Valve’s “Deck Verified” program evaluates which Steam video games are Steam Deck-ready

Enlarge / Video games that earn the “Deck Verified” checkmark will seem within the “Nice on Deck” tab of the Steam Retailer. (credit score: Valve Company)

Valve says it has began the method of reviewing the entire tens of 1000’s of video games within the Steam catalog for compatibility with the upcoming Steam Deck moveable. The corporate is doing the evaluate as a part of a brand new informational program referred to as “Deck Verified.”

Video games that present “a fantastic, easy expertise” and “work nice on Steam Deck proper out of the field” will obtain a inexperienced “Deck Verified” verify mark on the Steam retailer and library interfaces. They may even seem on the default “Nice on Deck” tab when the Retailer is considered on the Steam Deck itself. Video games will obtain that verify mark in the event that they meet the next standards:

• Enter: Video games will need to have “full controller assist” and the power to entry all content material utilizing the Steam Deck controls, with no changes needed. This consists of the usage of on-screen “glyphs” that match these of the Steam Deck buttons or these on the Xbox 360/One (many Steam video games already do that for compatibility with console variations or console controllers). Any in-game textual content entry should be achieved utilizing solely the controller or an on-screen keyboard.
• Show: Video games should embrace native assist for 1280×800 or 1280×720 decision and embrace a default configuration that runs at a “playable framerate” on the {hardware} at that decision (Valve has beforehand promised that “actually all the Steam library” can meet this threshold on the Steam Deck {hardware}). On-screen textual content must also be legible when the display is held 12 inches from the face; Valve says this implies no letter needs to be lower than 9 pixels in top, although a 12-pixel top is really useful.
• Seamlessness: Video games should not throw up any compatibility warnings when working on Steam Deck, and gamers should have the ability to navigate any third-party launchers with the controller.
• System assist: The sport should be suitable with the SteamOS natively or with the Proton compatibility layer that enables Home windows video games to run on the Linux-based system. This consists of any middleware and/or anti-cheat software program used within the recreation.

An instance of a recreation that meets all of the Deck Verified standards.

Older video games would possibly want some updates to completely attain Deck Verified standing.

VR video games like Half-Life: Alyx will formally present up as “Unsupported” on the Steam Deck.

Video games that do not fairly attain the Verified perfect can nonetheless earn a yellow “Playable” badge in the event that they run however “require some further effort to work together with or configure.” That features video games that require guide controller or graphics configuration on first launch, video games with “lacking or inaccurate controller glyphs,” and video games the place gamers want to make use of the touchscreen for no matter purpose.