Quick Steam Deck news follow-up: the widescreen fix collection I wrote about yesterday has grown up fast. When I covered it in New mod fixes 16:10 widescreen in 18 games on Steam Deck, it was a set of mod files you installed per game. It’s now a Decky plugin called AnyAspectRatio, and its list has jumped from 18 games to over 100, with each fix applied in one tap from Game Mode.
The update comes from the creator, u/TLinCAR, who shared it in an “AnyAspectRatio Decky Plugin” post on r/SteamDeck that’s now past 270 upvotes. Thanks to them for the work, and to the r/SteamDeck community for pushing it up. I won’t repeat the basics about black bars and the Deck’s 16:10 screen, as my earlier article covers that, so here’s just what’s new.
What the AnyAspectRatio Decky plugin does
According to the plugin’s page on GitHub, it finds your supported games and applies the aspect-ratio fix in one tap, setting the Steam launch options for you. The default target is the Deck’s native 16:10 at 1280×800, and the creator says other ratios such as 4:3 and 3:2 work too. That makes it handy beyond the Deck, for example on a Steam Machine hooked up to a 16:10 or ultrawide monitor.
From the Reddit post and the GitHub page, the main features are:
- It scans all your Steam libraries, including games on a microSD card.
- Non-Steam shortcuts are supported too, which the creator says are matched by their exe name.
- You can change a fix’s settings from Game Mode, such as resolution, aspect ratio or FOV where the mod supports it, and read each fix’s ReadMe.
- Fixes that need extra manual steps are grouped separately with just a ReadMe, so you know which ones aren’t one-tap.
- An Offline mode that stops the plugin connecting to the internet at all. You import an offline pack of the mod files once, or point it at a folder of your own mod zips.
Over 100 Steam Deck games now supported
The game list in the GitHub repository now runs to more than 100 entries. It leans heavily towards big Japanese and console-style releases, which tend to be locked to 16:9. Highlights include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dark Souls III, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Resident Evil 2, 3, 4 and Village, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona 3 Reload, Monster Hunter Rise and a long run of Yakuza and Like a Dragon games.
Many of the fixes come from Lyall, whose widescreen fixes are well known on PC, mirrored unchanged for the plugin, alongside the creator’s own fixes aimed at handhelds. The repository credits both, and links to support them.
How to install it on Steam Deck
AnyAspectRatio isn’t in the Decky store, so you install it from a zip. You’ll need Decky Loader set up first. The steps from the GitHub page are:
- Download the latest AnyAspectRatio zip from the releases page and put it on your Deck, for example in Downloads.
- In Game Mode, open the Decky menu, go to Settings, General and switch on Developer mode.
- Go to Settings, Developer, Install Plugin from ZIP, pick the zip and confirm.
- Open AnyAspectRatio in the Decky menu and choose Scan Steam libraries, then apply a fix per game.
To update, install the newer zip the same way. To remove it, uninstall it from Decky’s plugin list.
Steam Deck news verdict: a big step up from manual mods
I haven’t tried the plugin myself, so I can’t vouch for every game on the list, and results will vary from game to game. The creator also describes it as a casual side project that gets updated when they have time, so keep expectations in check. Even so, turning a per-game, Desktop Mode chore into a one-tap toggle in Game Mode is exactly what this kind of fix needed.
If you like tweaking your Deck from the Quick Access menu, my look at the Decky TDP Tuner plugin is another good one to try next.
