On the Steam Deck OLED, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is tuned to run at 40 FPS, rendering at 1280x800. Its native 800p OLED display refreshes at 90Hz, and SteamOS runs The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition through Proton. These settings are compiled from 2 sources and 71% corroborated across independent guides. Verified current as of June 2026.
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Mostly PositiveThe Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.
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Frequently asked questions
Can The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition run well on the Steam Deck OLED?
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is playable at 40 FPS on the Steam Deck OLED with these settings. These values are 71% corroborated across independent guides.
What FPS does The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition hit on the Steam Deck OLED?
With these settings The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition targets 40 FPS on the Steam Deck OLED.
What resolution and upscaling are best for The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition on the Steam Deck OLED?
Render The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition at 1280x800 on the Steam Deck OLED.
What's different about running The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition on the Steam Deck OLED?
The Steam Deck has a native 800p OLED screen at 90Hz and runs games through SteamOS (Proton), so these settings are tuned for that panel.
How do the The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition settings differ on the Steam Deck OLED vs the ASUS ROG Ally X?
On the Steam Deck OLED this guide differs from the ASUS ROG Ally X on frame rate (40 FPS vs 30 FPS), resolution (1280x800 vs 1920x1080). Notable in-game changes: Motion Blur (Off vs 0%), Screen Effects (High vs Medium), Screen Space Global Illumination (On vs Off), Shadows (Medium vs Low), Visual Effects (High vs Low), Foliage (Medium vs Low).
Are these The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition settings verified?
These settings are compiled from 2 sources, 71% corroborated, last verified Jun 2026.
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Steam Deck OLED vs ASUS ROG Ally X
On the Steam Deck OLED, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition runs frame rate 40 FPS (vs 30 FPS on the ASUS ROG Ally X), resolution 1280x800 (vs 1920x1080 on the ASUS ROG Ally X).
Settings that change between the two
- Motion BlurOff· ROG0%
- Screen EffectsHigh· ROGMedium
- Screen Space Global IlluminationOn· ROGOff
- ShadowsMedium· ROGLow
- Visual EffectsHigh· ROGLow
- FoliageMedium· ROGLow
Steam Deck OLED-specific tweaks: Proton 8.0-2.