miHoYo's latest gacha vacuum, Zenless Zone Zero, just dropped its Steam store page with a Q2 2026 launch flag – because nothing says 'commitment' like making F2P plebs jump through one more launcher hoop before they uninstall in a week. Deck compatibility? 'Unknown' for now, but we Shenzhen whales know the truth: sideloading via Heroic already runs buttery on Deck OLEDs, 60FPS no sweat, controller prompts and all.

Brace yourselves, CN and JP server vets – Steam Deck F2P frenzy incoming. Global peasants with portables will VPN-rush your banners, diluting the whale pools while miHoYo cackles over in-game purchase logs. Asia, TW/HK/MO servers confirmed for Steam linkage via Hoyo account, but CN mainland stays MiHoYo-locked; expect the usual salt as Deckbros whine about region walls.

Cross-progression? Sure, link your Hoyo acct to Steam and carry that pity timer like a badge of bankruptcy. 75GB install, GTX970 min specs – Deck laughs at that. Dev greed unchanged: anti-cheat (HoYoKProtect) primed to nuke cheaters, but whales like me? Untouchable. F2P, enjoy your 160-pull newbie pity; the real game's in the credit card roulette.

r/pcgaming lit up first, as expected – because who else spots these launcher migrations before the influencers cope-post.