Honkai Star Rail is the latest game by the Genshin Impact developers, HoYoverse. In about a year of the game’s existence, it has developed a huge fanbase across multiple platforms it was launched on. You can play the game on your PCs, consoles, and mobiles. But many players have been wondering if they can play Honkai Star Rail on Steam Deck. This article will dive into the details of whether the game can be played on Valve’s handheld and whether it has official support.
Is Honkai Star Rail Playable on Steam Deck?
The short answer to this question is no, but there’s a way you can work around it.
HoYoverse doesn’t officially support Steam Deck for Honkai Star Rail and the game comes with an anti-cheat software that prevents players from using Steam Deck to play the game. However, if you still want to play the Deck, here’s how you can do it.
To get the game running on your Steam Deck, you will have to install dual operating system on your Steam Deck, after which you will be able to play the game on it. Here’s how you can do it:
- Get a MicroSD card and download Windows 11 on it. After that, use Rufus to write ISO installer into the MicroSD card. After that, install the Windows To Go option and go to Steam Deck after that.
- Once this is done, go to the Steam Deck Windows Resources and download the drivers. Take out all the archives, get them onto your MicroSD card, and put it back into the Steam Deck.
- Reboot the Steam Deck. After it switches back on, connect to the WiFi and finish the installation process.
- Download the PC launcher for Honkai Star Rail from the official website, install the client, and download all the required file.
Well, we hope this solves the mystery around whether Honkai Star Rail can be played on Steam Deck. You might be interested in checking out our Honkai Star Rail guides now that you have the game running on your favorite handheld.
