It's been a little while since checking how well the top 100 most played games on Steam work on Linux and the Steam Deck, so here's a fresh run over the list for you.
For those who just want the official numbers:
- 28 - Verified
- 45 - Playable
- 22 - Unsupported
- 5 - Unchecked
So officially 73 of the top 100 will work on the Steam Deck currently. Any game that is playable on Steam Deck will be playable on Linux desktops too (minus perhaps some very rare exceptions). However, if you take into account ratings also from ProtonDB and some personal testing, the number will be likely a little higher especially for those Valve has not yet tested.
Here's the full list below, which is a snapshot taken today (June 30th, 2022). Since it's based on player-counts it fluctuates but not massively so, and it's more the bottom few that move in and out the rest just switch positions.
| Name | Deck Status |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Native Linux) |
 Playable |
| Dota 2 (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS |
 Unsupported (Anti-cheat) |
| Apex Legends |
 Verified |
| Team Fortress 2 (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| MONSTER HUNTER RISE |  Unchecked (but works!) |
| Grand Theft Auto V |
Playable |
| ARK: Survival Evolved (Native Linux…but use Proton) |
Verified |
| Wallpaper Engine |
Unchecked (but won't work) |
| Rust |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| NARAKA: BLADEPOINT |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| MIR4 |
Unsupported |
| PAYDAY 2 (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Football Manager 2022 |
Playable |
| Dead by Daylight |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| FIFA 22 |
Playable |
| War Thunder (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Destiny 2 |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| Terraria (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Raft |
Playable |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| Warframe |
Playable |
| Stardew Valley (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Unturned (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Dread Hunger | Unsupported (Anti-Cheat, but some reports state it works sometimes) |
| ELDEN RING |
Verified |
| Hearts of Iron IV (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Fall Guys | Unsupported (Anti-Cheat but you can make it work!) |
| NBA 2K22 |
Verified |
| tModLoader |
Playable |
| Garry's Mod (Native Linux) |
Unsupported |
| DayZ |
Unsupported (some people can get it to work, plenty cannot) |
| The Forest |
Playable |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Don't Starve Together (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal |
Playable |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 |
Playable |
| World of Tanks Blitz |
Playable |
| Left 4 Dead 2 (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel |
Playable |
| VRChat |
Verified |
| Monster Hunter: World |
Playable |
| The Cycle: Frontier |
Unchecked (but works!) |
| 7 Days to Die (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| The Sims 4 |
Playable |
| RimWorld (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Path of Exile |
Playable |
| Cities: Skylines (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Black Desert |
Unsupported |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition |
Playable |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
Verified |
| Europa Universalis IV (Native Linux) |
Unsupported |
| Stellaris (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| FINAL FANTASY XIV Online |
Unsupported |
| Project Zomboid (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| V Rising |
Playable |
| Rocket League |
Verified |
| Cookie Clicker |
Playable |
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord |
Playable |
| The Elder Scrolls Online |
Unsupported (but you can make it work!) |
| Deep Rock Galactic |
Playable |
| Sid Meier's Civilization V (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Vampire Survivors |
Verified |
| Farming Simulator 22 |
Playable |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Fallout 4 |
Playable |
| Battlefield V |
Playable |
| Slay the Spire (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition |
Unsupported |
| Forza Horizon 4 |
Unsupported |
| Crusader Kings III (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Bloons TD 6 |
Playable |
| 雀魂麻将(MahjongSoul) |
Unchecked |
| Cyberpunk 2077 |
Playable |
| Valheim (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Stumble Guys |
Playable |
| Satisfactory |
Playable |
| Total War: WARHAMMER II (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Soundpad |
Unchecked (but clearly won't work) |
| New World |
Playable |
| Hollow Knight (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Arma 3 |
Unsupported (but you can make it work) |
| Football Manager 2021 |
Playable |
| Brawlhalla |
Verified |
| Lost Ark |
Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| Phasmophobia |
Verified |
| Factorio (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| Counter-Strike (Native Linux) |
Playable |
| No Man's Sky |
Verified |
| Shadowverse |
Playable |
| Oxygen Not Included (Native Linux) |
Verified |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |
Verified |
| Forza Horizon 5 |
Playable |
| World of Warships |
Unsupported |
| It Takes Two |
Playable |
| Risk of Rain 2 |
Verified |
| SCUM | Unsupported (Anti-Cheat) |
| Hades |
Verified |
| Squad | Unsupported (Anti-Cheat but you can make it work) |
As pretty much expected, the biggest culprit of what's not playable is issues with Anti-Cheat. Despite Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye supporting Linux and the Steam Deck, there's still a lot of issues there with developers either not updating or having trouble with the integration so it's an uphill struggle there.
For games that are listed as Playable some of the biggest issues there are a mixture of things like: launchers being a nuisance, on-screen keyboard needing to be pulled up manually, no gamepad support and text that's too small. For developers, it often doesn't take much to bump up from Playable to Verified and lots of them have been putting in the effort, which you can see across many articles in the Steam Deck tag.
Some games tagged as Unsupported may also appear to work fine, but there's a few cases where they can end up very unstable later on (like Forza Horizon 4). So even if you might think an Unsupported title is wrong, it might not be.
In other Steam deck news, here's a few recent big bits you might have missed:
- Some Steam Decks ship with an x2 SSD instead of an x4 SSD
- Valve to ship 'more than double' the number of Steam Decks each week
- Valve designer warns people not to put 2242 M.2 drives in their Steam Deck
soulsource Jun 30, 2022
mr-victory Jun 30, 2022
QuoteEuropa Universalis IV (Native Linux)WUT
Unsupported
Ok, without k&m things will be difficult but plain unsupported? For Linux Native?
Quoting: JpxeHas it improved since last time you checked?Last time Deck Verified wasn't a thing, so it's not a direct comparison to how I did it before.
Quoting: mr-victoryBeing Linux Native has very little really to do with if it's properly workable on Deck.QuoteEuropa Universalis IV (Native Linux)WUT
Unsupported
Ok, without k&m things will be difficult but plain unsupported? For Linux Native?
StoneColdSpider Jun 30, 2022
Quoting: michaValheim still has a "Native Linux", right? Or is it missing because it using Proton by default?Yup just missed adding it, sorted.
mr-victory Jun 30, 2022
Quoting: Liam DaweBeing Linux Native has very little really to do with if it's properly workable on Deck.I thought difficulties in playing due to small screen size, lack of k&m caused a bump to "playable" not "unsupported" and the reason for being unsupported is "Valve is working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck" which doesn't make any sense to me. There is probably something I don't know here.
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