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Every game verified and playable on Steam Deck (Feb 2023)

Get the low down on the latest additions to the Steam Deck

Reviewed By: Kevin Pocock

Last Updated on December 1, 2023
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Valve’s Steam Deck is actually coming out on the 25th of February, bringing with it the entire Steam library with some caveats. As the Steam Deck will be running a fork of Manjaro, called SteamOS, which is a distro of Linux, you can start to piece together why there are some caveats. 

Valve has been hellbent on supporting the operating system for the longest time, with a move to UNIX based systems seen back when they finally launched on macOS, which sees familiarity with Linux. However, native Linux support didn’t come until much later with the release of their ‘Steam Machines’, dedicated boxes that manufacturers shipped for a short time to try and consolify the PC market and make it more approachable. 

This didn’t stick and it was mainly down to expensive machines, with limited games to run without doing some heavy leaps to get there. Linux might be a system within every single developer, but it is by far and away the least friendly for those that want to game. 

What is Proton?

Valve, not one to back down in the name of progress, canned the Steam Machines and began to work on building Proton. This intermediary layer between the Linux OS and Steam game means that there’s little need to ‘port’ the game over natively and allow Valve’s software to handle the heavy lifting. It’s how they’ve managed to get 100 games ‘Verified’ according to both the official Proton website and a custom, a fan-made list that is using Steam DB. 

Proton already supports over 18K games and is being constantly updated by the community and developers. We even recommended five games or series to try out based on these Proton results. 

Valve is still working on their official compatibility list, but as it has now been scraped via their Steam API and placed on a website, it seems like it is close to nearly 100 games. 

Here is the Proton list of Steam Deck Verified games from the ProtonDB, which is curated by the community and also uses Steam’s API:

ProtonDB List
100% Orange Juice
8Doors: Arum’s Afterlife Adventure
A Dance of Fire and Ice
A Way Out
Aeterna Noctis
AI*Shoujo/AI*少女
Airport CEO
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Among Trees
APE OUT
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX
Automation Empire
Automobilista 2
Babble Royale
Battlefield 1
Battlefield 4
Battlefield V
Bayonetta
BeamNG.drive
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Bejeweled 3
Black Book
Black Skylands
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Bloons TD 5
Bloons TD 6
Bloons TD Battles 2
Blue Fire
Boomerang X
BRAVELY DEFAULT II
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Business Tour – Board Game with Online Multiplayer
Carto
CarX Drift Racing Online
Castle Crashers
Cat Quest
Cat Quest II
Cats in Time
Caveblazers
Cell to Singularity – Evolution Never Ends
Chernobylite
Chorus
Circuit Superstars
City Car Driving
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Cookie Clicker
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Cuphead
Curse of the Dead Gods
Cyber Hook
DAEMON X MACHINA
DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin
DARK SOULS III
DARK SOULS: REMASTERED
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Daymare: 1998
Dead Estate
Dead Space 3
DEATH STRANDING
Death’s Door
DEATHLOOP
Deep Rock Galactic
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
Demon Turf
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Devil May Cry 5
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut
Dishonored
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition
DOOM II
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Digital Edition of Light
Drug Dealer Simulator
Dyson Sphere Program
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Eastward
Edge Of Eternity
Element TD 2 – Tower Defense
Empyrion – Galactic Survival
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
F1 2021
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Fallout Shelter
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Farming Simulator 19
FIGHT KNIGHT
FINAL FANTASY
FINAL FANTASY II
FINAL FANTASY III
FINAL FANTASY IV
Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)
FINAL FANTASY V
FINAL FANTASY VII
FINAL FANTASY VIII – REMASTERED
Fire Pro Wrestling World
Fireworks Mania – An Explosive Simulator
Football Manager 2019
Football Manager 2021
Football Manager 2022
Football, Tactics & Glory
Garfield Kart
Garfield Kart – Furious Racing
Gas Station Simulator
GemCraft – Frostborn Wrath
Genital Jousting
Ghostrunner
God of War
Grand Theft Auto V
GRID
Grim Dawn
GRIME
Guacamelee! 2
Gunfire Reborn
Hades
Happy’s Humble Burger Farm
Haven
Heavenly Bodies
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition
Hellish Quart
Hentai Bad Girls
Hentai Girl Hime
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED
Human: Fall Flat
HUMANKIND
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Idle Wasteland
IdleOn – The Idle MMO
Inscryption
INSIDE
Intravenous
ISEKAI QUEST
It Takes Two
Jump King
Just Cause 3
Just Cause 4 Reloaded
Katamari Damacy REROLL
Katana ZERO
Killing Floor 2
Kingdom Rush Vengeance – Tower Defense
Kingsway
Kitaria Fables
Leaf Blower Revolution – Idle Game
Left to Survive: Shooter PVP
LEGO DC Super-Villains
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LEGO Star Wars – The Complete Saga
Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry
Library Of Ruina
LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII
Loop Odyssey
Lost in Random
Mad Games Tycoon
Madden NFL 21
Madden NFL 22
MADNESS: Project Nexus
Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Manifold Garden
Master Reboot
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Metal Unit
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minoria
Monster Hunter: World
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
Mortal Shell
MudRunner
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
My Friend Pedro
Need for Speed Heat
NEKOPARA Extra
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
NEKOPARA Vol. 4
NGU IDLE
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nidhogg
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
NieR:Automata
NIMBY Rails
Nobody Saves the World
Noita
OCTOPATH TRAVELER
Offworld Trading Company
Okami HD
Orcs Must Die! 3
Ori and the Blind Forest
Outer Wilds
Paradise Killer
Path of Exile
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Pathologic 2
PC Building Simulator
PGA TOUR 2K21
Pit People
Planet Coaster
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Poker Night at the Inventory
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
PowerWash Simulator
Prey
Prison Simulator
Project CARS 3
Psychonauts 2
Quantum Break
RAD
RAILROADS Online!
Ready or Not
Realm Grinder
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Regency Solitaire
Remnant: From the Ashes
Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari – Love For Hire
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil Village
Return of the Obra Dinn
RIDE 4
Ring of Pain
Risk of Rain 2
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
Rogue Legacy 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
Roundguard
Ryse: Son of Rome
Sable
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Sam & Max Save the World
SCARLET NEXUS
SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – GOTY Edition
Shadow Man Remastered
Shop Titans
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Slasher’s Keep
Sniper Elite 3
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
SNOW – The Ultimate Edition
SnowRunner
Sonic Adventure 2
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Spelunky 2
Sprocket
STAR WARS Battlefront II
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005)
STAR WARS: The Old Republic
State of Decay: YOSE
Stick Fight: The Game
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Subnautica
Subnautica: Below Zero
Super Meat Boy Forever
Super Mega Baseball 3
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Robot Wars 30
Supraland Six Inches Under
Swords of Legends Online
Tales of Arise
Tales of Zestiria
Tetris Effect: Connected
The Ascent
The Crew
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
The Evil Within
THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
The LEGO Movie – Videogame
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
The Messenger
The Room
The Room Three
The Sexy Brutale
The Surge
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Titanfall 2
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Legend
TrackMania² Stadium
Travellers Rest
Tribes of Midgard
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Tunche
Twelve Minutes
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
Ultimate Fishing Simulator
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition
UNSIGHTED
Untitled Goose Game
Vampire Survivors
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
Webbed
West of Dead
World Nations Game
WORLD OF HORROR
WWE 2K19
Wytchwood
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
古剑奇谭三(Gujian3)
战地指挥官/Battleboom

These games are sourced from the fan list that scraped SteamDB for the information and is split between “Verified” and “Playable”, as well unsupported, but this appears to be dedicated to VR games like Half-Life Alyx.

You might notice some major discrepancies between the Proton list and this second list – set up by Avery and SteamDB– as this is pulled from Steam’s API, rather than the manually selected list:

VerifiedPlayableConfirmed not working
8Doors: Arum’s Afterlife Adventure100% Orange JuiceArizona Sunshine (Arizona Sunshine®)
Aliens: Fireteam Elite7 Days to DieBudget Cuts
APE OUTA Dance of Fire and IceDead by Daylight
Automobilista 2A Way OutFall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Baba Is YouAirport CEOInsurgency: Sandstorm
BattleBlock TheaterAmerican Truck SimulatorJUMP FORCE
BayonettaAmong TreesLara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Behind the Frame: The Finest SceneryAssassin’s Creed IV Black FlagPersona 4 Golden
Boomerang XAtelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DXThe Crew 2
Business Tour – Online Multiplayer Board Game (Business Tour – Board Game with Online Multiplayer)Barony
Castle Crashers (Castle Crashers®)Battlefield 1 ™
CaveblazersBattlefield 4™
CelesteBattlefield™ V (Battlefield V)
Circuit SuperstarsBeamNG.drive
CupheadBejeweled 3 (Bejeweled® 3)
Curse of the Dead GodsBlack Book
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairBlack Skylands
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First SinBlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
DARK SOULS™ IIIBRAVELY DEFAULT II
Darksiders II Deathinitive EditionBully: Scholarship Edition
Daymare: 1998Cats in Time
Dead CellsCook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
DEATH STRANDINGCookie Clicker
Death TrashCrypt of the NecroDancer
Death’s DoorDAEMON X MACHINA
DEATHLOOPDARK SOULS: REMASTERED
Desperados IIIDARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Devil May Cry 5Darkest Dungeon®
DishonoredDead Space 3
Dishonored: Death of the OutsiderDead Space™ 3
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of An Elusive Age – Digital Edition of LightDeep Rock Galactic
Dying LightDeus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
EastwardDevil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Edge Of EternityDivinity: Original Sin 2
Fallout ShelterDivinity: Original Sin 2 (Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition)
Farm TogetherDon’t Starve Together
Fell Seal: Arbiter’s MarkDrug Dealer Simulator
FINAL FANTASYDyson Sphere Program
FINAL FANTASY IIEmpyrion – Galactic Survival
FINAL FANTASY IIIF1 2021 (F1® 2021)
FINAL FANTASY IVFactorio
FirewatchFallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Genital JoustingFallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
GhostrunnerFallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
God of WarFarming Simulator 19
Graveyard KeeperFINAL FANTASY V
GRIMEFINAL FANTASY VII
Guacamelee! 2Football Manager 2019
Gunfire RebornGarfield Kart
HadesGrand Theft Auto V
Happy’s Humble Burger FarmGrim Dawn
Hellblade: Senua’s SacrificeHearts of Iron IV
Hellish QuartHELLDIVERS™ (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)
HITMAN™I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger-Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
Hollow KnightInscryption
Horizon Zero DawnIt Takes Two
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™Just Cause 3
Human: Fall FlatJust Cause 4
Idle Champions of the Forgotten RealmsJust Cause 4 (Just Cause 4 Reloaded)
Idle WastelandKingdom Two Crowns
INSIDEKingsway
Into the BreachLeaf Blower Revolution – Idle Game
Katamari Damacy REROLLLegends of Idleon MMO (IdleOn – The Idle MMO)
Kingdom Rush Vengeance (Kingdom Rush Vengeance – Tower Defense)Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry
LEGO® Star Wars™: The Complete SagaLIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII
Life is Strange 2Loop Hero
Life is Strange 2 – Episode 2Lost in Random™
LIMBOMadden NFL 21
Mad MaxMadden NFL 22
Manifold GardenMADNESS: Project Nexus
Mark of the Ninja: RemasteredMafia II: Definitive Edition
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCEMonster Hunter World
Middle-earth: Shadow of WarMonster Hunter: World
NEKOPARA ExtraMutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
NEKOPARA Vol. 0Need for Speed™ Heat
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant KingdomNGU IDLE
Nickelodeon All-Star BrawlNieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
NoitaNieR: Automata™
Nuclear ThroneNIMBY Rails
OCTOPATH TRAVELER (OCTOPATH TRAVELER™)Offworld Trading Company
Okami HDPath of Exile
Orcs Must Die! 3PGA TOUR 2K21
Ori And The Blind ForestPlanet Coaster
Paint the Town RedPlants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)
Payday 2Psychonauts
Portal 2Quantum Break
Power Rangers: Battle for the GridRAILROADS Online!
PowerWash SimulatorRimWorld
PreyRise of the Tomb Raider (Rise of the Tomb Raider™)
Project CARS 3Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders
Psychonauts 2Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition)
RADSid Meier’s Civilization VI (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-Slay the Spire
Remnant: From the AshesSniper Elite 3
Resident Evil 2 (Remake)Sonic Adventure™ 2 (Sonic Adventure 2)
Resident Evil VillageSouth Park The Fractured But Whole (South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™)
Return of the Obra DinnSpeedRunners
RIDE 4Sprocket
Risk of Rain 2STAR WARS Battlefront II
Rocket LeagueSTAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
Rogue Legacy 2STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
RoundguardStar Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005)
SableSTAR WARS: The Old Republic
Sam & Max Save the WorldSTAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
Scarlet NexusSTAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice (Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice – GOTY Edition)State of Decay: YOSE
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2Stellaris
Spelunky 2Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Stardew ValleySubnautica
Super Meat Boy ForeverSwords of Legends Online
Super Mega Baseball 3Tales of Zestiria
Super Robot Wars 30The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition)
SUPERHOTThe Room Three
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETEThe Surge
Tales of AriseThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Tetris® Effect: ConnectedTitanfall 2
The Binding of Isaac: RebirthTitanfall® 2
The Evil WithintModLoader
The Jackbox Party Pack 8Tomb Raider
The Life and Suffering of Sir BranteTomb Raider: Legend
The MessengerTomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos TheoryTribes of Midgard
Total War: WARHAMMER IITwo Point Hospital
Travellers RestValheim
TuncheVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
Twelve MinutesWar Thunder
UnderMineWasteland 3
WebbedWest of Loathing
West of DeadWorld Nations Game
WHAT THE GOLF?
WORLD OF HORROR
Wytchwood
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Your Chronicle
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

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