Steam Deck

Does Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair work on Steam Deck?

Steam Deck

Playable

This game runs on Steam Deck, but with caveats. You may need to bring up the on-screen keyboard yourself, or adjust settings.

This updated version of Earth Defense Force 2025 marks the series first current-gen appearance. It sports improved performance, new content amounting to more than 50 percent of the original, two-player local co-op, and four player online co-op. The game is also being ported to PC "It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter. As an EDF soldier you will go head to head in fierce combat against the hordes of giant alien insects and their slaughtering machines. Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal. The most overwhelmingly numerous forces of Ravagers the series has ever seen will take the EDF fighters to the depths of despair and back! Online co-op play supported."

System requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit	Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
Processor	3 GHz 2 Core	3.2GHz 4Core
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB Model or higher)	AMD Radeon HD 7970 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (3GB Model or higher)
Storage	8 GB available space	8 GB available space
DirectX	Version 11	Version 11

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Questions and answers

Does Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair work on Steam Deck?: Playable. This game runs on Steam Deck, but with caveats. You may need to bring up the on-screen keyboard yourself, or adjust settings.
How much RAM does Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair need?: 4 GB RAM
How much storage space does Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair need?: 8 GB available space

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair