At a glance across Valve's SteamOS devices
Steam Machine
~Radeon RX 7600 / GeForce RTX 4060 class · 8 GB GDDR6 (dedicated graphics memory) · 1080p–1440p native · 4K 60 with FSR upscaling
Steam Deck
AMD RDNA 2, 8 CU (~1.6 TFLOPs) · 800p handheld (1280×800) · 15 W TDP
Steam Frame
2160×2160 per eye · 72–144 Hz · standalone + PC streaming
A flatscreen game. On the Frame it's played on a virtual big screen, best streamed from your Machine over the 6 GHz link.
Analysis — Deeper In The Dark on the Steam Machine
As a RPG, this leans on the CPU in dense scenes — the Machine's 6-core Zen 4 is the part to watch in a densely-populated city district. Resolution costs little here; simulation/draw-distance settings cost the most.
8 GB of VRAM is comfortable for this title at 1080p; you're unlikely to hit the texture-streaming wall unless you push 1440p with max textures.
Deeper In The Dark isn't SteamOS-rated yet. As a RPG on the Machine's RX 7600-class GPU, plan for a 1080p experience — the 6-core Zen 4 CPU carries the dense scenes, so resolution costs little and simulation/draw-distance settings cost the most. Games like it in this genre — e.g. Our Darker Purpose — land red on the Steam Machine, so expect broadly similar. Own it on a Valve device? Submit your FPS and we'll publish a measured verdict.
What-if FPS estimator
Scales our base Steam Machine verdict by typical per-setting costs — a directional what-if, not a measured benchmark. Real results vary by title and scene.
Frequently asked
Will Deeper In The Dark run on the Steam Machine?
Deeper In The Dark isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet. Based on the hardware expect a 1080p experience; we'll publish a measured verdict as data arrives.
Can you play Deeper In The Dark on the Steam Frame?
Deeper In The Dark is a flatscreen game. On the Steam Frame you'd play it on a virtual big screen, best streamed from a Steam Machine or PC over the 6 GHz link.
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How we know this
Inferred from this title's official SteamOS / Steam Deck compatibility rating, scaled to the Machine's roughly 6× Deck GPU power.
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