diff --git a/dylib/feats/compat_run.sh b/dylib/feats/compat_run.sh
index c4571607..3f4c93bb 100755
--- a/dylib/feats/compat_run.sh
+++ b/dylib/feats/compat_run.sh
@@ -1899,10 +1899,12 @@ winebus_lines() {
   printf '%s\r\n' '[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WineBus]' "$hidraw_value" ''
 }
 
-# High Resolution doubles LogPixels and turning it off halves it
+# High Resolution doubles LogPixels and turning it off halves it.
+# NOTPROTON_RETINA_DPI=0 leaves it alone, since Wine shrinks the screen for games that are not DPI aware.
 plan_logpixels() {
   dpi_value=""
   new_dpi=""
+  [ "${NOTPROTON_RETINA_DPI-}" != 0 ] || return 0
   dpi_registry=/dev/null
   [ ! -f "$WINEPREFIX/user.reg" ] || dpi_registry="$WINEPREFIX/user.reg"
   read -r retina_was dpi <<EOF
diff --git a/dylib/tests/settingscheck.sh b/dylib/tests/settingscheck.sh
index d2d50b88..84ecf818 100644
--- a/dylib/tests/settingscheck.sh
+++ b/dylib/tests/settingscheck.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ run_in() {
 		WINESERVER="$work/wineserver" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="$case_dir" \
 		SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES="${IGNORE-}" \
 		SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES_EXCEPT="${EXCEPT-}" \
-		NOTPROTON_RAW_CONTROLLERS="${RAW-}" NOTPROTON_DISABLE_HIDRAW="${HIDRAW-}" verb="${VERB-waitforexitandrun}" \
+		NOTPROTON_RAW_CONTROLLERS="${RAW-}" NOTPROTON_DISABLE_HIDRAW="${HIDRAW-}" \
+		NOTPROTON_RETINA_DPI="${DPI-}" verb="${VERB-waitforexitandrun}" \
 		FAKE_STATUS="$2" FAKE_CALLS="$case_dir/calls" FAKE_IMPORTED="$case_dir/imported" \
 		log="$case_dir/log" body="$body" \
 		sh -ec 'eval "$body"; import_prefix_settings; echo returned' \
@@ -261,6 +262,15 @@ VERB=run
 again "" 0
 same_file "a helper leaves them alone" "$work/helper" "$case_dir/imported"
 unset VERB
+DPI=0
+user_reg '"RetinaMode"=-' '"LogPixels"=dword:00000060'
+again 1 0
+same_file "on with NOTPROTON_RETINA_DPI=0 keeps 96" "$work/retina-on" "$case_dir/imported"
+is "nothing is logged" "" "$(grep video "$case_dir/log")"
+user_reg '"RetinaMode"="y"' '"LogPixels"=dword:000000c0'
+again 0 0
+same_file "off with NOTPROTON_RETINA_DPI=0 keeps 192" "$work/retina-off" "$case_dir/imported"
+unset DPI
 
 echo "== settings already in the prefix"
 mkdir -p "$work/cx/share/wine"