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Will Your Favorite Games Run on Steam Deck? Valve Just Made It Easy to Find Out

A new compatibility checker splits your Steam game library into four parts: Deck Verified Games, Deck Playable Games, Unsupported Deck Games, and Untested Deck Games.

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With regular sales every year, many of us have hundreds of games in our Steam library, but how many of them will run on Steam Deck? Valve just made it easy to find out.

As PCGamer reports, Valve launched a new Steam Deck compatibility checker this week, which will split your Steam game library into four parts: Deck Verified Games, Deck Playable Games, Unsupported Deck Games, and Untested Deck Games. To check your own Steam library, simply visit the compatibility check page and log in.

Deck Verified Games have been tested by Valve and found to be "fully functional on Steam Deck," which includes working well with the built-in controls and display. Deck Playable Games have been tested by Valve, but "might require extra effort to interact with or configure." So they will work, but your experience will vary per title.

The Unsupported Deck Games "don't function on Steam Deck," but Valve is working to change that for as many titles as possible. They have been tested and found not to work. Finally, there's the Untested Deck Games category, which is every game Valve hasn't got around to testing yet.

My own Steam library contains 303 games. Of those, 14 are Deck Verified, six are Deck Playable, two are Unsupported, and 281 are untested. That should give you some indication of the task Valve is facing with regards to testing games. There's a long way to go, but the list of untested games should slowly diminish over the coming months.

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I started working at PCMag in November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with Disney, Games Workshop, 20th Century Fox, and Vivendi.

I hold two degrees: a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Games Development. My first book, Make Your Own Pixel Art, is available from all good book shops.

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