Last Train Home is a real-time strategy (RTS) game by Ashborne Games and published by THQ Nordic for PC. The game takes place during the Russian Civil War, shortly after World War I. This single-player title has relatively modest system requirements and is a great candidate for portable gaming rigs like Steam Deck.
Readers may be curious about whether the deck works and how it performs. Fortunately, it seems that despite some caveats, the game actually runs without major issues on Valve’s gaming laptop. Additional information regarding this can be found in the rest of the article below.
Note: Portions of this article are subjective and reflect the views of the author.
” class=”promoted-img” Loading=”lazy” width=”1440″ height=”220″ alt=”fortnite-promotional-banner” />
Last Train Home has been certified as “playable” on Steam Deck
According to multiple reports on ProtonDB, Last Train Home has received a “Platinum” rating for Linux-based operating systems. The game should work out of the box on most systems, including Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED.
Additional user reports have also confirmed the game’s “playable” status, as it runs perfectly fine without any additional tinkering using the “Proton Experimental” and “Proton 8.0-4” translation layers.
Regardless, readers should be advised that the game has not yet been deemed a perfect fit for the collection and some minor issues may arise.
Things to keep in mind while playing Last Train Home on Steam Deck
A number of minor bugs have been noted in the current version of the game when playing on Steam Deck:
- Text scaling is currently broken and needs tweaking to make it better readable on mobile devices.
- The game suffers from minor performance glitches from time to time – regardless of the settings used.
- The controller buttons are not displayed correctly in-game at certain points. Readers may find that keyboard/mouse and Xbox controller button prompts are displayed instead.
- The game, in general, may require some degree of manual tweaking to push beyond 40 frames per second.
- RTS controls can be very difficult.
These issues aside, readers can still comfortably play Last Train Home at acceptable frame rates on the Steam Deck – assuming they’re using the FSR upscaling and 720p internal resolution.
Future updates down the line are expected to resolve these issues.
The Steam Deck is a gaming laptop from Valve that packs powerful hardware into a compact package. The Deck is powered by a custom RDNA2 APU created in collaboration with AMD, delivering high processing power with amazing power efficiency. An OLED version of the same was launched earlier this month, offering upgrades to the display and battery life while maintaining the same very competitive price.
Edited by Rituban “Veloxy” Paul
