How well does your game actually run on Valve's hardware?
Valve's badge only tells you if a game runs. SteamFPS tells you how well — a red/amber/green verdict at Low, Medium and High — and an honest “worth it”.
Three devices, one honest verdict
The same game gets a different answer on each — we rate all three.
Living-room SteamOS PC. Roughly PS5-class rasterisation — a true 1080p/1440p machine that reaches 4K 60 via FSR, not the native-4K box the marketing implies. 8 GB VRAM is its real ceiling. Valve pegs it at about 6× the Steam Deck's GPU.
ExploreStreaming-first standalone VR headset. Two answers per game: native on the mobile Snapdragon chip, or streamed from a host PC/Steam Machine over a dedicated 6 GHz link. Eye-tracked foveation keeps the bitrate down. Price and exact date still unconfirmed (DRAM shortage).
ExploreThe mature handheld. We don't re-rank what ProtonDB and SteamDeckHQ already own — Deck appears here as a comparison baseline and a first-party data source (real measured FPS power 215 game pages).
ExploreLatest verdicts
Flagship games, judged tier-by-tier across all three devices.
Cyberpunk 2077
RPG · Open World · Action
Baldur's Gate 3
RPG · Turn-Based · Co-op
Elden Ring
Souls-like · Open World · Action RPG
Counter-Strike 2
FPS · Competitive · Esports
Black Myth: Wukong
Action RPG · Souls-like · UE5
Half-Life: Alyx
VR · Action · Adventure
Grand Theft Auto VI
Open World · Action · AAA
Crimson Desert
Action RPG · Open World · AAA
Counter-Strike
Action
Catalogue now spans 15,958 rated games. See the latest releases →
Can it run on the Steam Machine?
The games people ask about most — tap for the Low/Medium/High verdict.
- Runs greatCyberpunk 2077 on Steam Machine
- Runs greatBaldur's Gate 3 on Steam Machine
- Runs greatElden Ring on Steam Machine
- Runs greatCounter-Strike 2 on Steam Machine
- Runs greatBlack Myth: Wukong on Steam Machine
- Runs greatHalf-Life: Alyx on Steam Machine
- Runs greatBorderlands Game of the Year on Steam Machine
- Runs greatGrand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition on Steam Machine
- Runs greatWreckfest on Steam Machine
- Runs greatKenshi on Steam Machine
- Runs greatThe Forest on Steam Machine
- Runs great7 Days to Die on Steam Machine
- Runs greatMount & Blade II: Bannerlord on Steam Machine
- Runs greatSubnautica on Steam Machine
- Runs greatRimWorld on Steam Machine
- Runs greatFrostpunk on Steam Machine
- Runs greatPaint the Town Red on Steam Machine
- Runs greatBesiege on Steam Machine
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