{"id":519679,"date":"2026-03-04T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:01:08","slug":"i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results\/","title":{"rendered":"I Tested 23 Games On Steam Deck To Surprising Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"games on steam deck\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <b>Platform:<\/b> PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC <br \/> <b>Publisher:<\/b> Sony Interactive Entertainment <br \/> <b>Developer:<\/b> Santa Monica Studio <br \/> <b>Release:<\/b> <time datetime=\"00Z\" class=\"datetime\">April 20, 2018<\/time> (<span class=\"gi5-details-platform\">PlayStation 5<\/span>, <span class=\"gi5-details-platform\">PlayStation 4<\/span>), <time datetime=\"00Z\" class=\"datetime\">January 14, 2022<\/time> (<span class=\"gi5-details-platform\">PC<\/span>) <br \/> <b>Rating:<\/b> Mature <\/p>\n<p>I spent 24 hours playing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/hardware\/2022\/02\/25\/the-steam-deck-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valve&#8217;s new handheld, the\u00a0Steam Deck,<\/a> and tested 23 popular games to see how they run out-of-the-box on the portable gaming PC. To my surprise, several unverified titles run great on Steam Deck, while unfortunately, some iconic PC games run poorly. We tested top games like Ark: Survival Evolved, Cyberpunk 2077, DOTA 2, DOOM Eternal, Halo Infinite,\u00a0Lost Ark, Skyrim Anniversary Edition, Rust, and Valheim.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below to see the results:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-feature\/2022\/02\/28\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Games I Tested On Steam Deck:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apex Legends<\/li>\n<li>Ark Survival Evolved<\/li>\n<li>Cyberpunk 2077<\/li>\n<li>Dark Souls Remastered<\/li>\n<li>Dishonored 2<\/li>\n<li>DOTA 2<\/li>\n<li>DOOM Eternal<\/li>\n<li>Fights in Tight Spaces<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy V<\/li>\n<li>God of War<\/li>\n<li>Halo Infinite<\/li>\n<li>Left 4 Dead 2<\/li>\n<li>Loop Hero<\/li>\n<li>Lost Ark<\/li>\n<li>Ori And The Will Of The Wisps<\/li>\n<li>Propnight<\/li>\n<li>Resident Evil 2<\/li>\n<li>Rust<\/li>\n<li>Skater XL<\/li>\n<li>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/li>\n<li>Team Fortress 2<\/li>\n<li>Valheim<\/li>\n<li>The Witcher 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-feature\/2022\/02\/28\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Developer: Santa Monica Studio Release: April 20, 2018 (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4), January 14, 2022 (PC) Rating: Mature I spent 24 hours playing on Valve&#8217;s new handheld, the\u00a0Steam Deck, and tested 23 popular games to see how they run out-of-the-box on the portable gaming PC. To my surprise, several unverified titles run great on Steam Deck, while unfortunately, some iconic PC games run poorly. We tested top games like Ark: Survival Evolved, Cyberpunk 2077, DOTA 2, DOOM Eternal, Halo Infinite,\u00a0Lost Ark, Skyrim Anniversary Edition, Rust, and Valheim. Check out the video below to see the results:\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media Games I Tested On Steam Deck: Apex Legends Ark Survival Evolved Cyberpunk 2077&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-tested-23-games-on-steam-deck-to-surprising-results\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Tested 23 Games On Steam Deck To Surprising Results | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC 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