Red Dead Redemption 2 Steam Deck settings

A practical starting point for Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam Deck. These are baseline tuning notes; we update pages as patch notes, public specs, and community performance reports change.

Recommended baseline

Use Vulkan, cap 30, favor medium textures and lower volumetrics.

• Start with the in-game low/medium preset, then raise textures if VRAM allows.
• Use a frame cap before lowering resolution; stable frame pacing usually feels better than spiky peaks.
• For travel, target 30-40 FPS and reduce screen brightness before making the game ugly.

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