The 1990s saw the release of a plethora of classic games, ranging from titles like Resident Evil and Street Fighter II to Pokemon Red/Blue and Final Fantasy VII. Among these is also Looking Glass Studios’ 1994 sci-fi action-adventure classic – System Shock. And just recently, in 2023, Vancouver-based indie studio- Nightdive Studios, released a remake of it, also titled System Shock. Upon its release on May 30, 2023, the game received pretty positive reviews from critics, with a significant amount of praise going towards its visuals and overhauled combat. At the time of writing this, System Shock Remake is only available for Windows but it will soon be making its way over to all major consoles, excluding the Nintendo Switch, on May 21, 2024. However, a ton of System Shock fans are already enjoying the game on their Steam Decks. Now, while the Steam Deck is a pretty capable device, it has its own limitations. As such, this guide here will show you the best System Shock Remake settings for the Steam Deck that will get you high fps and better performance.
System Shock Remake isn’t verified for the Steam Deck yet. While that’s a bummer, it runs without any issues, like many yet-to-be-verified games. And this guide will make the game run even better on your Deck. So, without much further ado, let’s go ahead and find out the best Steam Deck settings for System Shock Remake.
Best System Shock Remake Steam Deck Settings for high FPS & performance
Before we get to the best Steam Deck settings for System Shock Remake, we highly encourage our readers to update both the game and the Deck to the latest version available. This will help you avoid major issues and is just all-around a good thing to do. If you have already done that, then, you can go ahead and try the best settings below.
In-Game Settings
First of all, launch System Shock on your Steam Deck and then navigate to the settings menu. From there, switch to the Graphics section and set the settings as mentioned here:
Graphics
- Ambient Occlusion – Off
- Fog Quality – Low
- Post Processing Quality – Low
- Texture Quality – High
- Shader Quality – Medium
- Shadow Quality – High
- Effects Quality – Medium
- Foliage Quality – Medium
Next, switch to the Display section and set the settings as the following:
Display
- Windows Mode – Fullscreen
- Resolution – 1280 x 800
- Resolution Scaling – 100%
- Motion Blur – Off
- V-Sync – On
- Brightness – 0.5
- Field of View (FOV) – 90
Following that, open the Steam Deck quick menu by clicking on the (…) buttons and set the Framerate Limit to 60. Now, restart System Shock Remake and enjoy it on your Steam Deck. The aforementioned settings should yield 60fps most of the time. However, if you are looking for an enhanced experience and are satisfied with 40 fps, then we suggest you use the following settings:
Graphics
- Ambient Occlusion – High
- Fog Quality – High
- Post Processing Quality – High
- Texture Quality – Ultra
- Shader Quality – High
- Shadow Quality – High
- Effects Quality – High
- Foliage Quality – High
Next, open the Steam Deck quick menu and lock the Framerate Limit to 40. You will now be able to play System Shock Remake on your Deck at 40fps.
Well, that’s all the information we have on this. You can also take a quick look here if you want to know the best settings for Biomorph on the Steam Deck. And for more such guides, keep following DigiStatement. Also read: System Shock: How to Enable HDR
