Valve looks back at the Steam Deck's first month, and what's ahead

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It's been a month since the first Steam Decks went out, personally hand-delivered by Gabe Newell, and Valve has marked the occasion with a blog post(opens in new tab) looking back over the last month's worth of developments. To start with, there's the fact that 2,000 games now have the official seal of approval of being either Deck Verified or Playable. 

«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», Valve writes. «We're going to continue charging through the Steam catalog and can't wait to share the next big milestone here.» If you want to help, Valve has added a feedback feature for Deck Verified games so Steam Deck users can agree or disagree with a rating.

On the subject of anti-cheat, which has held some games back from verification, Valve says, «The two biggest anti-cheat services, BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat, now have a streamlined path for developers that choose to enable support for Proton and Steam Deck. Elden Ring and Apex Legends are two examples of games which are taking advantage of this work, so far.»

Updates to the Steam Deck's OS are noted, like improvements to the on-screen keyboard and dual trackpad typing, as well as the fact that the game mode keyboard can be used in desktop mode now, and the addition of keyboard themes. «We've spent some time making the Steam Store more responsive and snappier on Deck», Valve writes. «Plus we get that navigating through libraries can be unwieldy if you have a ton of games, so we’ve made it easier with fast scrolling. We've also added the ability to create dynamic collections within your library based on tags and other game