Will Your Favorite Games Run on Steam Deck? Valve Made Finding Out Easy
With regular sales every year, many of us have hundreds of games in our Steam library, but how many of them will run on Steam Deck? Valve just made it very easy to find out.
As PCGamer reports, Valve launched a new Steam Deck compatibility checker this week, which will split your Steam games library into four parts: Deck Verified Games, Deck Playable Games, Unsupported Deck Games, and Untested Deck Games. To check your own Steam library, simply visit the compatibility check page and login.
Deck Verified Games have been tested by Valve and found to be "fully functional on Steam Deck," which includes working well with the built-in controls and display. Deck Playable Games have been tested by Valve, but "might require extra effort to interact with or configure." So they will work, but your experience will vary per title.
The Unsupported Deck Games simply "don't function on Steam Deck," but Valve is working to change that for as many titles as possible. They have been tested and found not to work. Finally, there's the Untested Deck Games category, which is every game Valve hasn't got around to testing yet.
My own Steam library contains 303 games. Of those, 14 are Deck Verified, six are Deck Playable, two are Unsupported, and 281 are untested. That should give you some indication of the task Valve is facing with regards to testing games. There's a long way to go, but the list of untested games should slowly diminish over the coming months.
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