Community Tutorial: Deploying To Steam Deck

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Hi - Thanks for the guide. After following these instructions here’s what I experienced.

When uploading title from DevKit I received an ERROR: start command is empty / missing!:
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I resolved this issue by adding the .exe name in the start command before uploading. Mine was “SteamTest.exe”

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Now I am able to deploy and see the game on my SteamDeck under the Non-Steam game tab. However the game will not launch. I’ve tried selecting every version of proton to no avail.

  • Proton Experimental launches the game but the steam loader runs infinitely.

  • Proton 7.0-5 launched the game and prompted me The following components are required to run this program: C++ Visual Studio Code. I went through the install and the game launches to black then closes.

  • All other protons simply do not start the game.

Thanks in advance for any advice,

Tello

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