Valve has now certified 5,000 games compatible with Steam Deck

Valve wants to help Steam Deck owners and people interested in buying the device easily find out what games can actually be played on it. Through its verification program, it hopes to allow people to see at a glance if a game is compatible. While it's a long process to test every game (assuming it gets that far), Valve has just taken an important step. The company has now certified 5,000 games as verified or playable on Steam Deck.

If Valve puts a Verified label on a game, the Steam Deck should be able to handle it with little to no issues. If Valve determines a title is playable, it will work, but there might be a few caveats or issues. On the other hand, Valve has listed nearly 2,000 games as unsupported, according to SteamDB, which means they probably (or definitely) won't work on Steam Deck.

These numbers suggest that Valve has tested at least 7,000 Steam games on the system. There is still a long way to go to check them all out though, as there are well over 50,000 titles on the platform. It should be noted that many games currently labeled as Unknown work just fine on Steam Deck, even without a Verified or Playable sticker.

Valve uses four criteria to check Steam Deck compatibility. It evaluates whether a game supports the controller (and an on-screen keyboard if needed) or compatibility warnings. It's also looking for native screen resolution support of 1280 by 800 and if the game has any issues with the Proton compatibility layer that Valve uses to run Windows games.

There's now a huge library of games that will work on the Steam Deck, more than most people can play in a lifetime - you might have a chance of perusing them if you can get away from Vampire Survivors < /em>long enough. This should be good news for those expecting a Steam Deck delivery after Valve ramped up production over the past few months. If you reserve one now, you should still be able to get a Steam Deck by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, Valve has unveiled the top 10 most played games on Steam Deck in August. The list includes Elden Ring, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, MultiVersus and, yes, Vampire Survivors.

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