According to SteamDB data, there are currently 14,023 games compatible with Steam Deck, of which 4,607 have been officially certified by Valve, which means that these games can be run directly on Steam Deck without any adjustments.
In addition, 9,416 games are marked as “playable”, which means that players may need to make some manual adjustments to play.
Valve has organized the entire Steam game library with four ratings. In addition to the above-mentioned 14,023 games, it also includes “unsupported” (meaning it cannot be run on the Steam Deck) and “unknown” (meaning it has not been tested yet).
Players can use Steam official Steam Deck Compatibility page to see which games have completed testing. According to reports, Valve has four testing standards for games that pass “certification”:
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Input – The game should fully support gamepad controls and automatically bring up the on-screen keyboard when needed.
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Display – The game should support the Steam Deck’s default resolution (1280×800 or 1280×720), have good default settings, and have clear and readable text.
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Fluency – The game should not display any compatibility warnings and should support movement and selection with the controller if present.
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System Support – If running through Proton, the game and all its middleware should be supported by Proton, including anti-cheat features.
Steam Deck allows you to play various games with high CP value hardware specifications
Steam Deck uses an AMD Zen 2 architecture APU. The processor has 4 cores and 8 threads, with a maximum clock speed of 3.5GHz. The graphics chip is an RDNA 2 architecture with a total of 8 computing units (CU). The function of the entire APU is Consumption can reach up to 15W.
In order to make the Steam Deck operating experience easier to use, Valve has built-in SteamOS developed based on Arch Linux in this handheld console. By deeply integrating the advantages of the Steam store, players can quickly purchase, download, install and execute game.
SteamOS does give users a very friendly feeling. The default UI is roughly the same as the Big Picture mode built into the Steam application, so it is very easy to control through the joystick and buttons, and the corresponding icons of various options are also very correct; If you switch to the desktop mode of SteamOS, the left and right touchpads can work extremely well, greatly improving operational accuracy.
According to SteamDB data, Steam released 14,535 games in 2023, setting another record, an increase of approximately 2,000 games compared to the previous year. So far, Steam has released 3,160 games this year.
