When the Steam Machine is lastly within the fingers of gamers, it’s going to have already got a big quantity of appropriate video games with the “Verified” inexperienced checkmark, with Valve indicating to builders that they will not have to fret an excessive amount of concerning the verification course of.
Valve designer Lawrence Yang advised outlet Game Developer in an interview that the Steam Machine Verified badge would require “fewer constraints” than Steam Deck verification. Yang added that “in case your title is Verified on Steam Deck, will probably be Verified on Steam Machine.”
Video games earn the Steam Deck Verified label after testing by Valve. Being verified is not essentially an indicator {that a} recreation will run flawlessly on the hand-held gadget, however fairly that it checks off necessities of full controller compatibility, correct show settings, and middleware assist.
From Valve’s perspective, any recreation that meets these necessities on Steam Deck is nice to go on the extra console-like Steam Machine. Valve hasn’t supplied any extra particular particulars about technical necessities for Steam Machine Verification.
Video games that lack that marketable inexperienced checkmark badge may nonetheless be playable on Steam Deck; they simply could be lacking one of many important necessities. Some video games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 have been initially Steam Deck Verified by Valve earlier than being recategorized as “Playable” because of graphical and performance issues.
In the identical interview with Sport Developer, Yang talked about that the verification course of for the corporate’s Steam Body VR headset shall be completely different, however Valve will nonetheless “be going via the identical rounds of testing and offering developer suggestions.” Valve has nonetheless but to announce dates and costs for the Steam Machine and Steam Body, apart from a imprecise 2026 launch window.