Best Diablo 4 Steam Deck settings: Performance, graphics, more

Diablo 4 was launched on Steam Deck and PC on October 17, 2023, at the beginning of Season 2. However, some players are having problems running the game smoothly on the device, so here are the best settings to run Diablo 4 optimally on Steam Deck.

Diablo 4 Season 2 is almost at the end of its tenure as the devs are prepping up for the launch of Season 3. Blizzard made the game even more accessible to other players by launching it on Steam, which attracted plenty of Steam Deck users from all over the world.

Although some players got pretty decent results in the beginning, others struggled to run the game as smoothly as it runs on a console or PC.

With this in mind, here are the best Steam Deck settings to run Diablo 4 smoothly.

Best Diablo 4 Steam Deck settings for performance

To achieve the best results on a Steam Deck in Diablo 4, we recommend you limit your FPS to 45 and lower the quality preset to Medium. Although you can turn it up to High if you want with the FSR 2 enabled, keep in mind that it will drain your battery life as well.

Here are the best Steam Deck settings for performance in Diablo 4:

• Resolution Scaling: AMD FSR 2 (Quality)
• Max. Foreground FPS: 45
• Texture Quality: Medium
• Anisotropic Filtering: 8x
• Shadow Quality: Low
• Dynamic Shadows: On
• Soft Shadows: On
• Shader Quality: Medium
• SSAO Quality: Medium
• Fog Quality: Low
• Clutter Quality: Medium
• Fur Quality Level: Medium
• Water Simulation Quality: Low
• Anti-Aliasing Quality: Medium
• Geometric Complexity: Medium
• Terrain Geometry Detail: Medium
• Physics Quality: Low
• Particle Quality: Low
• Reflection Quality: High
• Screen Space Reflections: Off
• Distortion: Off
• Low FX: Off

You can also try increasing the Maximum FPS to 60 if you want and experiment with various other options to tweak the settings to your liking in Diablo 4.

Best Diablo 4 Steam Deck settings for graphics

Diablo 4 is well known for its graphics, however, to achieve satisfactory performance you might need to give up on certain graphical settings. But if you can handle the high-battery drain and a few frames drops here and there, you can easily enjoy some great visuals on your Steam Deck.

Here are the best Steam Deck settings for graphics in Diablo 4:

• Resolution Scaling: AMD FSR 2 (Quality)
• Max. Foreground FPS: 60
• Texture Quality: High
• Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
• Shadow Quality: High
• Dynamic Shadows: On
• Soft Shadows: On
• Shader Quality: High
• SSAO Quality: Medium
• Fog Quality: Medium
• Clutter Quality: High
• Fur Quality Level: High
• Water Simulation Quality: Medium
• Anti-Aliasing Quality: High
• Geometric Complexity: High
• Terrain Geometry Detail: High
• Physics Quality: High
• Particle Quality: High
• Reflection Quality: High
• Screen Space Reflections: On
• Distortion: Off
• Low FX: Off

This was everything you had to know about the best Steam Deck settings to run Diablo 4 smoothly. For more on the game, check out our other guides:

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