SteamOS already exceeds 30,000 playable games on Steam Deck and Steam Machine with almost 9,000 games verified by Valve

SteamOS already exceeds 30,000 playable games on Steam Deck and Steam Machine with almost 9,000 games verified by Valve





Linux continues to advance as an operating system for gamers, even Valve has its own for the company’s hardware devices, SteamOS. Valve also launched a program in which it verified the games compatible with its platform, games that are designed for Windows and that can work correctly on this version of Linux as is. Steam OS. According to SteamDB, there are already more than 30,000 games that can be played on the Steam Deck and therefore on the Steam Machine.

SteamOS already exceeds 30,000 playable games

This is a large number of games available, which not so long ago was very difficult to access. The works of Valve together with the community to complete the Proton translation layer have made it possible for this number of games to be played under a Linux distribution. SteamDB has posted more than 30,000 playable gameswhich also includes those verified by Valve, for its SteamOS operating system.

In this figure we have to differentiate the verifiedwhich according to SteamDB slightly exceeds 21,000 games, of which verified by Valvewhich in addition to being able to play, you will do so with a complete user experience. Those verified by Valve are already approaching the 9,000 titleswhich you can enjoy on the Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

More than 21,000 playable games and nearly 9,000 verified by Valve

Unfortunately this is quite far from the almost 173,000 games available for Windowsalthough more than one 40% of Steam’s most played games now work on SteamOS.

Article Editor: Juan Antonio Soto

Juan Antonio Soto

I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.