{"id":543834,"date":"2023-01-25T19:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T19:01:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:01:37","slug":"steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking\/","title":{"rendered":"#Steam Deck \u201cVerified\u201d Games Won\u2019t Stop Breaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f3cf9cae76\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f3cf9cae76\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking\/#%E2%80%9CSteam_Deck_%E2%80%9CVerified%E2%80%9D_Games_Wont_Stop_Breaking%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Steam Deck \u201cVerified\u201d Games Won\u2019t Stop Breaking&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking\/#The_Verified_Problem\" >The Verified Problem<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steam-deck-verified-games-wont-stop-breaking\/#Not_a_Console\" >Not a Console<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSteam_Deck_%E2%80%9CVerified%E2%80%9D_Games_Wont_Stop_Breaking%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Steam Deck \u201cVerified\u201d Games Won\u2019t Stop Breaking&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-867777\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/steam-deck.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Playing on Steam Deck on a couch\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Valve<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Steam Deck was a smash hit when it started shipping in 2022, providing one of the best ways to play PC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s in a handheld console form factor. However, the Steam Deck has a problem that is getting worse: games that are verified to work <em>don\u2019t actually work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Valve\u2019s Steam Deck console runs a custom Linux-based operating system, called \u201cSteamOS.\u201d You can install Windows, but it\u2019s a worse experience and not fully supported. Most PC games still don\u2019t support Linux, which is where Proton comes into the picture. Proton is a customized version of the Wine compatibility layer\u00a0with a focus on games, allowing many modern Windows games to run unmodified on Linux platforms like SteamOS. The independent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protondb.com\/\">ProtonDB<\/a> database reports over 16,000 games were recommended (at one point or another) by Proton users as fully compatible.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Verified_Problem\"><\/span>The Verified Problem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can <em>run<\/em> just about any Windows game in the Proton compatibility layer, but whether or not the game will be <em>playable<\/em> is a whole different story. That\u2019s why Valve has been going through the Steam games catalog and testing games \u2014 not just to fix bugs in Proton, but also to give people buying a Steam Deck a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> idea of what will work.<\/p>\n<p>The official Steam Deck website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamdeck.com\/en\/verified\">explains<\/a> the \u201cfour categories of Deck compatibility,\u201d which range from untested or not compatible to \u201cVerified.\u201d If a game is marked as Steam Deck Verified, it \u201cworks great on Steam Deck, right out of the box,\u201d according to Valve. The criteria for a Verified game includes full controller support, no compatibility warnings, a controller-compatible launcher (if there is any launcher), and default settings that run on the Steam Deck.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-867766\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Steam-Deck-compat.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Four categories of Deck compatibility\" width=\"1200\" height=\"608\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamdeck.com\/en\/verified\">Valve<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Valve\u2019s compatibility categories are central to the Steam Deck experience \u2014 only games that Valve deems as \u201cgreat on Deck\u201d are shown on the first page of the console\u2019s built-in Steam store, and game listings have a tab displaying Steam Deck compatibility. However, there\u2019s a growing problem of some games marked as Verified having problems on the Steam Deck, when that\u2019s the entire point of the rating.<\/p>\n<p><em>God of War<\/em>, an adventure RPG published by Sony, is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F1593500%2FGod_of_War%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">marked as Steam Deck Verified<\/a>. However, it\u2019s easy to find complaints about the game not working on the Steam Deck. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> user JayDecay <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/zqosv8\/god_of_war_runs_like_crap_on_the_steam_deck\/\">said in December<\/a>, \u201cI noticed in high action moments, there was a lot of stuttering and that bugged me, but again, I figured I could work with it.\u00a0The real problem was that I was playing the game for exactly 49 minutes and it locked up, having to restart my Steam Deck.\u201d Another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/z2xgju\/god_of_war_poor_performance\/\">comment<\/a> from July reported, \u201cEvery time\u00a0I play this game, it works perfectly but after about an hour, the game suddenly stutters and then I have to do a hard Power Off and reboot the game.\u201d More recently, <em>GamingOnLinux<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gamingonlinux\/status\/1617167441007882240\">said on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cGod of War should not be Steam Deck Verified when it will hard crash the Steam Deck. [\u2026]\u00a0it\u2019s a known problem, and easy to find plenty of others talking about it. The RAM use just creeps up until it dies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen to that fan purr in the latest freeze and deck reboot \ud83e\udd23 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yqub2XSg6P\">pic.twitter.com\/Yqub2XSg6P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GamingOnLinux \ud83d\udc27\u2b50 (@gamingonlinux) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gamingonlinux\/status\/1617238571659972609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Horizon Zero Dawn<\/em>, another Sony-made game that is also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F1151640%2FHorizon_Zero_Dawn_Complete_Edition%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">marked as Steam Deck Verified<\/a>, has also been a poor experience for some players. Reddit user admiralchaos <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/10g7k9r\/high_temps_and_throttling_while_playing_horizon\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0hot temperatures and thermal throttling earlier this month, which was met with comments like \u201cHorizon zero dawn runs horribly on the steam deck in general\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I experienced when playing hzd. So I refunded it and got something else.\u201d Another person said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/yj2phc\/horizon_zero_dawn\/\">another thread<\/a>, \u201cit will turn your deck in an Easy Bake Oven no matter what in-game settings you tinker with.\u201d There are many other Verified games with similar complaints, such as\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/zlcq9n\/witcher_3_crashing\/\"><em>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/v5gwzp\/comment\/iba0eao\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">Death Stranding<\/a><\/em>. Back in December, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/12\/5\/23495287\/steam-deck-ea-games-electronic-arts-pc\">many games from EA broke on Steam Deck<\/a> due to a launcher update, some of which were previously labelled as Verified.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_a_Console\"><\/span>Not a Console<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Modern games on their own can be buggy at the best of times, and on top of that, most popular games on the Steam Deck are running under a compatibility layer with its own set of problems. Many game developers aren\u2019t actively testing their games on the Steam Deck, either. In most cases, Valve and the community are doing the heavy lifting to support games, instead of game developers.<\/p>\n<p>The Steam Deck is a PC that runs PC games, just in a more unique form factor, so it\u2019s understandable that you need to tweak settings for most games. However, Valve is advertising a console-like experience with Verified games that is increasingly not living up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s going wrong? Valve didn\u2019t respond to our request for comment, so for now, we can only speculate. The most likely scenario is that Valve is testing many games for Steam Deck compatibility, but doesn\u2019t test them again with subsequent updates. If a game introduces a new type of DRM or anti-cheat that isn\u2019t compatible with the Proton layer, or calls DirectX functions that Proton doesn\u2019t (yet) support, the game could start breaking while still having a Verified label.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, <em>God of War<\/em> was released on Steam on January 14, 2022, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1593500\/info\/#:~:text=Steam%20Deck%20Compatibility\">Valve performed Steam Deck testing on February 3<\/a>, giving it the Verified label. That was around the same time as the Steam Deck started shipping to the first wave of pre-orders, so there aren\u2019t a lot of reports about how it ran at the time, positive or not \u2014 <em>IGN<\/em> published <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HroyBqMZFo0\">an 18-minute long demo<\/a>\u00a0with no problems, though. SteamDB reports that Valve tested version 1.0.1 of God of War, and before the end of February, the game was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fnews%2Fapp%2F1593500%3Fupdates%3Dtrue&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">already up to v1.0.8<\/a>. The earliest reports of issues on the Steam Deck <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/u2401e\/god_of_war_running_out_of_memory_and_crashing\/\">go back<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/1675200\/discussions\/1\/3269059787436295623\/\">April<\/a>, and many more are from later in 2022. Again, that could be due to updates breaking the game, or just a bias in the data from more people owning a Steam Deck by that point. The most recent patch to <em>God of War<\/em> was in May 2022, but the Proton compatibility layer has received <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ValveSoftware\/Proton\/releases\">many more updates<\/a>, which could also affect how the game runs.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have no problems with <em>God of War<\/em> or other games on their Steam Deck, but many others <em>do have issues<\/em>. The entire point of the Verified program was to give buyers a base expectation of what games will definitely work on the Steam Deck, but right now, it\u2019s not delivering that \u2014 leaving the Steam Deck as more of a project that needs tweaking from players than a ready-to-go handheld console.<\/p>\n<p>The Steam Deck and its Proton compatibility layer are fantastic products that make PC games more accessible and portable than previously possible, but Valve <em>really<\/em> needs to fix its Verified system. 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