The No Rest For The Wicked news keeps flowing, with Moon Studios seemingly dropping knowledge bombs. This time around, the developer is addressing handheld gaming support. According to Moon Studios co-founder Gennadiy Korol, the team behind the title has made the upcoming early access playable on handheld PC gaming devices such as the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, and others.
This is fantastic news, as I’ve seen so many questions about whether the game would be playable on those devices. While the Steam Deck performance was mentioned, and given the provided metrics, this gives me that much-needed assurance that I could also play it on my Windows-based handheld devices. I take my Steam Deck or ROG Ally pretty much everywhere these days. I can also see this as a significant production halt on my end, and maybe even cause me to get in trouble with the misses since I’ll be more focused on this than her.
Here’s what Gennadiy Korol had to say about making this miracle possible.
We never thought we’d get this done in time for launch, but so many of you have asked and we LOVE handhelds – so our hard working @moongamestudios team has moved mountains to make @wickedgame playable on Steam Deck, ROG Ally and other Handhelds Day 1!
We’re getting 30-40fps on the Deck, depending on the quality with some dips to 20-25 fps. Some cinematics might dip more, but gameplay is very enjoyable thanks to our Game Simulation always running at locked 60fps, so the game input for the precision combat remains super responsive!
Bear in mind, this is not yet official-official as it’s coming out hot and we will be working with Valve on official verification shortly.
Image quality, performance dips and memory will be further improved as we will be patching and improving the game in the future. I really love how this game feels with Deck’s locked 40fps screen and our 60fps game simulation and responsive input. So hopefully we’ll be able to get to that locked 40fps target sometime after launch.
Even in the current state we’re very stoked to have all of you to play this game on the go, so much sooner!
For those who are curious about how No Rest For The Wicked performs on the Steam Deck or other handhelds, I’ll be testing this out on my own once I have access to the game.
No Rest For The Wicked will be released for PC via Steam Early Access on April 18, 2024. The game will be priced at $39.99; however, if you purchase it with an affiliate code (Twitch Streamers), it will be discounted to $31.99.
