process.
While the Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition release date is closer than ever, Valve hasn’t yet identified how it will run on the Steam Deck. The upcoming PC version of the sequel hasn’t yet received a ‘playable’ or ‘verified’ commendation, and the Steam page currently lists no indication of its compatibility on the handheld.
When its predecessor, Horizon Zero Dawn, was released on Steam, the PC port itself wasn’t perfect at launch and had to be patched to fix some issues. On the Steam Deck side though, the first Horizon game ran fine after these updates at 30FPS, low settings. You could squeak out a bit more, but it’d cause some issues. We’re hoping that Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition will carry on this torch.
Where things could falter is the increased graphical fidelity between the two games. Despite the PS4 version also existing, the PC version will probably be closer to the PS5 version than anything. This could hinder the performance of Horizon’s sequel on Steam Deck, but if Nixxes manages to pull off a smooth port – like with Ratchet and Clank – then there shouldn’t be too much to worry about.
The Horizon Forbidden West PC requirements demand a hefty 150GB of install space before you can take on the role of Aloy on the Steam Deck. While that’s not usual by today’s standards, it’s still a huge chunk of your handheld’s storage.
Picking up one of the best microSD cards for the Steam Deck will help ensure you have plenty of storage space for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition and any Steam Deck game you want to play. Especially if you haven’t yet picked up the 1TB Steam Deck OLED or upgraded the SSD.