Balatro is among the most played games on Steam Deck so naturally, those playing it want the best settings for it. If that’s you, you have come to the right place.

Balatro is pretty well optimized for Steam Deck so you don’t need to do much to get the best out of it. Here’s my recommended settings:

  • Refresh Rate: 90
  • HRS: No
  • TDP Limit: No
  • Scaling Filter: Linear
  • GPU Clock: Disabled
  • Shadows: On
  • CRT: 70
  • CRT Bloom: Off
  • Pixel Art Soothing: On
  • Window Mode: Borderless
  • Resolution: 1280×800
  • VSYNC: On
balatro steam deck benchmarks.

You can lock the game at 90FPS with these settings. This isn’t a game that requires you to tweak FPS so no need to worry about that. Our goal with these settings is to avoid any jitters, texture issues, and crashes.