Valve’s new verification program will make it easy to see if a game runs on Steam Deck

Aggoel of Steam Deck December released, Valve has detailed the compatibility program that will be used to notify people if they can play their games on a portable PC. Dubbed Deck is verified, the system group game into four categories: “Verified,” “can be played,” “Not supported” and “unknown.”

If you see the game with the first badge, it means it will succeed outside the box. From the category that can be played, Valve said you might need to do tweaks. For example, in a title like the Benteng Team 2, you might have to download the Community Controller Configuration before you can use the Thumbsticks and the Steam deck face button to play the game. Valve includes a half-life: ALYX as an example of experience that you will not be able to play in Steam Deck, suggest that the unpounded category will be mostly occupied by VR titles. Finally, unknown tags mean that the company does not have the opportunity to test the game for compatibility.

To get verified status, the game must meet the four criteria. First, it must include full controller support, and the keyboard on the screen will appear when needed. Second, you shouldn’t see compatibility warnings. The game must also support the original resolution of 1,280 with 800 deck 800, and the text must be easy to read. Finally, if the title can be played through protons, everything, including anti-cheat software, must work through a compatibility layer.

To make everything easy, you will see a badge appearing well in your steam library and shop. In addition, every time you go to buy a game, you will see a full compatibility report that includes the expected problem when playing it. Valve said it was also working on the system that would allow you to see any compatibility category in your library below before the steam deck was available in December.

If there is nothing else, the system must make it easier to decide whether it makes sense to buy a steam deck. The last thing you want anyone is spent $ 400 on a new gadget and can’t play their favorite games.