Hearts of Iron 2 Complete on the Steam Machine
Can the Steam Machine run Hearts of Iron 2 Complete?
Yes — Hearts of Iron 2 Complete, a 2009 strategy game, 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.
Key facts: Hearts of Iron 2 Complete 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 — Hearts of Iron 2 Complete on the Steam Machine
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is a 2009 release, built for PCs far older than the Machine, so frame-rate isn't the question here; controller support and text size on a TV are.
12 ProtonDB reports rate it Gold (runs perfectly after tweaks), in line with Valve's Deck Playable rating.
Frequently asked
Is Hearts of Iron 2 Complete Steam Deck Verified?
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete 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, 12 reports · ProtonDBIndependent community signal shown alongside our verdict, not used to compute it.
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