Steam Deck - Over 2,000 Games Are Now Verified or Playable - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 April 2022 / 1,973 Views
Valve announced over 2,000 games on Steam have officially been Verified or Playable for the all-in-one portable PC gaming device, the Steam Deck.
"In just one month we’ve passed a huge milestone with 2000 games now officially Deck Verified or Playable," reads a blog post from Valve. "It's been exciting to see the variety of games the community has been playing - new or old, big or small, every genre - it seems like players have been having a ton of fun on Deck.
"We're going to continue charging through the Steam catalog and can't wait to share the next big milestone here. We’re also listening carefully to customer feedback in this space, as we want to make sure the Deck Verified program is doing its job. To that end we’ve added a Feedback feature allowing customers to signal whether they agree or disagree with the Verified rating for each title."
In order for a game to be rated Verified it must meet the following four requirements:
- Input - The title should have full controller support, use appropriate controller input icons, and automatically bring up the on-screen keyboard when needed.
- Seamlessness - The title shouldn’t display any compatibility warnings, and if there’s a launcher it should be navigable with a controller.
- Display - The game should support the default resolution of Steam Deck (1280×800 or 1280×720), have good default settings, and text should be legible.
- System Support - If running through Proton, the game and all its middleware should be supported by Proton. This includes anti-cheat support.
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Yeah, nice, but. Damn, my games are still unsupported lmao!
It's probably best to treat this as a new device with new games. A lot of existing Steam games will need keyboard and mouse, and even if they technically run... they just won't play right on a hand-held console.
Yes, i'll admit here in honesty right away. My games are mostly DOS or Win95 based like more than the modern games i owned, so yeah bad purchasing games, it's just me typical consumer has a bad taste.
I don´t care about sales. I play Steam more than xbox, switch or PS5 everyday on PC.....and now ON THE GO. It´s not a new player....Steam is the best player for years. It´s only a way to play my 422 steam games ON THE GO (251 compatible NOW....it´s great!). TEKKEN 7 AND SOULCALIBUR VI ON THE GO BABY!!! RIGH NOW!!!! YESSSSS
The device is INCREDIBLE. My nintendo switch has been eating dust ever since. I think i can play my switch games on my steam deck. I´ll descovery how to do it....
Now just make the hardware available for me to buy in Australia... Please!
Any info on how sales have been going? Is it being tracked?
I think that was pretty expected... Because Valve isn't selling this in Gamestop/EB Games and other brick and mortar shops, so aren't really expected to sell these units in the 10's of millions.
Plus Valves hardware has always sold in a relatively small volume anyway... Just would be interesting to see the sales rate... Which is pretty much all hardware that can be manufactured currently.. Which is the same for everyone.
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