There’ll quickly be a brand new compatibility ranking on Steam retailer pages for video games. Valve has introduced that SteamOS {hardware} aside from Steam Deck will get its personal checkmark, that means the title will work with the Lenovo Legion Go S to begin.
Valve went over what this new ranking will imply on Steam, including that roughly 18,000 video games must be appropriate with SteamOS from the bounce. “SteamOS compatibility rankings are primarily based on a subset of the Steam Deck compatibility testing outcomes and are supposed to present at a look whether or not a sport and all of its middleware is supported on SteamOS,” the announcement submit reads. “This consists of options like sport performance, launcher performance, and anti-cheat assist.”
From the developer facet of issues, Valve is saying that it would not have to do any further work to make sure SteamOS compatibility for its video games. The verification can occur robotically apparently primarily based on the Steam Deck verification course of. Moreover, Valve is promising that “SteamOS compatibility outcomes will all be the identical or greater than Steam Deck verified outcomes.”
Thus far, the one different SteamOS gadget is the Legion Go S handheld. Nonetheless, it is clear that Valve envisions this section “increasing to extra units sooner or later.” In the meantime, Microsoft is reportedly teaming up with Asus for an Xbox-branded ROG Ally 2, which leaked final week.