Stellar Blade Dev Shows Off Silky Smooth Steam Deck Gameplay

The "little" handheld that could.

I can't wait for the PC release. I beat the game on release last year but I want to play it again, and get all of the achievements, on PC.

Very cool. I don't own a Steam Deck but it's always a good sign performance-wise when a game can target such a low spec profile. Bodes well for future tech reviews and word of mouth in general.

In this video, I see a fast-paced action game running with 30 fps and hear typewriter sounds. Wouldn’t be my favourite style of playing.

Still have this game on my backlog, but it's great that it's coming to another audience soon . I recently bought a portal so have been playing a lot more games portably, and this looks like a perfectly acceptable way to play this game too

Having a tough time deciding between this and Clair Obscur for my next platinum run. What you saying people 🧐

Very cool. I will surely get the Steam version but maybe not at launch. It depends on the price to be honest. I only played the demo in PS5 but I liked it.

@Vectrex do you think it’ll be 60? I had a Deck Oled and it was less than impressive in the performance dept

@PlatinumMikey I’ve a deck and 40fps is the new 60fps on there for more demanding games and plays well.
I don’t play new AAA on there though because I don’t think it’s really for that but great for indie or older games. Dishonored, Arkham, Bioshock, Wreckfest and some Resident Evil are great on there along with Balatro, Disco Elysium and Broken Sword. It’s a good entry into or a compliment to, PC gaming.

@x3King84 that’s cool. I was playing games like F76 which ain’t exactly demanding graphically imo and the frames drops were so significant it annoyed the hell out of me. And having got used to 60fps this gen I find it so jarring to play anything less now. Maybe I should have lowered my expectations and played even lesser or older games but that wasn’t what a paid £400 odd for at the end of the day. I gave up and sold up. Hoping for much better results from this apparent new PS handheld I keep hearing about.

@DonkeyFantasy same here. At 15 quid, I'll likely get it. But I can wait.

@PlatinumMikey that’s fair. I wanted to get into PC gaming so that was a cheap option for me to do that rather than go heavy on a £1000 rig. I have built up a large library on Steam where older games can cost peanuts. Wolfenstein, Sniper Elite, Doom, Vampyr, Two Point Hospital and lots and lots of others. Some will do 60 and most can run well at 40 as a compromise. I’ve now got a rig too so it gave me a taste!
You are right though - if you are expecting new AAA or PS5 games on it, I’d say don’t it’s not for you imo. Although I’ve heard Spider-Man, Miles Morales and Hogwarts Legacy are decent enough on it but not what I would buy tbh.

@PlatinumMikey I won’t play 30fps on console or PC (monitor) as it is awful. I will do 40 on small deck screen if needed.
30fps on console is unacceptable in 2025.

@x3King84 that’s a good point I never thought about 40fps on it but would that have made a difference on say F76 which always seemed to hover around 25-30 fps ? Unless you lower the graphics so much it would look like F3 on the PS3 lol. Yes 30fps is no longer acceptable for a console imo

Still waiting for the "one handed mode"

@PlatinumMikey Fallout 76? Fallout 4 is verified on it. Verified games are ones Steam claim run well out the box on the deck. Sometimes! Websites like Steam Deck HQ give reviews and recommended settings. You do have to be a PC geek sometimes to work it out. I’m not that but have really enjoyed getting into PC gaming.
A game like Prey at 40fps on deck is amazing and RDR2 and Mafia at 60fps on PC is next level. It’s criminal these games are 30fps on console. I won’t play. I’m not a forensic digital foundry type gamer but it’s so poor and sluggish. I can’t go back.

What is incredible now is the choice - Xbox Game Pass, PC, Deck, PS5 and Pro. So many amazing platforms and games.

@nitraM no doubt that has already been done by too many…

@PlatinumMikey PS handheld could be incredible if it plays proper games (not Temu versions like back in the day) native with cross progression and at least 40fps. Really would get me interested. Problem would be that anything on it would be a come-down from the Pro. But I’d be interested and would sell big.
I’m not interested in the portal partly because I can’t leave the house with it and I’m not sold on cloud and worry it would not be smooth. It’s too expensive to try out as well! Shame I can’t borrow one from someone.

@Brundleflies21

Well now I have to Google Milena Velba.
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@x3King84 yeah so much choice these days! unfortunately I only have time for one platform but most of the time I don’t have time for that lol.

@PlatinumMikey tell me about it!

@PlatinumMikey I get 60 fps all the time on my deck…

…using Chiaki 😁 (streams from PS5. Also gets like 10 hours of battery life)

@x3King84 @ztpayne7 I have a Portal so I can stream and having decent internet it near flawless for me. I get the odd hiccup obvs cus streaming lol. But Id definitely prefer native. If the this new handheld could do 4/5 native and 6 stream I’d absolutely buy it in a heartbeat. I don’t have the Deck anymore mate. Sold it after a few months 😞 but that’s good info for people who do have one 👍

@PlatinumMikey yep! That’s about my experience on the Deck. Near flawless with the occasional hiccup. My internet does need to be wired for it to work well though. I’m actually playing more PlayStation games because of it 😅 with the occasional game I can’t get on PlayStation

@x3King84 Too true, just wait for the mods…

@ztpayne7 well that’s what they call a win-win! 😁👊

@x3King84 yes it needs complete access to the back catalogue and play rhem all natively but I reckon Sony know that but still🤞 lol

@Futureshark Considering the comment deletion I'd imagine PS Googled her too!!

VERY nice. They did mention that compatibility with PC handhelds was something they were working on.

I could really see the Steam release popping off.

@PlatinumMikey I loved Stellar Blade, it’s a really great game, it doesn’t compete with Expedition 33 for me. I’d definitely say Expedition for your next Plat.

@Odium my mate said exactly the same. He says stellar blade is really good gameplay wise and graphically but Clair is on another level. CO it is I think. Thanks bud

@PlatinumMikey Stellar Blade’s gameplay is fantastic, I really enjoyed that game. Expedition is obviously a different style, but the store is really intriguing, the gameplay is my favorite turn based system, the music is incredible, and the characters are all great. It just all comes together masterfully. I hope you enjoy it!