


The first time I had to take on another shape, it would get stuck loading the next section. I was able to wok around it by stopping the game then trying in wolf form before the tiny cute bear thing.
Looking forward to playing more, this is a great Steam Deck game!
Most of the time the game runs at 40+ fps, but whenever the scenery changes, there are spikes and the game lags.
When the game transitions from different environments (forest to cave, forest to foggy area, etc), the fps drops to 15-20 and goes back up to 40-50.
I've changed a few of the video settings. I'll list most of them for you to get an idea:
- Graphic Settings: Custom
- View Distance: High
- Anti Aliasing: High
- Post Processing: High
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Textures: High
- Effects: High
- Foliage: High
- VSync: Yes
I've played 60-70% of the game with the steam deck's default refresh rate of 60 fps, but then I locked the refresh rate to 40 and the experience turned out to be more enjoyable. If you want to hit a consistent 60 fps, you will have to tinker more and even change a few of the deck's settings. Personally, this game runs perfectly at 40 fps.

For the game to start properly, you have to delete one movie file and a directory with movies. Go to /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Lost Ember/LostEmber/Content/Movies/
and delete file Mooneye_Reveal_Logo_1920.mp4
and the entire directory MooneyeLogoAnim
. After that, the game starts and works as normal.

Tried on the Deck and on a Linux PC. Both have the same behaviour. Opened a bug report at Valve's bugtracker: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/6003