From Software’s latest epic Elden Ring is already one of the best RPGs on PC, but it’s not without its technical issues – including stuttering at certain points. Now, Valve itself is looking into the “heavy stutter” problem and says it will be fixed this week – but possibly only the Steam Deck and Proton version.

Elden Ring is undoubtedly one of the best open-world games ever made, so much so that we scored it a rare perfect 10 in our review – but it’s not without some problems. Performance issues such as stuttering have abounded for many players, and the problem is so bad that reviews have knocked Elden Ring down to a “Mixed” rating on Steam.

From Software and Bandai Namco have already apologised for these troubles, advising patience and adding that the team is “constantly working to improve the game”. A new patch was released yesterday, in fact, with update 1.02.1 taking aim at Easy Anti Cheat startup problems and reducing the “number of files needed to load” in new areas.

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