Yes, even a fair few games that Microsoft / Xbox publish will work out of the box on the Steam Deck. As Xbox Game Studios announced in a post on Steam, it shows just how much of a shift the Steam Deck is causing for Linux gaming as a whole to have them talk about it.
Contrary to what some other sites will tell you though, Microsoft didn't mark them as Verified, Valve did. As another point, I've seen a few other journalist say some games "won't work", but even the official post says:
It's up to our studios how they fit Steam Deck integration for their games into their busy schedules, and with a lot of great stuff already in the works some titles may take longer.
Microsoft aren't telling studios not to, or that they won't: just that some will take time.
Here's what's Verified:
- DEATHLOOP
- Psychonauts 2
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
- The Evil Within
- Fallout Shelter
- Prey
- Battletoads
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Playable:
- Sea of Thieves
- Fallout 4
- Forza Horizon 5
- Forza Horizon 4
- Quantum Break
- State of Decay: YOSE
Curiously, Microsoft has listed these titles as currently unsupported due to anti-cheat:
- Gears 5
- Halo MCC
- Halo Infinite
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Last we checked, Halo Infinite was not due to anti-cheat but just issues with VKD3D-Proton. It should hopefully eventually get working properly. As for the Halo Masterchief Collection, that works in single-player but not the main online multiplayer and I even showed Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2 plus Halo 3 and Halo Reach working on a normal Linux desktop some time ago.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: basedHOW is forza 4 considered playable??Likely as not, it's just another example of the testing process not being rigorous enough. But we have to remember that the validation is specifically for the Steam Deck, not Proton on random desktop hardware. Maybe it's more stable on the Deck's AMD APU and driver/software stack? The lower resolution and default graphical settings might also make a difference.
It lags every few seconds and crashes every 30 (on average) minutes on my PC with superior specs, am I missing something?
Quoting: tuubiQuoting: basedHOW is forza 4 considered playable??Likely as not, it's just another example of the testing process not being rigorous enough. But we have to remember that the validation is specifically for the Steam Deck, not Proton on random desktop hardware. Maybe it's more stable on the Deck's AMD APU and driver/software stack? The lower resolution and default graphical settings might also make a difference.
It lags every few seconds and crashes every 30 (on average) minutes on my PC with superior specs, am I missing something?
I remember one reviewer mentioning the same type of lag on the Deck that I'm getting on my PC, so I think it was just not tested much? Actually It lags UNLESS I limit my FPS to 48, but it would still dump me to desktop every half an hr, either ways I hope ppl look into this, if I had the brain power I'd gladly help
Really weird if me having an nvidia GPU turns out to be the issue of the crashes, if I got any error messages I'd know why its happening but nope!
I can run on high 1440p at close to 100fps, but even on lowest 720p I'd get the lag and crashes.
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