It ran well via Itch.io wine. Itch.io automatically detects if you have wine software in your system if you are on Linux. I had to do a little mapping as I wanted to play it with a gamepad instead of my keyboard and mouse in front of the TV, the Itch.io Client was booted from the gaming mode.
The Steam Deck is able to provide an intuitive console like experience while having full PC liberties. It's an excellent device.