Manor Lords Steam Deck is playable on Steam Deck but in text is hard to read

Valve’s Steam Deck is powerful but you might be wondering if it can support Manor Lords. With its stunning visuals that pair city-building with tactical combat, real-time strategy games tend to be demanding on the CPU side. Read on to see just how playable Manor Lords will be on the Steam Deck this April.

✓ Quick Answer

Manor Lords on Steam Deck

Yes, Manor Lords is officially supported by the Steam Deck.

Does Manor Lords work on the Steam Deck

Yes, Valve has verified that Manor Lords is playable on the Steam Deck. “Valve’s testing indicates that Manor Lords is playable on Steam Deck” can be found on the official Manor Lords Steam listing. They’ve also mentioned in-game text can be hard to read. Considering that Manor Lords will have you juggling resources and economic chains, not all of it will scale perfectly on the Steam Deck. You might have to rebind some commands to play the game without any hiccups. Some players on Reddit noted that the game relies heavily on the Steam Deck’s trackpad over the face buttons.

FSR and DLSS upscaling support is present in Manor Lords as well, helping boost the Steam Deck’s performance. Considering that the minimum spec requirements of Manor Lords mention an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB)/ AMD Radeon RX 460 (4GB) and aren’t very steep, expect the Steam Deck to run the game at Medium settings without much of a fuss. Its CPU is a step above the minimum CPU requirements of an Intel Core i5-4590/ AMD FX-Series FX-4350 too. 

You can lower some settings like view distance and foliage quality to improve performance further. Despite being a passion project of a solo developer, the game was pretty smooth back when we tested it during Steam’s Next Fest event. Once the Manor Lords release date is here, we’ll test the game out ourselves and give you the optimal settings to play the game on.