Worth A Shot?Desperate to play Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam Deck? Good luck, but there is now a mod that attempts to help you get "the little engine that shouldn't" chugging"Welcome back to the PSP/3DS days, folks."Image credit: Capcom News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on March 4, 2025 As you'd expect for a game that's been afflicted with a bunch of teething troubles and technical issues on proper PCs to this point, trying to run Monster Hunter Wilds on your Steam Deck isn't a walk in the park.In fact, it's a stroll that you'll probably find results in some crashes, a frame rate that makes monster hunting pretty impossible, and horrible graphics. Fret not, though, there's now a config file on Nexus Mods designed to help you try and get it running in non-terrible fashion, put together by someone who openly says they don't reccomend playing Wilds on the Deck.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Enter 'The Little Engine that Shouldn't - Steam Deck config (OLED)' by modder PFCacklefanny - which is an early user handle of the year frontrunner. They've put together a file that aims to help you actually get the 30FPS that most folks trying to play Wilds on deck so far have struggled to hit.Will it work? Well, they write that: "You should be able to hold a solid 30FPS throughout the game with input lag more or less similar to playing the game via a streaming app. You can also up your framerate cap to 45 - it won't hit 45 most of the time, but it will look a bit smoother in most areas compared to 30." That said, very much still expect "hiccups and dips now and then", with "the middle of the desert where the packs roam" being a hotspot."Fighting multiple large monsters doesn't appear to significantly impact performance, though thanks to the game being a bit of a mess you will get some stuttering/framegen wonkiness when you swing the camera around a lot," PFCacklefanny continues, "I've been wandering around in the desert, forest, ice caves, and oil basin and haven't come across anything severe thus far."If that bit's got you excited though, I'd, er, not be. "Set your expectations - it's gonna look like ass but it plays good enough," the modder adds, "Welcome back to the PSP/3DS days, folks. Overall, I would not recommend buying Wilds for the Steam Deck alone. The config isn't a silver bullet, just a thing for folks who like to experiment and absolute MonHun diehards such as myself."They also admit they've not reached the late stages of the game to test those, or tried playing as a gun-wielder, so if you're looking to be Wilds' top 360 no-scope Steam Deck monster hunter, you're venturing into the complete unknown. So, give it a go, or just don't, saving yourself from having seen this very good game at its visual and performance dogshittery zenith.If you're after some help with things related to actually playing Wilds rather than just running it on a device that's lacking the beef you really need to do so, you can check out the array of helpful guides and tips we've got for it, so you can get the most out of your fully clothed (sigh) monster hunting.