Can the Steam Machine run Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)?
Yes — Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), a 2012 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 2 GB — comfortably within the Machine's 16 GB.
Key facts: Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) 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 · 1 source (1 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 — Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) on the Steam Machine
Steam lists full controller support, so it plays from the sofa without a keyboard.
Frequently asked
Is Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) Steam Deck Verified?
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) 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)
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