Deck Verification program reaches over 30,000 playable video games for the Steam Deck

Valve has reached a brand new milestone with its Deck Verified program, now that includes over 30,000 video games within the Steam Library being verified as playable on Valve’s handheld gaming PC. According to SteamDB, 21,080 video games are Steam Deck Playable, 8,960 video games are Steam Deck Verified, and an additional 6,848 video games have been confirmed by Valve to be unsupported (on the time of writing). The record will get even higher in the event you consider SteamOS compatibility, which accounts for 31,297 video games (on the time of writing).

These playability lists are under no circumstances full, with the Steam Library that includes over 130,000 video games in whole, but it surely confirms that Valve is repeatedly testing video games for Steam Deck compatibility, serving to enhance Steam Deck accessibility for much less tech-savvy players. Every sport added means much less likelihood a Deck gamer has to check the sport out for themselves or examine Reddit or Steam boards to see if the sport they need to play works on the Deck.

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That mentioned, compatibility roadblocks, together with anti-cheat, are nonetheless an issue for Valve. Only 40% of Steam’s prime 10 video games are licensed as playable thanks primarily to anti-cheat incompatibility on SteamOS, and out of Steam’s prime 100 video games, the Steam Deck’s playability metric solely improves by 5%. Out of the highest 1000 video games on Steam, solely 35% of video games are playable on the Deck.

Given the character of the Steam Deck and SteamOS, it’s uncertain that Valve will ever be capable to get its whole library to run on the Deck and even SteamOS for that matter, as a result of particular compatibility points between Linux and Windows that Proton cannot account for. Still, Valve’s compatibility record effectively exceeds the record of video games different consoles have entry to, making the Steam Deck the most effective platforms to play on for sport choice alone. (Not together with companies corresponding to GeForce NOW and PlayStation Plus that broaden the Deck’s sport compatibility additional with cloud streaming.)

Deck Verified is a verification system Valve launched with the Steam Deck to provide gamers a complete record of video games that may be performed on the hand held gadget. The verification program not solely checks Proton compatibility with SteamOS, but in addition checks help for correct enter controls, controller help with launchers (if any), and UI/textual content visibility on the Deck’s 800P or 720p decision. Valve has introduced it will likely be increasing its verification program to the Steam Machine and Steam Frame as effectively.