What are the best Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck settings? Insomniac Games' Spidey sequel delivers one of the best experiences on PlayStation 5, and yes, you can swing through New York on handheld too. On Steam Deck, performance holds up surprisingly well with the right setup. So, let's get the best Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck settings dialed in.
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What are the best Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck settings?
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is a huge game, and we don't just mean its expansive story or the space it takes up on your Steam Deck. Spider-Man 2 pushes the Steam Deck to its limits with expanded areas of New York City, boosted detail, and even more crimes to foil. To keep performance smooth, we run most texture settings on low, though you can tweak them to suit your preferences.
Set the Steam Deck's frame limiter to 45 FPS for the best balance between visuals and responsiveness. Then, switch on manual GPU clock control and dial it to 1600 MHz to support Spider-Man's frame generation settings and keep the action swinging smoothly.
Here are the best Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck settings:
Display Mode:
- Window Mode: Fullscreen
- Display Resolution: 1280 x 800
- Aspect Ratio: Auto
- Refresh Rate: 90hz
- VSync: Off
- Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: off
Upscaling:
- Frame Generation: FSR 3.1.0 Frame Generation
- Upscale Method: IGTI
- Upscale Quality: Performance
- Upscale Sharpness: 0
- Dynamic Resolution Scaling: Off
- Anti-Aliasing: DLAA
Graphics:
- Preset: Low
Texture:
- Texture Quality: Low
- Texture Filtering: 2x Anisotropic
Light & Shadow:
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
- Screen Space Reflections: Low
Ray Tracing:
- Ray Tracing Preset: Off
- Ray-Traced Reflections: Off
- Ray-Traced Interiors: Off
- Ray-Traced Shadows: Off
- Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Ray Tracing Geometry Detail: Off
- Ray Tracing Object Range: 6
- DLSS Ray Reconstruction: Off
Geometry:
- Level of Detail: Low
- Traffic Density: Low
- Crowd Density: Low
- Hair Quality: Low
- Weather Particle Quality: Low
Camera Effects:
- Depth of Field: Off
- Bloom: Off
- Chromatic Aberration: Off
- Vignette: Off
- Motion Blur Strength: 0
- Field of View: 0
- Film Grain Strength: 0
- Sharpness: 2
- Fullscreen Effects: Off
- Screen Shake: Off
Is Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck verified?
Yes, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is now Steam Deck verified. Steam listed the game as 'unknown' for a short time after release, but you can now buy the game with the knowledge it's verified for your console of choice.
What are the Spider-Man 2 system requirements?
It shouldn't surprise you that Insomniac Games' critically acclaimed sequel is pushing the Steam Deck's limits. While the settings we recommend can comfortably put you in the 35 - 45 FPS sweet spot, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is hungry for the Steam Deck's RAM, and sorry, there isn't enough to go around. However, if you're wondering what the Spider-Man 2 system requirements are, we've listed them below.
| Minimum (720p at 30 fps) | Recommended (1080p at 60 fps) | High (2K at 60 fps) | High Ray Tracing (2K at 60 fps) | Ultimate Ray Tracing (4K at 60 fps) | |
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-Bit (Version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-Bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-Bit (Version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-Bit (Version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-Bit (Version 1909 or higher) |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTZ 4090 |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 or Intel Core i3-8100 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i5-11400 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | AMD Ryzen 7 7900X3D or Intel Core i9-12900K |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB |
| Graphics preset | Very Low | Medium | High | High, Ray Tracing High | Very High, Ray Tracing Ultimate |
And there you have it, that's all you need to know about the best Spider-Man 2 Steam Deck settings. Need more guides for one of the best portable gaming consoles out there? Here are our recommendations for the best Steam Deck docks, a cheeky Asus ROG Ally vs Steam Deck OLED comparison, and our Steam Deck OLED review - just in case you fancy an upgrade.