I have to issue a mea culpa: Almost exactly three years ago, I reported on a performance improvement update for the excellent indie RPG Dread Delusion. The performance was improved, but it was not improved enough. After my initial excitement, I found the game's inconsistent framerates unbearably brutal, and I exclusively played on desktop. But not anymore. Dread Delusion finally, for realsies, my hand to god, actually runs great on Steam Deck now: A rock solid 60 fps in my experience, at both the start of the game and a save dozens of hours in. It also boasts some blessedly gentle battery usage: Over four hours estimated playtime, with a tick rate on the percentage to back that up. Article continues below In my limited playtime after Dread Delusion's April 15 patch, I have yet to encounter frame rate dips outside a slight hang when loading a new area or autosaving⁠—it feels like I could set my watch to this game's frame rate on Steam Deck.…