Path of Exile — Steam Launch Options

19 community-verified launch options for Path of Exile on Steam ↗.

DeveloperGrinding Gear Games

PublisherGrinding Gear Games

Released2013-10-23

EngineUnity Engine (heuristic)

-force-low-power-device

Uses integrated GPU for battery life (macOS).

Unity Documentation
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-popupwindow

Creates borderless popup window in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-force-opengl

Forces OpenGL rendering (legacy) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-screen-height

Set vertical screen resolution (e.g., -screen-height 1080)

Unity Engine
--nopatch

Launch the game with --nosound or --softwareaudio

PCGamingWiki
PROTON_DXVK_ASYNC=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option

ProtonDB
-force-vulkan

Forces Vulkan rendering API in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
gamemode

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
PROTON_USE_D9VK=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
PROTON_NO_D3D11=0

Disable Direct3D 11 support (forces older rendering path)

ProtonDB
-force-d3d11

Forces DirectX 11 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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DXVK_HUD=compiler

Show the DXVK performance HUD overlay (e.g. DXVK_HUD=fps)

ProtonDB
DXVK_ASYNC=1

Compile shaders asynchronously to reduce stutter (dxvk-async builds)

ProtonDB
PROTON_NO_D3D10=0

Disable Direct3D 10 support

ProtonDB
-screen-width

Set horizontal screen resolution (e.g., -screen-width 1920)

Unity Engine
-window-mode

Set window mode: exclusive, windowed, or borderless

Unity Engine
-force-d3d12

Forces DirectX 12 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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