Control Resonant shines on Steam Machines, but Steam Deck players face a major performance wall
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Control Resonant delivers solid performance on the Steam Machine, but heavy demands and technical limits leave the Steam Deck struggling to hit playable framerates.
As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, Remedy's latest character action game Control Resonant delivers a thrilling experience on modern PCs and Valve's beefier Steam Machine hardware, but it stumbles badly on the Steam Deck. Despite featuring a dedicated Handheld graphics preset, the game struggles to maintain a stable framerate on the portable handheld, frequently dipping into the low twenties around the warped streets of New York. Heavy stutters, likely caused by memory constraints from the massive 105 gigabyte install size, make the handheld experience difficult to recommend for players hoping to take the action on the go.
Players running the game on a Steam Machine will find a much smoother journey, though the hardware still demands respect from your settings menu. At native 1080p with Medium presets and FSR upscaling, the system handles open world traversal at a playable 40 to 50 frames per second without severe stuttering. Tweaking individual settings like lighting and reflections can eke out modest performance gains, but players should steer clear of ray tracing entirely unless they enjoy sudden crashes and a harsh dive into the low twenties.
For a community that increasingly expects seamless cross-platform flexibility between desktop rigs and portable devices, optimization misses like this sting a bit. When games launch without official compatibility ratings and push handheld hardware past its absolute breaking point, it highlights the ongoing balancing act developers face with modern graphical fidelity. If you are planning to dive into Remedy's newest world, make sure you are doing it on hardware with enough horsepower to handle the chaos.
Tags: PC Gaming, Steam Deck, Hardware, Action Games
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun