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Wukong facing off against a dragon in Black Myth: Wukong.
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Best Black Myth Wukong Steam Deck settings for better performance

Black Myth: Wukong, despite being a very resource demanding action RPG, is shockingly fully playable on the Steam Deck. Here, I'll be walking you through the best settings to achieve the best possible performance.

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Firstly, it's important to note that you won't be getting anywhere close to 60FPS on this title, even at the lowest possible settings, so the aim will be to get 30FPS as consistently as possible for the smoothest possible experience. Thankfully, this is achievable, and whilst not perfect its most certainly playable overall.

First, I'll list off the most important graphics settings to change, and then list any additional changes you can make afterward.

SettingValue
Framerate CapOn - 30FPS
Super Resolution SamplingFSR
Super Resolution80
Frame GenerationOff
Graphics PresetLow
Anti-Aliasing QualityMedium
Texture QualityMedium

Setting your graphics preset to low saves you the hassle of manually changing them all yourself, meaning you only need to change the two listed as Medium in the table above — Anti-Aliasing Quality and Texture Quality.

One additional thing worth doing is done when launching Black Myth: Wukong through Steam, where you'll want to choose to run the game in Compatibility Mode. This reduces some of the more intense frame drops (especially during loads), while not effecting the quality in any real way. Battery-wise, this game is gonna bleed it dry, and no settings adjustments are going to make any notable impact on that. You're looking at only about an hour and a half of battery life from full charge during play, so you might be best to play this one in the comfort of your own home where you'll have a charger nearby.

We've got some footage from TEST GAME for you to check out here to get a peek at what you'll be in for, but please bear in mind that these settings vary slightly from ours. We'd still suggest rocking the 30FPS lock without FSR Frame Generation.

Hopefully with some time for more user pre-compiled shaders to pop up, and some performance patches, this game can get some additional performance improvements, so everyone can experience the joy of absolutely mangling some poor mug with a stick in a convenient hand held package.

If you're looking for some more Black Myth: Wukong content from us here at Pro Game Guides, check out our Black Myth: Wukong player count soars up Steam charts, second most played game ever piece here.


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