DARK SOULS II on the Steam Machine
Can the Steam Machine run DARK SOULS II?
Yes — DARK SOULS II, a 2014 RPG, rates green on the Steam Machine at 1080p.
Derived from Valve's SteamOS rating (Playable on the far weaker Deck), not a measured frame-rate. Recommended RAM is 4 GB — comfortably within the Machine's 16 GB.
Key facts: DARK SOULS II on Steam Machine
- Compatibility
- Runs great (works). Inferred from Valve's SteamOS compatibility rating.
- Device & mode
- Steam Machine: Runs great — Runs locally on SteamOS (1080p default)
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable — Runs locally on the handheld (800p)
- Steam Frame: Native status: unknown — Flatscreen — streamed from a Steam Machine to a virtual screen; native play not rated
- Performance
- No frame-rate data — we don't publish a number we don't hold.
- Conditions
- None recorded — there is no frame-rate test to describe.
- Basis
- Derived from SteamOS compatibility · 2 sources (2 linked) · data as of · methodology
- Limitations
- No frame-rate measured — the verdict is inferred from Valve's SteamOS compatibility rating.
- Not recorded here: anti-cheat status, frame generation, game / SteamOS / Proton versions.
At a glance across Valve's SteamOS devices
Analysis — DARK SOULS II on the Steam Machine
59 ProtonDB reports rate it Gold (runs perfectly after tweaks), in line with Valve's Deck Playable rating.
Steam lists full controller support, so it plays from the sofa without a keyboard.
Frequently asked
Is DARK SOULS II Steam Deck Verified?
DARK SOULS II is rated Playable on the Steam Deck — it runs, with some manual settings tweaks.
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How we know this
Inferred from this title's official SteamOS compatibility rating, scaled to the Machine's roughly 6× Deck GPU power.
- Valve SteamOS compatibility: Compatible · Valve (Steam store)
- ProtonDB: Gold, 59 reports · ProtonDBIndependent community signal shown alongside our verdict, not used to compute it.
Every verdict is labelled by confidence. Numbers are estimates unless tagged “measured.”
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