Depending on the camera angle, 60fps is possible, but it really doesn’t stay remotely close to that when you’re actually playing during battles and movement. After running the benchmark, I set Company of Heroes 3 to its low presets to see how high the frame rate would go. With the negatives out of the way, Company of Heroes 3 loads up and runs without issues on the default Proton version on Steam Deck with 16:10 support and good performance. It still doesn’t look as nice as I had hoped even on my laptop, but it is in a much better state right now compared to launch day in general. Over the last two weeks, we’ve seen loads of hotfixes released for Company of Heroes 3 on Steam, many of which addressed most of my issues with the visuals. My main issue with Company of Heroes 3 on Steam Deck also affects the game in general. The screenshot below shows how the frame rate can drop when you change camera angle and zoom during multiplayer: The caveats for Valve right now include the game showing non Steam Deck controller icons, requiring players to manually invoke the keyboard, and the text being too small in-game in some cases. Company of Heroes 3 is now branded “Playable' on Steam Deck by Valve.

Attempting any multiplayer game previously caused it to freeze after a few seconds of the match starting. While Company of Heroes 3 multiplayer was unplayable on Steam Deck around launch, it now works without desyncing for me. You also have access to multiplayer (co-op vs AI and PvP), skirmishes, custom games, and more from day one. The Italian Dynamic Campaign aimed at newcomers with more tutorials is the first campaign option while the North African Operation is a more linear and focused campaign that is aimed at veteran fans of the series. Company of Heroes 3 launches with two campaign options. I never played much of Company of Heroes 2, so this is my first real taste of the series following Company of Heroes and its expansions. Having now played it for a few weeks, it is impressive with some caveats.Ĭompany of Heroes 3 sees the real-time strategy series return after many years. While we have been covering a few games on Steam Deck, I was very interested in checking out Company of Heroes 3 as a fan of Company of Heroes, and also to see how a full blown AAA PC game built for keyboard and mouse would fare on Steam Deck. I adore the iPad and iPhone version of Company of Heroes, and it is a mainstay on my devices. Feral Interactive have been bringing classic PC and console games to mobile for a while now with releases like Company of Heroes, Alien Isolation, Rome Total War, and much more. If you’ve been reading our news and reviews over the last few years, you’ve seen that we are big fans of Feral Interactive.

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