When Valve’s Steam Deck launched again in February, it might 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 which may have some points. Word that this listing included video games that ran positive, however had been designed with a giant monitor and mouse in thoughts, and so perhaps weren’t the most effective expertise on a handheld machine.
Anybody shopping for the Steam Deck in February (or earlier, actually, since to get one then you definately would have needed to preorder again in 2021) may need been involved with the scale of that listing, and the truth that among the largest online game sequence round weren’t going to be enjoying good with their new handheld.
Now that we’re in early Might, although, issues have already vastly improved. There are a variety of locations you’ll be able to monitor 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 right now.
As you’ll be able to see, issues largely 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” type 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 an off-the-cuff 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 listing don’t work in any respect. It simply means they haven’t been absolutely examined but, so you’ll be able to count on this quantity to maintain on climbing as increasingly more outcomes are available in. And if you wish to maintain monitor of these items going forwards, Protondb is one other excellent place to bookmark.
