When Valve’s Steam Deck launched again in February, it may solely certifiably run a (relative) handful of the platform’s 1000s of titles. The precise quantity was 399, however now, only a few weeks later, that determine has roughly tripled.
On February 25, the day of the Steam Deck’s launch, there have been the 399 I simply talked about plus an extra roughly 300 extra that had been listed as “playable”, however that may have some points. Be aware that this checklist included video games that ran advantageous, however had been designed with an enormous monitor and mouse in thoughts, and so possibly weren’t one of the best expertise on a handheld machine.
Anybody shopping for the Steam Deck in February (or earlier, actually, since to get one you then would have needed to preorder again in 2021) might need been involved with the dimensions of that checklist, and the truth that a few of the greatest online game collection round weren’t going to be taking part in good with their new handheld.
Now that we’re in early Could, although, issues have already vastly improved. There are a selection of locations you’ll be able to observe the numbers of video games playable on the system, however Boiling Steam have been placing them in chart kind, in order that’s what we’re taking a look at immediately.
As you’ll be able to see, issues principally shot up throughout March and have slowed down since, however I’m taking a look at this as extra of a “how far issues have come since launch” sort of deal, not simply an examination of the final couple of weeks. At time of posting, there at the moment are 1289 video games which might be absolutely verified, and an extra 1169 which might be playable.
In sensible phrases, let’s apply these figures to my very own Steam Library, since that’s how I took a casual have a look at help again when the system launched. In February, solely 59 of my 810 Steam video games had been absolutely verified; now 131 of them are. That’s progress!
Which leads me to: this doesn’t imply video games not on the checklist don’t work in any respect. It simply means they haven’t been absolutely examined but, so you’ll be able to anticipate this quantity to maintain on climbing as increasingly more outcomes are available. And if you wish to maintain observe of these things going forwards, Protondb is one other good spot to bookmark.
