You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here DOOM The Dark Ages is coming out very soon. In our review, we massively praised the game as “an overstimulating barrage of visceral hyperviolence,” and you can get a couple days early access if you pre-order the Premium Edition. Regardless of which edition you plan to buy, if you happen to own a Steam Deck, there is some unfortunate news. While DOOM 2016 and its sequel, Eternal, perform well on Valve’s handheld platform, sadly, the same isn’t true of DOOM The Dark Ages as it is reportedly a “nightmare” on Steam Deck, even at “low-quality” settings and in more linear areas. DOOM The Dark Ages is a “nightmare” on Steam Deck DOOM 2016 is verified for the Steam Deck, meanwhile, Eternal is listed as “playable”. Despite not being verified like its predecessor, Eternal is able to run smoothly on the Steam Deck with even decent settings. Unfortunately, even at low settings, DOOM The Dark Ages is barely functional. SteamDeckHQ has shared their impressions of “How DOOM The Dark Ages runs on Steam Deck”. In short, the answer is terrible, but there’s a lot of detail included. The outlet tested the game using Steam OS 3.7.6 Preview, and they also used the “Bleeding-Edge beta for Proton Experimental”. According to the outlet, “Trying to play the first chapter at XeSS Quality Mode and low-quality presets at 1280×720 resolution was a nightmare”. This immediately spells nothing but bad news as the first chapter “is a more linear level” rather than an open and elaborate area as seen later in the game. For one of the more open areas, the outlet cites The Siege Part 1 as “one of the more demanding chapters”. Here, the performance is even worse, and SteamDeckHQ only managed to get “30 FPS at all by turning the resolution down to 960×540,” which “makes the game extremely blurry and pixelated,” and still suffers “drops into the mid-20s every now and then”. It’s a huge shame that DOOM The Dark Ages is not functional on the Steam Deck. It’s technically playable as you can boot it up, but it’s not an experience you’d enjoy. Patches could possibly happen in the future, but nothing is guaranteed, so it’s definitely not a game to buy if you solely want it for the Steam Deck. If you are able to play on PC or consoles, then we do recommend the newest DOOM installment as it is fantastic. It’s more of the same heavy metal, gory action the series is renowned for, only this time the spectacle and carnage is even bigger. In other gaming news, an upcoming new Sonic game is verified for the Steam Deck. DOOM: The Dark Ages Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X Genre(s): Action, First-Person Shooter Related Topics DOOM: The Dark Ages Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share