Pixel 11 Pro Fold Gaming: Fortnite, Genshin, Roblox and More

Quick summary: I tested games on the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. It’s great for lighter games, but AAA titles are a crapshoot, and Genshin Impact doesn’t run at all. That’s hard to accept on a roughly $2,000 phone.

Racing Master

It’s playable, but not smooth, around 20fps by my eye. Cutscenes were really laggy. Racing games usually run well even on low-powered hardware, so this was disappointing.

Genshin Impact

It doesn’t run. After downloading everything and relaunching, the game loads but renders as a purple screen with only a few graphical elements. I don’t know of a fix.

Roblox

• Frontlines with graphics maxed runs pretty well, not bad at all.
• Realistic Landscape, a graphics showcase, ran slowly at times but looked good.

Roblox players should be okay on the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, XL or Pro.

Fortnite

Even with everything on low, the lobby stutters and the graphics look muddy. In a match it’s Stutter City at around 30 to 40fps, with nothing left to turn down. Optimization might help, but I wouldn’t want to pay $2,000 for this.

Minecraft

It plays completely fine. It doesn’t feel like 60fps, but it isn’t laggy either.

Verdict

You can game on it, and it’s great for lower-end games. Anything heavier, like Unreal Engine games or Genshin, struggles more than on Snapdragon 8 Elite phones from the last few years. Phones a third of the price game as well or better. Google needs to dramatically improve its chips or switch to MediaTek or Snapdragon. For day-to-day and lifestyle use, it’s awesome. For AAA gaming, not so much.

• Pixel 11 Pro Fold at Best Buy
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