Valve is still on track to release their handheld console Steam Deck in February, and the first list of the verified games that can be played on it is showing up online in the Steam database (courtesy of u/Gyossaits)
Though this was not officially revealed by Valve, these games already have the "SteamDeckVerified" tag on their Steam app IDs. This means that the titles that are labeled with the tag are now games that will be available once the Steam Deck launches.
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What Games Can You Play on Steam Deck?
Here are all the verified games for Steam Deck so far. "Verified" means you can play them with no issues, and there's no further work required on the developer's part.
- Portal 2
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Celeste
- Hollow Knight
- Dishonored
- Risk of Rain 2
- Cuphead
- Castle Crashers®
- Psychonauts 2
- Webbed
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
- Noita
- Dark Souls III
- Gunfire Reborn
- Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
- Tetris Effect: Connected
- Total War: Warhammer II
- Death's Door
- Manifold Garden
- Into the Breach
- Death Stranding
- The Messenger
- Ape Out
- Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
- Mad Max
- Final Fantasy
- Guacamelee! 2
- Rogue Legacy 2
- Super Mega Baseball 3
- Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
- Circuit Superstars
- Scarlet Nexus
- Remnant: From the Ashes
- Sable
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Tunche
- RAD
What Games Are Incompatible with Steam Deck?
So far, Valve hasn't listed any games that flat-out don't work with Steam Deck. As we near the first batch of Steam Deck shipments, though, the Half-Life developer did provide a list of games that work with some caveats. However, they didn't say whether developers are working to fix these issues at present.
- Among Trees (controller issues)
- Black Skylands (no external controller support)
- Bravely Default 2 (controller and text input issues, no cross-save)
- Cats in Time (text input issues, no external controller support)
- Cookie Clicker (unreadable text)
- Crypt of the Necrodancer (controller issues)
- Dyson Sphere Program (controller and text issues)
- Factorio (controller and text issues)
- Farming Simulator 19 (controller and text issues)
- Inscryption (controller issues)
- Nier: Automata (text issues, no external controller support)
- Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition (controller and text issues)
- RimWorld (text input issues)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (compatibility warnings)
- Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders (controller and text issues, no cross save)
- Slay the Spire (controller issues)
- Stormworks: Build and Rescue (controller issues, no cross save)
- Subnautica (controller issues, no cross save)
- Swords of Legends Online (launcher, controller, and text problems)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (unreadable text)
- Tomb Raider (launcher problems)
- Tribes of Midgard (unreadable text)
- Valheim (unreadable text)
- War Thunder (launcher problems, unreadable text)
These are the games with the verified mark though still currently unsupported by Steam Deck:
- Persona 4 (users have found a Proton workaround)
- Job Simulator (Steam Deck doesn't currently support VR)
- Arizona Sunshine (VR)
- Budget Cuts (VR)
- theBlu (VR)
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