Hello, I'm posting this again as it was flagged for cross posting so I removed my initial thread from the Suggestions and Ideas forum as I believe this is more relevant in this particular space, instead:

As much as I thoroughly enjoy and love the overall work on this game, especially considering for it to be an Early Access game still, I don't think Valheim should be marked as a "Verified" experience for the Steam Deck. It is at best "Playable".

The performance even at the lowest possible settings is just really unacceptable, dropping frames frequently below 30 and realistically hanging between 15-24 FPS in more densely worked on areas like my Village my friends and I have built while on PC. Whether I play in my own local world or the cloud server we've established, the games performance just drops too heavily to really give it "Verified" rating, and I don't think I'm alone with this opinion either.

Don't get me wrong, it's a stellar game but it already had performance issues on PC in the first place. I think it would be awesome to see Iron Gate prioritize performance on Deck and on PC if it's possible for them to do so. I find it rather misleading to see "Verified" for those who haven't ever played the game previously, now have a Steam Deck, and find themselves majorly disappointed with it's performance issues. It's just not a good look for the game as a whole.

Again, I say this as being someone who has at least a couple hundred hours logged into the game, loving every second of it. It just can't be denied the performance isn't nearly where it needs to be for an enjoyable experience on Deck. Some of my favorite activities in the game can purely be sitting at a camp fire with my friends, or the Pub we've built as a cozy tavern setting. The game just needs better optimization, and should therefore not be marked as "Verified" but instead "Playable" to not mislead others.