Is There Any Hope For ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ On Steam Deck?

As a Steam Deck fanatic, my coronary heart sank when Square Enix printed its advisable PC necessities for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on PC. Why? Sitting there within the “minimal” column is Nvidia’s RTX 2060, a GPU far exceeding the Steam Deck’s capabilities. It’s the second sport in latest weeks that calls for not less than an RTX 2060-class graphics card. The final one was Indiana Jones and the Great Circle which ran poorly on Valve’s getting older handheld.

Adding weight to my concern that the upcoming PC model of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth wouldn’t carry out properly on Steam Deck? The disappointing efficiency of Square Enix’s final PC port on each the Deck and ROG Ally. That sport was Final Fantasy 16, which has a a lot decrease GPU requirement (Nvidia GTX 1060) than Final Fantasy VII does and had AMD-driven body technology.

The solely glimmer of hope that Square Enix is giving Steam Deck followers is buried within the writer’s announcement weblog: “The workforce is working laborious to optimize the sport for Steam Deck.” Square Enix says it’ll have extra details about official Steam Deck verification “sooner or later.”

That single sentence sounds extra like an aspiration than something resembling a promise, so for now we cross our fingers and wait till the sport’s launch on January 23, 2025.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Minimum PC Requirements

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will deliver some distinct benefits on PC, like a peak framerate of 120FPS, refined lighting, improved environmental particulars, and sharper textures. VRR and picture high quality upscaling courtesy of NVIDIA DLSS are additionally alongside for the experience.

Here’s the baseline {hardware} Square Enix suggests for hitting 30FPS on “low” graphics high quality at 1080p:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 / Intel Core 14-8100
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Intel Arc 1580 / NVIDIA GeForce RRX 2060
• Memory: 16GB
• Storage: 155 GB SSD (!)

I’ll regulate issues as we method the discharge date for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on PC subsequent month. Aside from testing the sport’s efficiency on Steam Deck, it’ll additionally show attention-grabbing to see the way it runs on the marginally extra highly effective ROG Ally.