About
Clive Barker's Jericho is a 2007 horror first-person shooter conceived and written by horror author Clive Barker. The player leads a seven-member paranormal special-forces squad called the Jericho Team, switching between characters to use their distinct supernatural abilities against grotesque enemies in a reality warped by an entity known as the Firstborn.
It was the second game to carry Barker's name after Undying and is noted for its grisly atmosphere and squad-swapping combat, though it received mixed reviews. The PC version was later delisted from digital storefronts after its licensing rights lapsed.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- Jericho.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- proton_experimental
- Winetricks
- —
- ProtonDB
- ProtonDB Silver runs with minor issues
⚙ Setup notes
Game: 2007 MercurySteam / Codemasters squad horror shooter (DirectX 9).
DRM: Delisted from Steam — bring your own copy (installs only if it was on your Steam account before delisting).
ProtonDB: Reported in the Silver/Gold range. Users report it running well on Steam Deck at full graphics, practically locked to 60fps. The main caveat is that it hammers one CPU thread (~99%), which can cause occasional drops. Proton Experimental (or a recent GE-Proton) works; no special tinkering required.
Controller: No native gamepad support (keyboard/mouse era PC shooter) — use a Steam Input controller layout / the gamepad template on Deck.
Install: No special setup beyond installing it. Jericho.exe sits in the install root.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: Delisted — configuration only, no links.
Exe: Jericho.exe (in the install root; a Bin/ subfolder holds mod hooks).
Controller: Needs a Steam Input layout — no native gamepad support.
Performance: Pins one CPU thread; expect occasional dips around the locked 60fps.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.