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Over the past week, several gamers have reported issues with verified Steam Deck games, including popular titles such as GTA 5 and Vampire Survivors.
The Steam Deck was first announced last year as a portable gaming PC from Valve. One of the benefits of this gaming machine is the Steam Deck Verified program, an initiative that evaluates the suitability of games on Steam Deck. Since then, a number of games have been marked as verified – and now it appears that some of these “verified” games are not working as well as they should.
As noted on Reddit, Valve has created a discussion thread in the Steam Community asking players to report any “possible bugs” in verified Steam Deck games. Several players have reported issues with the games and some of them are quite noticeable.
One of these messages is detailed in an article on the GamingOnLinux website, which also highlights a number of problems with GTA 5 that the author encountered. The same author has compiled a list of games that have passed the Steam Deck Review that are experiencing some issues – here are the games that have passed the Steam Deck Review that are reported to be experiencing issues:
- Atelier Ryza 2 – “Tested” but reportedly doesn’t save graphics settings and default settings don’t work well.
- A Way Out – “Playable”, but the resolution is cut to the middle of the screen and the game sometimes won’t load.
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – “Playable”, but gamepad input doesn’t seem to work.
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger – “Checked” but the video does not play.
- Deathloop – “Tested”, but there are numerous complaints regarding poor performance, and some users claim that pausing the game causes it to crash.
- DOOM (2016) – “Tested”, but there are reports of repeated crashes while playing.
- Elderborn – “Tested” but crashes repeatedly.
- Hitman- “Checked”, but the gamepad does not work. Another person said that this causes the console to restart.
- Luck be a Landlord – “Checked”, but the game does not support a gamepad, and mouse/touchscreen input is problematic.
- Monkey Island 2 Special Edition – “Playable”, but constantly pops up the menu, which makes the game not quite playable.
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time – “Tested” but does not recognize gamepad input, a message appears asking regarding safe mode that requires touch screen input and requires manual keyboard input.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition – “Plays” but the menu sound is garbled and the game does not work as the screen switches between game and test screen.
- SHENZHEN I/O – “Tested” but not working. It is currently configured to use Proton, but the Linux native version works, this version should be rechecked as part of their original issue of not checking the native build first. But still, how was it tested if it doesn’t work?
- Sonic Generations – “Tested” but has low performance, can drop to single digit FPS in some parts.
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth – “Checked” but one user reports that the game crashes on launch.
It’s a pretty diverse set of games. If issues with older games like RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 aren’t surprising, there are some fairly recent titles on this list that some players don’t run correctly on Steam Deck. It is noteworthy that not all of these problems are universal. For example, GTA 5 works great for some players and doesn’t work for others.
Coincidentally, Valve has announced a new “Feedback” feature that will allow it to collect data from users regarding games that have been verified on Steam Deck.
Today we’re adding a new feature to Steam Deck to collect player feedback by asking direct questions regarding your experience. (This is an optional feature: we will ask you once if you agree to answer questions, and you can opt out at any time.) The first data we collect in this way is for games that have passed the Steam Deck Verified. We may collect objective data (crashes, etc.) to help us understand how well the technical side of our review process is performing, but at the end of the day, Deck compatibility ratings are a shared experience: the definition of “works well” is a job well done. allowing current and future Deck users to find the experience they want. We want to make sure we do this or identify titles where your experience doesn’t match your expectations.