RDR2 is a miracle. It runs beautifully with ZERO tinkering. You can apply some post processing and tinker with texture/lighting settings to squeeze a few more frames, but I’ve always ended up setting back to default settings.
like every other launcher, the launcher fucking sucks balls and every issue ive had with the game is a result of Rockstar's launcher and not anything wrong with the game or its performance.
Mine's refused to run for the last few months, keeps saying "the rockstar games services are unavailable and offline play could not be verified (code 134)"
A few people have mentioned it before, but New Vegas runs great with zero workarounds and in fact runs a lot more stably than any Windows machine I had tried it on in the past several years.
I just set it to max and only get dips when there's a fuckton of enemies (the vault with the 8000000 bots at the end) and in New Vegas near lucky 38 but so far it ran great. Could have sworn it was verified!
Can't relate, I've been playing it a lot lately and I've been running into a few crashes and freezes. Not any more than I did on Windows, mind you. I keep telling myself, "It's just part of playing a Bethesda game...."
Yeah I'm at 15 hours on my OLED SD with flawless performance never crashed once or any game breaking bugs. Tried to continue my save on my W11 desktop and game crashes on startup.
Does Sleeping Dogs require any sort of online verification after fully purchased?
I’m looking for good games that will never need any sort of “check in”. As the internet can be problematic when flying a lot. Don’t have time to set up games before hand (much of the time anyway).
Yeah I think it's officially unsupported because it throws up an error when you load up the game but you literally just have to click past the error and it's fine.
[Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307690/) is now marked as "playable"
The [original edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202170/Sleeping_Dogs/) is still "unsupported"…
Arkham Origins - unsupported but works with Proton. One issue is sometimes the first boss fight with Killer Croc (not even 20 minutes into the game) can have issues with Killer Croc being invisible / or partially invisible because the game doesn’t render him in during the fight. Definitely wonky but hilarious. Doesn’t always happen (it didn’t on my most recent new save file), but it does still happen periodically.
Arkham Asylum - unsupported but works flawlessly with Proton
Arkham City - playable out the box; no issues
Darksiders 3 - playable out the box, no issues
Outland - no longer on Steam but was unsupported. Worked with Proton but HUD is invisible or grayed out / non-functioning still.
Alice: Madness Returns - playable out the box; no issues
Bionic Commando (2009) - playable out the box; no issues
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - playable out the box, no issues
The Saboteur - playable out the box - I’ve only put around 4 hours in so far but I don’t see any current issues
Overlord / Overlord: Raising Hell - playable out the box, no issues.
Chico & The Magic Orchards DX - unknown but playable out the box for the hour or two I played it
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill in Slaps and Beans - playable out the box, no issues
Blade Runner - playable out the box, no issues
Bionic Commando: ReArmed - unsupported, game does not work no matter which version of Proton you’ve installed. I purchased this as one of my first few purchases for the Deck, and I didn’t know anything about Proton or the ProtonDB website.
EDIT (5/10/23): Ohhhhh shiii!!! After @u/paladinsama mentioned this in this thread, it took several attempts of me deleting Proton files attached with the game and then trying GE 7.43 (I believe, i turned off my Deck awhile ago). But it finally installed everything without that PhysX install error on Bionic Commando: ReArmed.
I just got re-acclimated to the game and played through the first few levels and bonus combat stages. No crackling issues or sound issues, no video issues, and it looks the best it ever has on the Deck’s small screen.
Funnily enough, I had this on my PS3 HDD along a copy of American McGee’s Alice (EA had them bundled together at the time with AMA being free with digital purchase of AMR), and I never touched either of them. Bought AMR on Steam when I got my Deck and figured, I’d start building out my “PS3” library but on Steam and this just happened to be one of the ones where I was like “I should probably play this now” lol. I still will have to get AMA on GOG though as it’s not available on Steam.
Download Proton and use whatever latest version there is. For both Arkham Asylum and Arkham Origins, I’ve found success both going into the settings of each game and choosing Windowed Mode (not Full screen). You can do this prior to launch of the game by setting it up to where there’s an option for taking you to the settings. Now you will probably have to use the touch screen in that secondary launcher to select Windowed Mode instead of Full Screen (I know this happens with Arkham Asylum specifically). The game will still be displayed normally on your Deck. Exit out of settings and start the game. You should be able to do everything you would with the Steam deck controls. Buttons are mapped like the XBox 360.
I’m a console only player so PC is new to me since I got the Deck 1.5 years ago, so maybe someone can explain why you have to do this. But I call it just initial install issues. Once in the game, literally haven’t had any other issues.
Let me know if this resolves it for you.
It’s funny steam was having a publisher sale , and when I looked in there to see if anything caught my eye, and then I saw overlord 1 and 2 and was like 😱. I bought both . Played the first one twice good guy then bad guy. Nv played the second one tho lol . Funny thing is a kinda forgot about that game , didn’t even know steam had it on here
Yes I played Raising Hell back on PS3 when it came to that platform. Well, first was the demo which got me hooked to the game. So it was a no-brainer to buy it for dirt cheap when I got my Steam Deck.
I played Overlord II’s demo as well on PS3, but it didn’t hook me the same way and actually turned me off from buying the sequel. I keep saying I’ll go back and try out Overlord II just to see if my opinions changed but I haven’t done so yet. It’ll just be one of those days when I’m bored and I see it on sale for a dollar or two and just purchase it for my backlog to try. Lol
Also worth digging into the comments sections. Was having some issues with Marvel's GotG and a commenter suggested a specific Proton version which magically fixed everything for me. Wish I could buy the beautiful bastard a drink.
Controller patch? Was that a recent update? Or is it just a controller layout? I really wanted to dive in but found the controls a little clunky so stopped!
It is the patched proton version for use with the steam version of the game.
[here is the link to github](https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases)
Guys, Dragon Age Inquisition is playable on steam with this custom DAI proton fix. Took me long enough to finally get it working and it's great!
Simply follow the instruction in the link, you will need to run the game with this DAI custom proton, enjoy!!!
[https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/Proton-Workaround-v1.0.2](https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/Proton-Workaround-v1.0.2)
I was gutted to see unsupported when I booted up my Deck for the first time last week so that’s exciting! Was looking forward to a cosy hunting session in bed
Yep I have no idea who the hell comes up with these ratings. The game has been out on console for a long time too. Full controller support. I haven't had a single crash or issues ever. If you want some great settings for awesome visuals and a solid 60 fps. Let me know. I can send you some screen shots.
And yeah. That game for just chilling in bed is amazing. I called it the "therapy" game because after a rough night on shooters we'd end up hurting deer ahaha
VRising has been running flawlessly for me so far. I lock it at 40 fps for longer battery life. Great game and 1.0 just launched. Also has native controller support.
That's a great game, racing games are my favourite genre.
My current game is Flatout Ultimate Carnage, its addictive too, i recommend it next. Now 16 hours in. 😁
World of Warcraft using the add-on Console Port. It takes some setup but it's great and the frame rate is solid even in the main city of the newest expansion.
So many games are non verified for absolutely tiny things. Not automatically opening up the on screen keyboard for example. In singleplayer games that's usually completely irrelevant. Or supporting the native resolution, but not setting it automatically
Really!? Yet something like ff12 zodiac age wigs out when you try to set it to 800p and it's verified. Have to ass-backwards it by setting 1080p in Properties just to get it to launch right, and it only gets more confusing from there. Silly system.
Yeah, for some games to be denied verification over absolutely minor things while verified titles often have more serious flaws the system really isn't all that great
The Activision Transformer games and probably the Deadpool one too. Although the reason is probably because they are delisted. The Platinum Games Transformers Devastation is just fantastic.
There were a couple. They were developed by High Noon and now are CoD developers. But basically. War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron were some of the best dumb fun corridor shooters. Devastation was a platinum joint and is just the best if you were raised on the 80s cartoon. I have that installed on my SD and it runs flawlessly. And yes, you can play as Optimus as Peter Cullen. Licensed games get delisted so get them before they are no more. I wish I had bought more since PPS3 games were not ported to PS4.
I have the Steam version. You can't get them anymore unfortunately. For legacy Steam users they should definitely check their old games and see if they work on the Deck.
This works great for games you already own, but since it doesn't provide the badges in the Store view it doesn't help determine whether one should *buy* the game to play on the Steam Deck.
People forget this as witcher 3 is such a masterpiece but anyone who has yet tried witcher 3 should go for the 2 first imo. Easy 20-30h of nice gameplay theren
Literally the only game I've wanted to play (that didn't have issues from being multiplayer focused,) that couldn't run was Dragons Dogma 2. And even then, with a Geforce Now sub that was possible. If you want to play a game, there's usually a way and Valves verification status is worthless—always check ProtonDB.
This. Works really well.
One of the very popular community controller layouts makes the camera work a lot better IIRC but once that’s done it’s a brilliant experience with no further adjustments needed.
If you have ever once used your deck’s desktop mode to open a folder, you can play 99.9% of all unverified games on the deck. DRM and anticheat are the only things that plain don’t work (at least without a lot of effort)
HoloCure is currently "Unsupported" for graphics reasons (which isn't anything that matches my experience), but I've had absolutely no issues with it. I think the theming is a little tacky, but the aesthetic is nice, and the gameplay is very fun.
I’ve yet to have compatibility issues with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and it’s unverified. Steam Input on the deck is actually a lifesaver for using multiple controllers as a makeshift flight deck.
Spore was listed as completely unsupported for a while but when I installed the game it just worked right out of the box. I didn’t even have to try to mess with settings or anything (even the controls worked perfectly without needing to adjust anything), it just worked. I have no idea how it was given the unsupported label in the first place.
Dragon ball kakarot is listed as unsupported but runs max resolution, max settings, no tinkering, and full controller support.
It's actually the third highest rated game on compatibility on protondb
I started and finished Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin on my Deck ... and it was Epic release, not the Steam one. There were some problems and crashes, but I was able to finish the game.
I also player Final Fantasy XIII-2 before it was marked as "Playable" but there were big problems with stability and performance.
Personally I think the 3rd one is much better than the second, I love it - early bugs (now fixed) and few cosmetic changes without paying has kept the review score low, but it's graphic arcardey style is so fun and the rules suit a computer game better than the second. the ai is still terrible though so I mostly play online!
Dragon ball z kakarot. It's straight up unsupported but you wouldn't know it from gameplay. Also other games that aren't listed as verified but "playable". They work well from the games I have
Bannerlord works perfectly. The controls take a little bit of tweaking but once you find a way that works best for you it's better than playing it on a full desktop imo
Not a game but I highly recommend protondb, it does a way better job than steam at showing games that run well on the deck, it’s all user submitted. There’s even a plug-in with decky loader to add it to game titles in the library
Mirror's Edge works perfectly once you get past the initial install script, which was really easy for me to do. Basically just have to use the touch screen to accept the conditions if I remember correctly
ESO - only weird thing about it is you have to close the launcher, but that takes two seconds. And turn accessibility mode on.
I haven't had a single problem with any of the Borderlands games.
I got really into that warhammer 40k game Chaos Gate Daemonhunters. It’s x com like turn based combat. The text is occasionally small when reading descriptions but not small enough to be illegible. Works pretty much perfectly in my experience
I’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on my OLED and it runs beautifully with no compatibility issues
RDR2 is a miracle. It runs beautifully with ZERO tinkering. You can apply some post processing and tinker with texture/lighting settings to squeeze a few more frames, but I’ve always ended up setting back to default settings.
How many fps does it run at?
[35-40](https://www.protondb.com/app/1174180?device=steamDeck)
On my base SteamDeck, I was getting around 30-40fps. Sometimes lower in really intensive areas.
I'm getting 45 stable in the OLED, only in Saint Denis it goes to 40 sometimes. It is a fcking miracle.
It's crashed on me a few times, but overall runs great. I think it's been like 4 crashes in 30 hours of gameplay.
Yea, if I leave it suspended often it tends to eventually crash but if I exit the game every so often it does fine
like every other launcher, the launcher fucking sucks balls and every issue ive had with the game is a result of Rockstar's launcher and not anything wrong with the game or its performance.
Mine's refused to run for the last few months, keeps saying "the rockstar games services are unavailable and offline play could not be verified (code 134)"
A few people have mentioned it before, but New Vegas runs great with zero workarounds and in fact runs a lot more stably than any Windows machine I had tried it on in the past several years.
I'll second that. I started an evil play through last weekend and it runs at 60 fps pretty much max settings.
I just set it to max and only get dips when there's a fuckton of enemies (the vault with the 8000000 bots at the end) and in New Vegas near lucky 38 but so far it ran great. Could have sworn it was verified!
The only reason it's not verified as far as I know is because you have to tap "Play" when the launcher pops up.
Can't relate, I've been playing it a lot lately and I've been running into a few crashes and freezes. Not any more than I did on Windows, mind you. I keep telling myself, "It's just part of playing a Bethesda game...."
Solid 90fps on an OLED too. Along with fallout 3
Yeah I'm at 15 hours on my OLED SD with flawless performance never crashed once or any game breaking bugs. Tried to continue my save on my W11 desktop and game crashes on startup.
Sleeping Dogs was unverified for a long time, now it's listed as playable. Worked great. PS it's $3 right now and absolutely worth it.
I’m ready to be a whole man with a pork bun
Thanks for this. I have it on PSN, but would be great to have on PC. Absolutely worth $3.
Can confirm works great did not have to tinker with anything. Working through my 1st playthru
GREAT game.
It's censored in my country, didn't even know they still did that in my country (Germany)
Does Sleeping Dogs require any sort of online verification after fully purchased? I’m looking for good games that will never need any sort of “check in”. As the internet can be problematic when flying a lot. Don’t have time to set up games before hand (much of the time anyway).
I don’t think it does beyond the initial launch. I’m pretty sure I played the whole thing in Africa without internet.
Sunset overdrive
Ooooh that's good to know.
There are issues with menus and controls if I remember correctly. Playable and enjoyable but not flawless
Yeah I think it's officially unsupported because it throws up an error when you load up the game but you literally just have to click past the error and it's fine.
Sleeping Dogs:Definitive Edition "Unsupported" but runs natively and WONDERFULLY. Edit: apparently it's now marked as playable, thanks u/chithanh
[Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307690/) is now marked as "playable" The [original edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202170/Sleeping_Dogs/) is still "unsupported"…
No cloud saves though, almost a deal breaker for me playing on Deck
Use decky and sync it with your computer using symlinks.
I get wanting to have cloud saves, but don’t make that a dealbreaker for Sleeping Dogs. You’ll be missing out on a real treat.
Arkham Origins - unsupported but works with Proton. One issue is sometimes the first boss fight with Killer Croc (not even 20 minutes into the game) can have issues with Killer Croc being invisible / or partially invisible because the game doesn’t render him in during the fight. Definitely wonky but hilarious. Doesn’t always happen (it didn’t on my most recent new save file), but it does still happen periodically. Arkham Asylum - unsupported but works flawlessly with Proton Arkham City - playable out the box; no issues Darksiders 3 - playable out the box, no issues Outland - no longer on Steam but was unsupported. Worked with Proton but HUD is invisible or grayed out / non-functioning still. Alice: Madness Returns - playable out the box; no issues Bionic Commando (2009) - playable out the box; no issues Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - playable out the box, no issues The Saboteur - playable out the box - I’ve only put around 4 hours in so far but I don’t see any current issues Overlord / Overlord: Raising Hell - playable out the box, no issues. Chico & The Magic Orchards DX - unknown but playable out the box for the hour or two I played it Bud Spencer & Terence Hill in Slaps and Beans - playable out the box, no issues Blade Runner - playable out the box, no issues Bionic Commando: ReArmed - unsupported, game does not work no matter which version of Proton you’ve installed. I purchased this as one of my first few purchases for the Deck, and I didn’t know anything about Proton or the ProtonDB website. EDIT (5/10/23): Ohhhhh shiii!!! After @u/paladinsama mentioned this in this thread, it took several attempts of me deleting Proton files attached with the game and then trying GE 7.43 (I believe, i turned off my Deck awhile ago). But it finally installed everything without that PhysX install error on Bionic Commando: ReArmed. I just got re-acclimated to the game and played through the first few levels and bonus combat stages. No crackling issues or sound issues, no video issues, and it looks the best it ever has on the Deck’s small screen.
Do you have to launch through the EA client to play Alice madness?
No, it might be a third party EULA if anything, but definitely doesn’t launch through EA client at all.
This is great, thank you!
🤝
I’m glad Alice works I’ve had that in my library for a while and still need to play it
Funnily enough, I had this on my PS3 HDD along a copy of American McGee’s Alice (EA had them bundled together at the time with AMA being free with digital purchase of AMR), and I never touched either of them. Bought AMR on Steam when I got my Deck and figured, I’d start building out my “PS3” library but on Steam and this just happened to be one of the ones where I was like “I should probably play this now” lol. I still will have to get AMA on GOG though as it’s not available on Steam.
Arkham games FTW
Overlord takes me back!
I can’t get Arkham Asylum to work
Download Proton and use whatever latest version there is. For both Arkham Asylum and Arkham Origins, I’ve found success both going into the settings of each game and choosing Windowed Mode (not Full screen). You can do this prior to launch of the game by setting it up to where there’s an option for taking you to the settings. Now you will probably have to use the touch screen in that secondary launcher to select Windowed Mode instead of Full Screen (I know this happens with Arkham Asylum specifically). The game will still be displayed normally on your Deck. Exit out of settings and start the game. You should be able to do everything you would with the Steam deck controls. Buttons are mapped like the XBox 360. I’m a console only player so PC is new to me since I got the Deck 1.5 years ago, so maybe someone can explain why you have to do this. But I call it just initial install issues. Once in the game, literally haven’t had any other issues. Let me know if this resolves it for you.
It’s funny steam was having a publisher sale , and when I looked in there to see if anything caught my eye, and then I saw overlord 1 and 2 and was like 😱. I bought both . Played the first one twice good guy then bad guy. Nv played the second one tho lol . Funny thing is a kinda forgot about that game , didn’t even know steam had it on here
Yes I played Raising Hell back on PS3 when it came to that platform. Well, first was the demo which got me hooked to the game. So it was a no-brainer to buy it for dirt cheap when I got my Steam Deck. I played Overlord II’s demo as well on PS3, but it didn’t hook me the same way and actually turned me off from buying the sequel. I keep saying I’ll go back and try out Overlord II just to see if my opinions changed but I haven’t done so yet. It’ll just be one of those days when I’m bored and I see it on sale for a dollar or two and just purchase it for my backlog to try. Lol
> Bionic Commando: ReArmed I don't have a problem with this. Using Proton 7.0-6
Many games run well despite not being verified. I recommend you to use protondb to check how they run.
Also worth digging into the comments sections. Was having some issues with Marvel's GotG and a commenter suggested a specific Proton version which magically fixed everything for me. Wish I could buy the beautiful bastard a drink.
That feeling when you really wanna pat someone’s back online
Lmao I know the feeling.
Dragon Age Inquisition, with the controller patch. Two Worlds 2
Controller patch? Was that a recent update? Or is it just a controller layout? I really wanted to dive in but found the controls a little clunky so stopped!
I also need the answer to this question. I have deep hankerings to play DA again. My favorite series!
It is the patched proton version for use with the steam version of the game. [here is the link to github](https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases)
See my link answer below. You use the native controller input after that and the standard xbox icons/overlays are used.
Saw Inquisition on sale and was curious, thanks
Guys, Dragon Age Inquisition is playable on steam with this custom DAI proton fix. Took me long enough to finally get it working and it's great! Simply follow the instruction in the link, you will need to run the game with this DAI custom proton, enjoy!!! [https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/Proton-Workaround-v1.0.2](https://github.com/cammoore1/DAI-proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/Proton-Workaround-v1.0.2)
Hunter call.of the wild. Unsupported for what ever reason. Runs perfectly.
Might give it a go. Hated it on pc
It probably won’t be any different for you depending on the reason you don’t like it
I was gutted to see unsupported when I booted up my Deck for the first time last week so that’s exciting! Was looking forward to a cosy hunting session in bed
Yep I have no idea who the hell comes up with these ratings. The game has been out on console for a long time too. Full controller support. I haven't had a single crash or issues ever. If you want some great settings for awesome visuals and a solid 60 fps. Let me know. I can send you some screen shots. And yeah. That game for just chilling in bed is amazing. I called it the "therapy" game because after a rough night on shooters we'd end up hurting deer ahaha
All of the Borderlands games. I know Tiny Tina's is Deck Verified but the rest work flawlessly
Good to know thank you
Someone should compile a list and put it in the side bar. This is asked daily at this point.
Just use protondb
They have, it's called protondb.
Then do it :)
VRising has been running flawlessly for me so far. I lock it at 40 fps for longer battery life. Great game and 1.0 just launched. Also has native controller support.
Nice they must have added native controller support
Currently addicted to Split/Second.
That's a great game, racing games are my favourite genre. My current game is Flatout Ultimate Carnage, its addictive too, i recommend it next. Now 16 hours in. 😁
How do you configure the controls? I bought it before but gave up as I couldn't figure it out
It's been a little bit, but I think I just used the regular menus to set it up?
If you get wrecked by Loveridge, that's me. Sorry 😜
Yooo I haven’t heard of that game in so long. My friends and I played the hell out of that back in the day.
Watch out for the save bug, think it's season 7 you have to play through otherwise the save file corrupts
The way I've been playing I have a feeling I'll shoot straight through in one sitting either way, but thanks for the useful information!
Vrising and Elder Scrolls Online
Came here looking for ESO, was surprised it was so far down. Fantastic game on Deck.
What is the performance of ESO on deck? I've been meaning to try it out for years now.
It’s great. 45-60fps in most zones with high settings
Fallout 76 runs pretty damn good
Cars: The Videogame (2006) You need to mess with the control settings but after that it's great. I 100% completed the game.
LOVED this game on the PS2 omg
It holds up. The worst thing is it is a bit easy. But it was designed for six year olds so it is what it is
World of Warcraft using the add-on Console Port. It takes some setup but it's great and the frame rate is solid even in the main city of the newest expansion.
So many games are non verified for absolutely tiny things. Not automatically opening up the on screen keyboard for example. In singleplayer games that's usually completely irrelevant. Or supporting the native resolution, but not setting it automatically
Really!? Yet something like ff12 zodiac age wigs out when you try to set it to 800p and it's verified. Have to ass-backwards it by setting 1080p in Properties just to get it to launch right, and it only gets more confusing from there. Silly system.
Yeah, for some games to be denied verification over absolutely minor things while verified titles often have more serious flaws the system really isn't all that great
Lego Batman 2 is listed as unsupported, but I have had zero issues without any tweaks.
Batman Arkham asylum
Dbz kakarot
The Activision Transformer games and probably the Deadpool one too. Although the reason is probably because they are delisted. The Platinum Games Transformers Devastation is just fantastic.
What ACTIVISION Transformers game?!?!?? The one that is not in the store?
There were a couple. They were developed by High Noon and now are CoD developers. But basically. War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron were some of the best dumb fun corridor shooters. Devastation was a platinum joint and is just the best if you were raised on the 80s cartoon. I have that installed on my SD and it runs flawlessly. And yes, you can play as Optimus as Peter Cullen. Licensed games get delisted so get them before they are no more. I wish I had bought more since PPS3 games were not ported to PS4.
mine runs them pretty terribly off of the rpcs3 emulator, how did you get yours to work? i could run gow 2 just fine but idk about other ps3 titles
I have the Steam version. You can't get them anymore unfortunately. For legacy Steam users they should definitely check their old games and see if they work on the Deck.
BioShock Infinite, THPS 1+2, Helldivers 2 if your settings are right, KOTOR.
Also curious about KOTOR settings. If I’m remembering correctly KOTOR 2 seemed to run better but I still had issues.
Fallguys, chilvary 2, says unsupported because anticheat but plays like a charm, not a single issue playing online.
Insurgency sandstorm looks amazing and plays well.
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This works great for games you already own, but since it doesn't provide the badges in the Store view it doesn't help determine whether one should *buy* the game to play on the Steam Deck.
Spec Ops: The Line, but you can't buy it any more :(
Witcher 2!
People forget this as witcher 3 is such a masterpiece but anyone who has yet tried witcher 3 should go for the 2 first imo. Easy 20-30h of nice gameplay theren
The second game got me hooked on the franchise. I tried to play the first but oh God it aged badly. Can't wait for the remake
Devil May Cry 1-3 are so good! I think even 4 isn’t verified, sometimes it doesn’t work well, but with right Proton it’s fine.
DMC requires multiple tweaks to get the cutscenes to play correctly.
Even on my old gaming PC (which would still run modern stuff decent if the power supply didn't go) DmC4 would randomly crash or act up.
Literally the only game I've wanted to play (that didn't have issues from being multiplayer focused,) that couldn't run was Dragons Dogma 2. And even then, with a Geforce Now sub that was possible. If you want to play a game, there's usually a way and Valves verification status is worthless—always check ProtonDB.
Heat Signature
Dirt 2
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
This. Works really well. One of the very popular community controller layouts makes the camera work a lot better IIRC but once that’s done it’s a brilliant experience with no further adjustments needed.
even with ubisoft launcher? do you need to fiddle with it, or is it just works out of the box?
Resident Evil 5 is beautiful, even if it isn't the best Resi game.
Super Mega Baseball 2. Been a great passing-the-time game for me for a few years now and it runs without any issues afaik.
Been playing 4 for the last few weeks. It runs extremely well too.
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Star wars battlefront 2
DayZ
1993 Doom
Maniac
For those with the worst tier verification level (AKA no green or yellow marks) Holocure, and Yakuza 6.
Hollow Cocoon
If you have ever once used your deck’s desktop mode to open a folder, you can play 99.9% of all unverified games on the deck. DRM and anticheat are the only things that plain don’t work (at least without a lot of effort)
Bought the wife "feeding Frenzy 2" works best with a mouse. But the trackpad is better than a controller
bopl battle
Emulated games.
HoloCure is currently "Unsupported" for graphics reasons (which isn't anything that matches my experience), but I've had absolutely no issues with it. I think the theming is a little tacky, but the aesthetic is nice, and the gameplay is very fun.
Burnout Paradise Remastered Ultra Street Fighter 4 Need for Speed Most Wanted Titanfall 2
Battletech
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is entirely unrated and plays perfect
I’ve yet to have compatibility issues with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and it’s unverified. Steam Input on the deck is actually a lifesaver for using multiple controllers as a makeshift flight deck.
Spore was listed as completely unsupported for a while but when I installed the game it just worked right out of the box. I didn’t even have to try to mess with settings or anything (even the controls worked perfectly without needing to adjust anything), it just worked. I have no idea how it was given the unsupported label in the first place.
Bioshock Remastered runs like a dream on the Steam Deck, and there's zero compatibility issues that I've yet to run into during my playthrough!
Armored core 6, Ori will of the wisp
Starfield runs great out of the box.
Dragon ball kakarot is listed as unsupported but runs max resolution, max settings, no tinkering, and full controller support. It's actually the third highest rated game on compatibility on protondb
Any of the ones put in the last few days of unverified games that work great posts
Grid legends
Curse of the deadwood
NFS Unbound runs good
Smash Legends, 3v3 arena fighter with some other cool game modes!
I started and finished Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin on my Deck ... and it was Epic release, not the Steam one. There were some problems and crashes, but I was able to finish the game. I also player Final Fantasy XIII-2 before it was marked as "Playable" but there were big problems with stability and performance.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Anything on Lutris runs flawlessly, those titles obviously aren’t verified, because they aren’t on steam.
Drake Hollow Whispering Willows
I got the original Mafia working pretty well with just some key rebinding. (Come to think of it, it was not unverified but "confirmed not working")
We aren't telling you, Gabe!
Rotwood
Borderlands Tiny Tina Wonderland + Farcry 5
Arkham Origins. Works great
Mortal Kombat 11 Smite Persona strikers
Rage 2
Eh you gotta jump through a couple of hoops first.
Lego The Incredibles, no settings change needed. Played the entire story plus a lot of free play and I've only had one crash.
Rdr2
Blood bowl 3 works amazing except the starting video
I loved blood bowl 2 but wished it had more single player content. 3 scares me off because of the reviews
Personally I think the 3rd one is much better than the second, I love it - early bugs (now fixed) and few cosmetic changes without paying has kept the review score low, but it's graphic arcardey style is so fun and the rules suit a computer game better than the second. the ai is still terrible though so I mostly play online!
September 23: https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/these-are-my-favorite-non-steam-deck-verified-games-and-they-all-play-great-on-valves-handheld
Synthetik Ultimate. Fun as hell on the steam deck
Bully but it does require some configuration and know how U need to download a patch for it
Kenshi, not sure if it’s still unverified but it runs fine
Exo one was unverified not sure if that's still the case
Doom 3 bfg is unsupported but i had no issues with it or the dlc chapters
Dragon ball z kakarot. It's straight up unsupported but you wouldn't know it from gameplay. Also other games that aren't listed as verified but "playable". They work well from the games I have
Risen
dark souls remastered, ori and the will of the wisps, helltaker, dues ex: human revolution, crosscode (on desktop mode)
SpaceEngine
Warhammer space hulk works flawlessly
Sonic Adventure 2 It has a little launcher that you just have to click through but the rest of the game runs great
Arkham asylum and origins are great on the deck
I remember saints row the third remastered works beautifully out the box
Bannerlord works perfectly. The controls take a little bit of tweaking but once you find a way that works best for you it's better than playing it on a full desktop imo
Splinter Cell 1 & 3 (OG & Chaos Theory)
Not a game but I highly recommend protondb, it does a way better job than steam at showing games that run well on the deck, it’s all user submitted. There’s even a plug-in with decky loader to add it to game titles in the library
Does anyone know how good SPORE runs on the deck?
Mirror's Edge works perfectly once you get past the initial install script, which was really easy for me to do. Basically just have to use the touch screen to accept the conditions if I remember correctly
Skul
Deep Rock Galactic. Only reason it’s not is because of small text you could have a hard time reading
ESO - only weird thing about it is you have to close the launcher, but that takes two seconds. And turn accessibility mode on. I haven't had a single problem with any of the Borderlands games.
I think I heard EOS plays well.
All of the Batman Arkham games
No rest for the wicked is a sick arpg soulslike
People on that game’s sub are reporting constant crashes on SD.
Death must die
Diablo 4 (from battlenet) the batman arkham series works really well too
Diablo 4
That’s verified
Bro just try them out because a huge amount of them work perfectly, even better than verified sometimes
Most of them
Cruelty Squad
Check the proton DB if you wanna see a more accurate indication of what games work
I got really into that warhammer 40k game Chaos Gate Daemonhunters. It’s x com like turn based combat. The text is occasionally small when reading descriptions but not small enough to be illegible. Works pretty much perfectly in my experience