World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard’s answer to years of “Classic+” requests: a perpetual, level-60 take on vanilla Azeroth that expands horizontally instead of vertically. It revamps three classic zones, adds three brand new ones on top, throws in three new raids and a new battleground, and introduces a new playable race in the Skyborne elves. It isn’t a Steam release, but it runs well on Steam Deck and Steam Machine once it’s set up properly, and full controller support is easy to enable once you know where to look.
Getting it installed with UnifiDeck
The easiest way to get WoW Forever running is through UnifiDeck, a Decky Loader plugin that pulls non-Steam launchers like Battle.net, Epic, GOG, Amazon and Ubisoft Connect into a single unified library. You’ll need Decky Loader installed first, so grab that and get it set up if you haven’t already. From there, head to the UnifiDeck GitHub page and download the latest release.
Back in Gaming Mode, open Decky Loader, go to General and make sure Developer Mode is switched on. Scroll down to the Developer section, hit Browse, and find the UnifiDeck download you just grabbed to install the plugin. Once that’s done, open UnifiDeck and install the Battle.net integration from the list. Restart your Steam Deck or Steam Machine, and a Battle.net library tile will appear in your Steam library. Open it, find World of Warcraft, and install World of Warcraft: Forever from there if you’ve already got a purchase. From that point on, launching the game drops you straight into Battle.net and into the game itself.
Best settings and controller support
For Steam Deck, we’d recommend turning everything down to low in the graphics settings. The game does support FSR, but it’s FSR 1 rather than a newer version, so don’t expect miracles from the upscaler — it still does the job, though. Steam Machine is far less fussy: you can leave most settings alone and it handles 1440p comfortably. Whichever device you’re on, head into the gamepad support option in the settings menu and tick it on to get full controller support working.
How it performs
On Steam Deck, WoW Forever runs comfortably in the 40 to 50fps range, and it’s a genuinely good time even without any frame generation, where it still holds around 30fps. Frame generation is available, but we wouldn’t recommend switching it on for this one — there have been reports that it can be mistaken for cheating and get you flagged, so it isn’t worth the risk. Steam Machine should have plenty of headroom to run it more comfortably still, given how undemanding the game already is on Deck.
All told, getting World of Warcraft: Forever onto Steam Deck and Steam Machine is a short one-time setup rather than a fight, and once UnifiDeck and Battle.net are in place it behaves just like any other title in your library.
