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Blades of Fire Targets Stable 30 FPS on Steam Deck at Launch

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MercurySteam's Blades of Fire targets stable 30 FPS on Steam Deck with 960x600 internal resolution upscaled to 1280x800. Game launches May 14, 2025.

Blades of Fire Targets Stable 30 FPS on Steam Deck at Launch
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MercurySteam's upcoming action game Blades of Fire targets a stable 30 frames per second on the . The developer shared performance details ahead of the game's release.

Developer shares performance targets and technical details

On the Deck, Blades of Fire renders internally at 960×600 and upscales to 1280×800. The game supports the handheld's 16:10 aspect ratio. The default preset sets all graphical settings to minimum. MercurySteam implemented lighting simplifications and other optimizations to maintain visual quality. The shared memory architecture limited texture quality. Because of the abstraction layer, some graphical features had to be adapted.

Blades of Fire gameplay on Steam Deck at 960x600 upscaled to 1280x800
MercurySteam optimized Blades of Fire for stable 30 FPS on Steam Deck.

Blades of Fire launches on Steam on May 14, 2025.

MercurySteam provided a recommended button layout that uses the back buttons as additional inputs. Native Steam Input support could not be implemented, as it would have required excessively drastic changes to the input system, according to co-founder and CEO Enric Alvarez.

Source: SteamDeckHQ

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