A staggering 150 games have been added to the Steam Deck’s list of compatible titles, including bestsellers like Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding. Valve surprised the gaming community in July when it revealed its Steam-powered version of the Nintendo Switch, allowing PC gamers to carry their entire library of PC games with them wherever they went.
Nintendo’s portable system has a comparable button and screen layout, but recent comparisons have shown that the Steam Deck is considerably larger than the Switch and its battery doesn’t last as long as the Switch’s battery can. There will also be a significant difference in the types of games that can be played on the Steam Deck as opposed to other portable devices like the Nintendo Switch.
Even though there will be no unique games for the Steam Deck like the Nintendo Switch, Valve is reported to be currently working on a Half-Life RTS game for the new system. Developers have warned that some games, including Dead by Daylight, may not be compatible with the Steam Deck when it launches. Since fans have been keeping note of which games will or won’t work on the new Steam Deck when it eventually launches later this month, some have even created dedicated websites cataloguing the complete list of Steam Deck-certified titles. Valve recently announced that up to 150 more games would be added to the Steam Deck, raising the total number of compatible titles to a mind-boggling 310.
Gamers will now be able to check off titles like Death Stranding and Resident Evil Village, as well as indies like Spiritfarer, as “Steam Deck Verified,” according to Game Rant. The whole list may be viewed on the SteamDB third-party site. Despite the fact that Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Fall Guys are still incompatible with the Steam Deck, it appears like there will be no shortage of suitable titles available when the Steam Deck launches on February 25. A lack of processor chips and other components caused production challenges that led Valve to delay the Steam Deck’s debut, and it will now be available at the end of the month.
Many of Steam Deck’s controls and processing capabilities have already been tested by developers, who are quite enthusiastic about the new system. Industry heavyweights such as Phil Spencer of Xbox have been talking about the Steam Deck’s compatibility with current platforms like xCloud since last summer. Steam Deck’s early days of success might be attributed to the fact that PC games like Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding can be played on the move with the device. The good news is that when the Steam Deck is eventually released next week, it appears like Valve’s new portable computers will have no shortage of games ready to run right out of the box, large or little.