Best Assassin's Creed Shadows settings for Steam Deck

Modified Mar 19, 2025 09:06 GMT

Picture of Assassin — Assassin's Creed Shadows with the Steam Deck (Image via Ubisoft || Valve)

Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft's latest action RPG title, is scheduled to launch on March 20, 2025. Despite the game's beefy hardware requirements, you'll be glad to learn that it has been certified for the Steam Deck and will run at around 30 FPS. Unfortunately, the graphics settings are locked, so we cannot determine the settings being used to achieve 30 FPS.

Although people have speculated that Ubisoft might officially unlock the settings with a future patch, it hasn't been confirmed as of yet. Nevertheless, if you dual-boot your Steam Deck with Windows, you customize the game to your heart's content since all the settings will be unlocked.

This article will provide the best Assassin's Creed Shadows settings for Steam Deck on both SteamOS and Windows.

Note: The settings provided below shouldn't be used for resolutions higher than 1280x800.

List of the best Assassin's Creed Shadows settings for Steam Deck on SteamOS

By default, the Steam Deck runs on SteamOS and provides a fantastic gaming experience. Assassin's Creed Shadows is certified to run on the Deck, but this certification was achieved through a locked set of settings.

That said, you'll still get access to Upscaler Type and a few other settings, which you can tinker with for an optimal experience.

Here are all the best settings for Assassin's Creed Shadows on SteamOS:

Image Calibration: Do not change
Field of View: 90%
Ray Traced Global Illumination: Diffuse Hideout Only
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Vsync: Off
Resolution: 1280x800
Upscalar Type: AMD FSR
Minimum Dynamic Resolution: 25%
Maximum Dynamic Resolution: 75%
Sharpen Strength: 0.50
Frame Generation: Off

You can change the Upsacler from AMD FSR to Intel XeSS for a slightly better image quality, but the performance will decrease, especially during combat. Therefore, we recommend sticking to FSR.

Also read: Can you play Assassin’s Creed Shadows as a newcomer to the series?

List of the best Assassin's Creed Shadows settings for Steam Deck on Windows

If you have Windows with dual-boot, you should tinker with the graphics settings to achieve slightly better graphical fidelity with possibly higher frame rates. Also, ensure you have installed the latest AMD Radeon graphics driver before you play the game.

Here are the best settings you should use for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Windows:

Display

Image Calibration: Do not change
Field of View: 90%
Monitor: Choose your primary monitor
Display Mode: Borderless window
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Vsync: Off
Resolution: 1280x800
Frame Rate Limiter: On / Greyed Out
Frame Rate Target: 60
Use Dynamic Resolution: On
Upscalar Type: AMD FSR
Upscaler Quality: Balanced
Minimum Dynamic Resolution: 25% / Greyed Out
Maximum Dynamic Resolution: 75% / Greyed Out
Frame Generation: Off
Sharpen Strength: 0.20
Motion Blur: Off

Scalability

Ray Traced Global Illumination: Diffuse Hideout Only
Overall Preset: Custom
Raytracing Quality: Low
BVH Quality: Low
Screen Space Effects: Medium
Light Source Quality: Low
Shadow Quality: Low
Texture Streaming Pool: Medium
Post Effects: Low
Water Quality: Medium
Particle Quality: Low
Loading Distance: Low
Drawing Distance: Low
Micropolygon: Medium
Terrain Quality: Low
Deformation: Low
Scatter Density: Low
Virtual Texture: Low
Character Quality: Medium
Hair Strands: Player Only
Cloud Quality: Low
Fog Quality: Low

The above settings will help the Steam Deck achieve a stable 30 FPS and above in Windows. Unfortunately, the settings are locked on the default SteamOS system software, but they could be unlocked with game updates in the future.

Check out Assassin's Creed Shadows settings for the following:

Edited by Shraman Mitra