Can the Steam Machine run Grand Theft Auto VI?
Not yet known — Grand Theft Auto VI isn't out, so Valve hasn't rated it for SteamOS and there's nothing honest to derive a verdict from.
We'll publish one when it launches and Valve rates it.
Key facts: Grand Theft Auto VI on Steam Machine
- Compatibility
- Anticipated (unknown). Not released yet — nothing to rate.
- Device & mode
- Steam Machine: Anticipated — Runs locally on SteamOS (1080p default)
- Steam Deck: Unrated by Valve — Runs locally on the handheld (800p)
- Steam Frame: Native status: unsupported (our estimate) — Flatscreen — streamed from a Steam Machine to a virtual screen, not native (our estimate)
- 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
- Estimated · 1 source (0 linked) · data as of · methodology
- Anticipated from next-gen AAA scaling vs RX 7600 / RTX 4060-class hardware (pre-release) (no public link)
- Limitations
- Pre-release: no verdict can be derived until it ships.
- 8 GB VRAM is a real ceiling here — expect to lower textures at High.
- Not recorded here: anti-cheat status, frame generation, game / SteamOS / Proton versions.
At a glance across Valve's SteamOS devices
Steam Deck
AMD RDNA 2, 8 CU (~1.6 TFLOPs) · 800p handheld (1280×800) · 15 W TDP
Anticipated — a heavy AAA; a tough handheld experience if it runs at all.
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 — Grand Theft Auto VI on the Steam Machine
Open worlds load the CPU while you travel — streaming terrain, crowds and AI. Crowd density and view distance are the settings that move the frame-rate on the Machine; resolution moves it less.
Texture streaming brushes the Machine's 8 GB ceiling here at 1080p+. Drop textures one notch before anything else — it's usually the difference between smooth and stuttery.
Grand Theft Auto VI has no SteamOS rating yet. A similar game we do rate, Crimson Desert, lands green on the Steam Machine — a reasonable first guide until this one gets its own verdict.
Frequently asked
Can you play Grand Theft Auto VI on the Steam Frame?
Grand Theft Auto VI 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
Projected from launch-review benchmarks on equivalent RX 7600 / RTX 4060-class hardware, adjusted for the Machine's 8 GB VRAM.
- Anticipated from next-gen AAA scaling vs RX 7600 / RTX 4060-class hardware (pre-release) (no public link)Our pre-release estimate; no benchmark of the game exists yet.
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