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520 games are now rated either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck

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As we hit less than two weeks until the Steam Deck launch on February 25, Valve appear to be doing well on the testing front with 520 games now either fully Verified or Playable.

Each day now a good bunch seem to trickle in together. At this rate of progress per-day, we're perhaps going to see close to 1,000 either Verified or Playable by launch. That is, unless this is all still early testing of their processes and we might see a bigger bump closer to launch which is entirely possible. Either way, it's already a rather nice number. The amount only tells so much though, quality over quantity of course and there's a lot of good picks already.

The totals currently are 309 Verified, 211 Playable and 60 Unsupported. Two days ago there were only 243 Verified!

Here's the current Verified list at time of writing:

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
A traveler's photo album
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
APE OUT
Aeterna Noctis
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
American Truck Simulator
Amnesia: Rebirth
Automobilista 2
Babble Royale
Bayonetta
BeamNG.drive
Before We Leave
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Bloons TD 6
Blue Fire
Boomerang X
Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
CarX Drift Racing Online
Carto
Cat Quest
Cat Quest II
Caveblazers
Chernobylite
Chorus
Circuit Superstars
Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game
Cookie Clicker
Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
Crush Crush
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Curse of the Dead Gods
Cyber Hook
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
DARK SOULS™ III
DEATH STRANDING
DEATHLOOP
DOOM II
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
DRAGON QUEST® XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Digital Edition of Light
Dark Deity
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Daymare: 1998
Dead Estate
Death Trash
Death's Door
Deep Rock Galactic
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
Demon Turf
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder
Devil May Cry 5
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
DmC: Devil May Cry
Don't Starve Together
Drawful 2
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
Dyson Sphere Program
ELDERBORN
ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
Eastward
Edge Of Eternity
Everhood
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Evoland
Evoland 2
FIGHT KNIGHT
FINAL FANTASY
FINAL FANTASY II
FINAL FANTASY III
FINAL FANTASY IV
FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
Factorio
Fallout Shelter
Fantasy Blacksmith
Farm Together
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)
Fire Pro Wrestling World
Firewatch
Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator
Five Nights at Freddy's
Football, Tactics & Glory
Fox Hime Zero
GRID
GRIME
Gang Beasts
Gas Station Simulator
Genital Jousting
Ghost Exorcism INC.
Ghostrunner
Graveyard Keeper
Griftlands
Grim Clicker
Guacamelee! 2
Gunfire Reborn
HITMAN™
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
HUNTDOWN
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Happy's Humble Burger Farm
Haven
Heave Ho
Heavenly Bodies
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellish Quart
Hentai Bad Girls
Hentai Girl Hime
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Human: Fall Flat
ISEKAI QUEST
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Idle Wasteland
Inscryption
Into the Breach
Intravenous
It Takes Two
Journey To The Savage Planet
Jump King
Katamari Damacy REROLL
Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
Kitaria Fables
LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LEGO® Jurassic World
LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes
LET IT DIE
LIMBO
Last Evil
Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game
Life is Strange 2
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 2
Life is Strange Remastered
Little Nightmares II
Littlewood
Loop Odyssey
Luck be a Landlord
MADNESS: Project Nexus
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
MO:Astray
Mad Max
Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!
Manifold Garden
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Mega Man 11
Metal Unit
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Minoria
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
Mortal Shell
Muck
MudRunner
Muv-Luv (マブラヴ)
Muv-Luv Alternative (マブラヴ オルタネイティヴ)
NEKOPARA Extra
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
NGU IDLE
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nidhogg
Nobody Saves the World
Noita
Nuclear Throne
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Okami HD
Orcs Must Die! 3
Ori and the Blind Forest
Outer Wilds
Overcooked! 2
PAYDAY 2
Paint the Town Red
Paradise Killer
Pathologic 2
PictoQuest
Pit People®
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Poly Bridge 2
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
Prey
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Project CARS 3
Project Warlock
Psychonauts
RAD
RIDE 4
Realm Grinder
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Remnant: From the Ashes
Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari - Love For Hire
RimWorld
Ring of Pain
River City Girls
Rocket League®
Rogue Legacy 2
Roundguard
Ryse: Son of Rome
Röki
SCARLET NEXUS
STEINS;GATE
SUPERHOT
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
Sable
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Sakura Clicker
Sam & Max Save the World
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Session: Skateboarding Sim Game
Shadow Man Remastered
Shining Resonance Refrain
Shop Titans
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Siralim Ultimate
Slay the Spire
Slime Rancher
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Sonic Generations Collection
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Stick Fight: The Game
Strange Horticulture
Styx: Master of Shadows
Subnautica
Supaplex
Super Meat Boy Forever
Super Mega Baseball 3
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Robot Wars 30
Supraland Six Inches Under
THE GAME OF LIFE 2
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION
TSIOQUE
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
Tales of Arise
Tap Wizard 2
Tetris® Effect: Connected
The Banner Saga
The Beast Inside
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
The Evil Within
The Falconeer
The Forest
The Jackbox Party Pack
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
The Jackbox Party Pack 5
The Jackbox Party Pack 6
The Jackbox Party Pack 7
The Jackbox Party Pack 8
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame
The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
The Lands of Eldyn
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
The Messenger
The Room 4: Old Sins
The Room Three
The Sexy Brutale
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt
The Wonderful 101: Remastered
Timberborn
Titanfall® 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
Tomb Raider
Travellers Rest
Treasure of Nadia
Tricky Towers
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Tunche
Twelve Minutes
UNSIGHTED
UnderMine
Unpacking
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
Until We Die
Untitled Goose Game
Valheim
Valkyria Chronicles™
WHAT THE GOLF?
WORLD OF HORROR
WWE 2K19
West of Dead
West of Loathing
What Remains of Edith Finch
Windjammers 2
Wytchwood
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yoku's Island Express
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Your Chronicle
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
art of rally
tModLoader
古剑奇谭三(Gujian3)
战地指挥官/Battleboom

The big thing to remember is that any of this can change before launch, it's not a final list and games can be updated at any time to change their rating. That's true now and will be so after release.

For the Unsupported list, there's a few now noted due to the anti-cheat not supporting Linux / Proton like: Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Back 4 Blood.

You can see the lists easily on the unofficial SteamDB:

Also, the useful ProtonDB website (also unofficial) that tracks Proton compatibility for the whole of Linux had some upgrades lately like a very handy Anti-Cheat list.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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eldaking Feb 14, 2022
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VERIFIED: 9 games (3.81%)
PLAYABLE: 13 games (5.51%)
UNSUPPORTED: 0 games (0.0%)
UNKNOWN: 214 games (90.68%)

Not much to be said for my library so far. The verified titles aren't bad, but the playable ones is an all-star list with many of my all time favorites. Which is... not that great, but not unexpected. I expect those to be at least playable because yeah, I play them on linux already, on much weaker hardware. But the most likely problem is controller support, as strategy games aren't usually well suited for a controller without much adaptation. Perhaps seeing text and information on the small screen is an issue for some.

I half hope that this is sorted out for at least some of those games, or that at least they work with teaks. But I don't expect my library will have a huge percentage of "verified" titles when it's all done.
alejandro-bringas Feb 14, 2022
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We already know from ProtonDB.com that the overwhelming majority of games are running on Desktop Linux (Save multiplayer infested with DRM Anticheat)

I'm sure the Approved list will grow fast since it's mostly just a UI Mod & Full Controller support and I look forward to having more consistency so my games can be fully managed without keeb and mouse.

ProtonDB includes the use of "proprietary" external tools (mf, wmv, tools that are illegal by their respective licenses) or modified versions of Proton, such as ProtonGE or Proton-TKG, the verification is done with a "click and play", and the result depends on whether the game is compatible with the Steam Deck controls, performance, or that you start the game but have problems with the sound or similar.
CatKiller Feb 14, 2022
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Well, yes. I believe a Windows build is still required to release on Steam. No Linux exclusive releases.


I understand that is no longer policy, although it did used to be. Most games are going to be made available for Windows because marketshare. The number of all games currently on Steam is 64,289, and the number of Windows games is 64,270.

Perhaps with the Deck, that has changed, hopefully.


They said during the dev conference that they don't want Deck exclusives. The big objective is to demonstrate the viability of Linux as a gaming platform to all those Windows gamers out there with their existing Steam libraries, rather than to sell lots of units.
ripper81358 Feb 14, 2022
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Pretty much what i expected. A great launch for a new mobile gamingdevice.

I hope that the steam deck will be a success and helps PC gaming adoption in the mobile gaming field.

However the potential impact of the deck on linuxgaming in general will be limited in my opinion. Valve chose a linux based OS for this device for the same reason Google chose it as a base for Android and Chrome OS.

Sure you can modify the deck in many ways because it is not a locked down device. The general purpose of the deck is to use it as a handheld gamingdevice giving you access to games from the steamstore that are suitable for this kind of gamingexperience.

The numbers of steamusers using "linux" will grow once the steam deck is released. But that doesn't mean that your unsupported desktop gaming hardware will soon be officially supported for linux or anything else in that regard. Developers that have decided to support the deck are only targeting this specific device not desktop linuxgaming in general.
Purple Library Guy Feb 14, 2022
The numbers of steamusers using "linux" will grow once the steam deck is released. But that doesn't mean that your unsupported desktop gaming hardware will soon be officially supported for linux or anything else in that regard. Developers that have decided to support the deck are only targeting this specific device not desktop linuxgaming in general.
That will be a problem to some degree, but not necessarily a huge one. For instance, in the initial rush of native games around the whole Steam Machine thing, I have the definite impression that various distros kind of converged in their gaming-stuff support . . . in the general direction of whatever Ubuntu was doing, mostly, but they did a fair amount of "what it takes not to be that distro the games don't run on". Plus stuff like SDL2 matured and got better known. I expect the same will be true for this, although it will be to make sure Proton runs fine and it will be more towards Arch.

There could be some hardware problems, particularly due to troubles with NVidia drivers, because the Deck uses AMD. But it's not like the games were built solely for the Deck, they were built to run on PC hardware, which is the same hardware all the Linux gamers are using. So probably not huge hardware issues, just a few corner cases with driver problems.
Eike Feb 14, 2022
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I still fear even if they've got several thousands of games at launch, which no console ever had, the headings will still be not be "Look at this incredible launch!" but "Not all Steam games supported!"
Frawo Feb 14, 2022
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Never had a native break, Only problem I have had is them abandoning them! Am looking at you Gearbox !!

Cant say I've had a lot of luck with proton on native builds. I have tried running borderlands 2 through proton but it's a terrible experience compared to the native.

This is strange, my experience with BL 2 is quite exactly the opposite. I was surprised to see that Proton now even manages to show the desktop launcher (I once had forgotten to switch that launcher files). Performance was way better with Proton, and I also noticed that some effects seem to be missing in the native version, which looked kind of dull in comparison.

Many more of my native games just work better with Proton, for example Dead Island, Dying Light, Trine, ETS 2, Thalos Principle.
ripper81358 Feb 14, 2022
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The numbers of steamusers using "linux" will grow once the steam deck is released. But that doesn't mean that your unsupported desktop gaming hardware will soon be officially supported for linux or anything else in that regard. Developers that have decided to support the deck are only targeting this specific device not desktop linuxgaming in general.
That will be a problem to some degree, but not necessarily a huge one. For instance, in the initial rush of native games around the whole Steam Machine thing, I have the definite impression that various distros kind of converged in their gaming-stuff support . . . in the general direction of whatever Ubuntu was doing, mostly, but they did a fair amount of "what it takes not to be that distro the games don't run on". Plus stuff like SDL2 matured and got better known. I expect the same will be true for this, although it will be to make sure Proton runs fine and it will be more towards Arch.

There could be some hardware problems, particularly due to troubles with NVidia drivers, because the Deck uses AMD. But it's not like the games were built solely for the Deck, they were built to run on PC hardware, which is the same hardware all the Linux gamers are using. So probably not huge hardware issues, just a few corner cases with driver problems.

I am not talking about graphics driver issues. Just get yourself a random Gaming Mouse, Keyboard or a Gamecontroller and try to get it working as it does on Windows. I bought myself a wired Nacon Controller. Since this device is listed as an official X-Box Series/One Controller i thought it would work out of the box given the fact that the XPad Kerneldriver has support for those controllers if they are connected over USB. At the end i had to install the Xone driver and had to configure the controller manualy because steam doesn't detect it as an X-Box Controller. I also had to force steaminput on several games and disable it for others because the controller was not working as aspected.

As a Linuxuser i am OK with that. However most Windowsusers making this experience will stay away from linux, and i can clearly understand why.

The steam deck is one specific device which of course will be in good shape on Linux regarding the hardwarefunctionality. But that does not translate to all the gaming desktop / Notebooks and gaming hardware available.
ripper81358 Feb 14, 2022
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I still fear even if they've got several thousands of games at launch, which no console ever had, the headings will still be not be "Look at this incredible launch!" but "Not all Steam games supported!"

Which had to be expected i'd say. The games available on Steam are made for PC gaming in the first place. Games that come without gamepadsupport or that utilize complex menus with lots of text are clearly out of scope when it comes to the steamdeck. Also VR Games are not a thing either. And this limtations are not even a "linux thing".

Besides that there are also games on steam that are to expensive when it comes to hardwarerequirements to run at a playable performance at all on the steam deck.

To assume that just every pc game on steam could run on a handheld/mobiledevice is just unrealistic in my opinion.


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pete910 Feb 14, 2022
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Never had a native break, Only problem I have had is them abandoning them! Am looking at you Gearbox !!

Cant say I've had a lot of luck with proton on native builds. I have tried running borderlands 2 through proton but it's a terrible experience compared to the native.

This is strange, my experience with BL 2 is quite exactly the opposite. I was surprised to see that Proton now even manages to show the desktop launcher (I once had forgotten to switch that launcher files). Performance was way better with Proton, and I also noticed that some effects seem to be missing in the native version, which looked kind of dull in comparison.

Many more of my native games just work better with Proton, for example Dead Island, Dying Light, Trine, ETS 2, Thalos Principle.

Am using a AMD card, That's probably the diff. Theses OSS drivers are mega
Comandante Ñoñardo Feb 14, 2022
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slaapliedje Feb 14, 2022
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VERIFIED: 97 games (3.25%)
PLAYABLE: 84 games (2.81%)
UNSUPPORTED: 18 games (0.6%)
UNKNOWN: 2788 games (93.34%)

Not terribly shabby.

Hmm, Halo: The Master Chief Collection seems to work on Linux fine, though maybe it's the multi-player that is broken, I only play it in single player.


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poiuz Feb 14, 2022
I still fear even if they've got several thousands of games at launch, which no console ever had
The PS5 & Xbox Series had thousands of games at launch.
Eike Feb 14, 2022
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I still fear even if they've got several thousands of games at launch, which no console ever had
The PS5 & Xbox Series had thousands of games at launch.

Ah, you're probably right. I always count a new console as starting from 0, but it was different this time.
Vulphere Feb 15, 2022
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Hmm, Halo: The Master Chief Collection seems to work on Linux fine, though maybe it's the multi-player that is broken, I only play it in single player.

Yup, I think the EAC multi-player thingy disqualified Halo MCC from gaining a good rating

Still playable in single-player, though
Eike Feb 15, 2022
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These are my numbers:
VERIFIED: 12 games (3.41%)
PLAYABLE: 8 games (2.27%)
UNSUPPORTED: 1 games (0.28%) (That's Insurgency.)
UNKNOWN: 331 games (94.03%)

UNSUPPORTED += 1: Half-Life: Alyx
tuubi Feb 15, 2022
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These are my numbers:
VERIFIED: 12 games (3.41%)
PLAYABLE: 8 games (2.27%)
UNSUPPORTED: 1 games (0.28%) (That's Insurgency.)
UNKNOWN: 331 games (94.03%)

UNSUPPORTED += 1: Half-Life: Alyx
A VR-only game isn't supported on the Deck? Inconceivable!
slaapliedje Mar 3, 2022
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These are my numbers:
VERIFIED: 12 games (3.41%)
PLAYABLE: 8 games (2.27%)
UNSUPPORTED: 1 games (0.28%) (That's Insurgency.)
UNKNOWN: 331 games (94.03%)

UNSUPPORTED += 1: Half-Life: Alyx
A VR-only game isn't supported on the Deck? Inconceivable!
You apparently do know what that means. 😜
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