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Infinity Nikki devs are working on Steam Deck support for the Steam release

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Last updated: 26 Mar 2025 at 11:47 am UTC

While there's no current release date for the Steam release, Infold Games are still working towards it for Infinity Nikki and it seems it may be good news for Steam Deck players.

I've spoken with their PR team a couple of times on this, and they've now allowed me to share a note from the developer to say "the team are working on Steam Deck support currently, and will share news as they have news to share". So it's not much right now, but good to see they are actually working on it as it's incredibly popular.

They didn't have anything to share on Desktop Linux though, which may be a little problematic, as they're using Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE). ACE seems to do some sort of device specific whitelisting for the Steam Deck as we've seen games using it work on Deck but not on Desktop Linux, like Delta Force and Mecha BREAK.

I really do hope Valve can eventually properly sort this anti-cheat situation out so we don't end up with more titles having Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux and Desktop Linux separated.

Will be interesting to see how the Steam release is received, for what they call the coziest open-world game. Certainly does look bright and inviting.

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Raaben 5 days ago
ACE seems to do some sort of device specific whitelisting for the Steam Deck as we've seen games using it work on Deck but not on Desktop Linux

I was hoping I was wrong assuming this is where Steam Deck compatibility would start going.
Ehvis 5 days ago
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I think the anti-cheat only whitelisting Steam Deck will become worse. Especially when it's not added to prevent cheating, but to protect the microtransaction business as it seems to be the case with this one. In any case, it won't bother me with this one. I made it about a third into the trailer before I decided that I'm definitely not the target audience.
kuhpunkt 5 days ago
With the Legion Go S with SteamOS coming soon... the whitelisting of hardware might become less of an issue, maybe?
LynnAlice 5 days ago
I actually played and enjoyed it very much on steam deck and a Steam release will bring me back to the game. Looks and runs beautiful on deck
miyako 5 days ago
It would be nice to see more compatibility with Desktop Linux, but what incentive would Valve have to do that...?
TiZ 9 hours ago
I already play the standalone release on my Steam Deck. The most recent version did add some performance improvements; I was able to bump everything from low to medium, and the frame pacing is more stable everywhere.

That said, ACE does currently prevent non-Steam Deck Linux devices from starting the game.
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