Virtual Interactive Fireplace Gets Performance Improvements For Steam Deck

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Have you ever wanted to sit down by the fireplace and relax, but you don't like the heat and don't have a fireplace? Well Virtual Interactive Fireplace has you covered! The game is just a fire place that you can interact with, and start your own fires by placing tinder and lighting it. It's as simple as it gets, and its latest update made it more relaxing on the Steam Deck.

The new update makes some very distinct changes to make the game run better without changing visual quality. With a capped framerate to reduce GPU usage, a lowered particle raycast budget to improve efficiency, and adjusted settings that suit the aesthetic, we get a significantly better experience on the Steam Deck without any visual changes.

There aren't any other changes with this update, but it's still really wonderful to see. You can view the changelog for the update via their Steam Community Post.

Virtual Interactive Fireplace is free to play on Steam and is rated Playable due to showing incorrect controller icons.

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