{"id":450546,"date":"2025-11-09T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T12:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/steam-deck-compatible-games"},"modified":"2025-11-09T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T12:59:46","slug":"steam-deck-now-works-with-80-of-steams-top-100-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/steam-deck-now-works-with-80-of-steams-top-100-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Deck now works with 80 of Steam’s top 100 games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Valve’s anticipated ‘PC in your pocket’ Steam Deck<\/strong> is now compatible with 80 of Steam’s 100 most popular games. In a new analysis by fansite ProtonDB, the community who spends their time testing Linux gaming compatibility, 80% of Steam’s top 100 titles reportedly run on the system with minor tweaks. <\/p>\n

How do they know? Well despite the Steam Deck still being unreleased, it makes use of the Proton compatibility layer, which also powers the Linux SteamOS on Steam Deck. While there is a hugely impressive array of titles that already look Steam Deck ready, thanks to Proton not playing nicely with many Anti Cheat services big hitters, Steam top 10 big hitters like PUBG, Destiny 2, Apex Legends and Halo Infinite are currently incompatible.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the runaway success of the Steam Deck’s initial pre order period<\/a>, Valve has revealed that it is now rethinking its software strategy. Where before the company was gearing up to create new games, it has instead put software on the backburner, switching its focus to the Steam Deck to ensure the smoothest launch possible for the platform. While the Steam Deck will be launching with no exclusives, the already mammoth 18 year old Steam library ensures that early adopters will have more than enough to play on launch day.<\/p>\n

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Valve’s anticipated ‘PC in your pocket’ Steam Deck is now compatible with 80 of Steam’s 100 most popular games. In a new analysis by fansite ProtonDB, the community who spends their time testing Linux gaming compatibility, 80% of Steam’s top 100 titles reportedly run on the system with minor tweaks. How do they know? Well despite the Steam Deck still being unreleased, it makes use of the Proton compatibility layer, which also powers the Linux SteamOS on Steam Deck. While there is a hugely impressive array of titles that already look Steam Deck ready, thanks to Proton not playing nicely with many Anti Cheat services big hitters, Steam top 10 big hitters like PUBG, Destiny 2, Apex Legends and Halo Infinite are currently incompatible. Thanks…<\/p>\n

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