Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck - performance and best settings

street fighter 6 steam deck performance and best settings
Credit: Capcom

street fighter 6 steam deck performance and best settings
Credit: Capcom

With Street Fighter 6 coming out soon, gamers want to know the best settings and performance for the fighter on Steam Deck. Having this new fighting game on the go has fans excited, given the sheer amount of content that is going to be available.

It was announced early on that the latest instalment in this legendary franchise will be coming to Steam, in addition to PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series. That immediately got fans asking about the game on Steam Deck and if it would perform well, as other fighters have been great on this system.

So, here’s what we know about Street Fighter 6 on Steam Deck, its performance, and the best settings. While you are here, read why Kimberly has a weird walk cycle in Street Fighter 6.

Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck performance

Fans will be happy to know that they won’t have to tinker too much to get a good Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck performance. Based on this Reddit thread, it looks like the game will be just fine on the handheld.

According to the thread, Fighting Ground will have a 59.70 FPS, which essentially rounds out to 60 FPS. Battle Hub and the single-player World Tour will be around 30 FPS, which is fine since they aren't focused on the core fighting.

Hopefully, the final release of Street Fighter 6 will really play this well on Steam Deck. With these official details, we're confident that the game is going to play really well when it comes out.

Best Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck settings

Players will want to know the most optimal Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck settings to ensure that they get the best performance possible.

Based on comments in the aforementioned Reddit thread, here are the best Street Fighter 6 settings for Steam Deck:

  • Quality: Custom
  • Resolution: 1280x720
  • Fighting Ground Background Object Density: Standard
  • Internal Resolution: 5
  • Display Mode: Windowed
  • Maximum Frame Rate: 30
  • Ambient Occlusion: Off
  • Motion Blur: Off
  • VSync: On
  • Antialiasing: On
  • Lighting Quality: Normal
  • Texture Quality: Normal
  • Mesh Quality: Normal
  • Shadow Quality: Normal
  • Shader Quality: Low
  • Effects Quality: Low
  • Sampling Quality: Standard
  • Bloom: Standard

Doing all of this should ensure a smooth 60 FPS experience on Steam Deck. We’re sure that these optimized settings will not only provide a highly enjoyable gaming experience but also effectively conserve the battery life of Steam Deck.

For now, that’s everything we know about the Street Fighter 6 Steam Deck performance and settings. In case you encounter error code Aw-20001 while trying to play the game, we have fixes for it.