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16 more games are now playable on Steam Deck thanks to a new Proton update

Deck users can now play more games
Last Updated on September 20, 2024
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Valve’s hit handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck, continues to expand its library of compatible games at a rapid pace, thanks to frequent Proton updates. The latest update adds an impressive 16 new titles to the list of playable games, including popular games like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Sleeping Dogs.

Here’s a list of games that are now playable on Steam Deck, thanks to the Proton 9.0-3 update:

  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (desktop only)
  • Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer!
  • Banyu Lintar Angin
  • Dinner with an Owl
  • Farlight 84
  • Flatout 3
  • KinitoPET
  • Owl Observatory Demo
  • Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
  • Super
  • Sword of Convallaria
  • Syberia
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
  • To Pixelia Demo
  • Unity of Command II
  • Zaccaria Pinball

With this, Steam Deck users can play more than a dozen new games. The addition of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, albeit in desktop mode, shows that the handheld is capable of tackling AAA games on the go.

Further fixes to games on the Steam Deck

In addition to this, the update also fixed the following from the main Proton 9.0 update:

  • Alan Wake’s American Nightmare DLC is now functional again.
  • Bionic Commando is now playable again.
  • Controllers are now working properly in Sonic Forces.
  • GRID Autosport and GRID 2 are now playable again.
  • Noita mods are now updating correctly.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide no longer experiences random freezes during shader caching.

Further, the update fixed language support for Guild Wars 2, controller support in Fallout 3 launchers, and other fixes. You can check out the full list of updates on the official Proton website.

If you’re looking to get Steam Deck-compatible games at an affordable price, check out Fanatical and Humble Bundles. At the time of writing, there are two bundles we’d recommend:


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