Steam Deck Now Has More Than 1,000 Verified/Playable Games
It's been more than a week since the Steam Deck released, and the consensus seems to be that it's a great device, capable of playing PC games on the go, with the potential for future systems to come forward to improve on the format. With Valve unveiling the Portal spin-off game Aperture Desk Job, the developer has also shown that it's still got the chops for creating interesting games, specifically ones compatible with its own handheld device. Alongside the positive feedback, there's also been some more word about how many games are now playable and/or verified for it.
According to a recent post from the company itself over on the Steam website, it seems as though there are now more than 1,000 games that are compatible with the Steam Deck. While the post doesn't give an exact figure, a database over on Steam Deck Verified, which, as the name suggests, tracks the games that are suitable for the system, the current total is 1,057. Of those, 559 are verified, while 498 are playable.
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The post goes on to say that the threshold for what is considered verified or playable is very high. In terms of the actual difference, when games are verified for the Steam Deck, it means that they are fully compatible with the device, with no bugs present. Ones that are playable are similar in that they should be able to run on the Deck with no issues. However, through play testing, some may encounter a few compatibility issues. Steam itself says that any instance in which something like an in-game asset crashes or a video doesn't render, will be labelled as «unsupported,» at least for the time being.
Work has obviously been coming along, especially with the two-month delay. It
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