Update, September 24: Larian boss Swen Vincke has shared a bit of insight into how the Steam Deck port of Baldur's Gate 3 came to be. Apparently, we can thank a single engineer who took the initiative into his own hands.
"The story of how this came to be really is one of true passion," Vincke says on Twitter. "The Steam Deck native build was initiated by a single engineer who really wanted a smoother version of the game on Steam Deck and so he started working on it after hours."
Original story, September 23: The launch of Baldur's Gate 3 catapulted developer Larian into a whole new stratosphere of popularity in the larger gaming fandom, and the studio's commitment to post-launch patches – which have now stretched over two years after the CRPG's 1.0 launch – have certainly helped the studio's reputation. Larian is now arguably going even further above and beyond than ever before with a native port to Steam Deck.
That's how Baldur's Gate 3 has run on Steam Deck up to this point, and outside of some performance issues, it's been fine – so fine, in fact, that it's been wildly popular on the handheld.
But Larian explains in its announcement, "Baldur’s Gate 3 now features a native Steam Deck build! This means the game can now be run natively on the platform, resulting in a more stable framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay."
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