The list on Steam DB (which requires users to log in with their Steam account before it can be seen) shows all the games which currently have an official Steam Deck rating from Valve’s testers.
Valve is in the process of reviewing the entire Steam catalogue, and is marking each game with one of four ratings designed to show how smooth the experience will be when playing that game on its upcoming handheld.
These ratings are designed to let Steam Deck owners easily tell which games are best suited for play on the Deck.
At the time of writing, 67 games have been rated, of which 38 have been rated Verified, which means they play without any issues whatsoever.
24 have been rated Playable, which means they work on Steam Deck but the experience isn’t completely seamless. The most common reason for this is games which require the player to enter text, which means they have to bring up the Steam Deck’s on-screen keyboard.
Only five games have been rated Unsupported so far, four of which are VR titles (the Steam Deck doesn’t support any VR games).
The other Unsupported game is Persona 4 Golden, though Steam doesn’t explain why. It simply says: “Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck.”
The full list given so far is as follows:
Steam Deck game compatibility
Verified (works flawlessly)
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Ape Out
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Castle Crashers
Celeste
Circuit Superstars
Cuphead
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls III
Death Stranding
Death’s Door
Dishonored
Final Fantasy
Guacamelee! 2
Gunfire Reborn
Hollow Knight
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Into the Breach
Mad Max
Manifold Garden
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
The Messenger
Noita
Portal 2
Psychonauts 2
RAD
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Remnant: From the Ashes
Risk of Rain 2
Rogue Legacy 2
Sable
Scarlet Nexus
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Super Mega Baseball 3
Tetris Effect: Connected
Total War: Warhammer II
Tunche
Webbed
Playable (works with minor inconveniences)
Among Trees
Black Skylands
Bravely Default II
Cats in Time
Cookie Clicker
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Dyson Sphere Program
Factorio
Farming Simulator 19
Inscryption
NieR: Automata
Plants vs Zombies: Game of the Year
RimWorld
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders
Slay the Spire
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Subnautica
Swords of Legends Online
Tomb Raider
Tribes of Midgard
Valheim
War Thunder
The Witcher 2: Wild Hunt
Unsupported (doesn’t work)
Arizona Sunshine (VR)
Budget Cuts (VR)
Job Simulator (VR)
Persona 4 Golden (no reason given)
theBlu (VR)
Valve has pointed out that a game’s status can change over time. For example, if a game is listed as Playable but the developer updates the game to make the experience more seamless on Steam Deck it may be upgraded to Verified.
According to Valve, a game can only be rated Verified if it ticks all four of the following boxes:
Input – “The title should have full controller support, use appropriate controller input icons, and automatically bring up the on-screen keyboard when needed.”
Seamlessness – “The title shouldn’t display any compatibility warnings, and if there’s a launcher it should be navigable with a controller.”
Display – “The game should support the default resolution of Steam Deck (1280×800 or 1280×720), have good default settings, and text should be legible.”
System Support – “If running through Proton, the game and all its middleware should be supported by Proton. This includes anti-cheat support.”
(Proton is a compatibility layer that lets Windows games run on Linux, which Steam Deck’s OS uses.)
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Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-deck-compatibility-ratings-show-around-half-the-games-tested-so-far-work-flawlessly/
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