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New Frontier on the Steam Machine

Not yet testedDerived from SteamOS compatibilityProtonDB Borked· 6 reports

Can the Steam Machine run New Frontier?

New Frontier isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet — Steam publishes no SteamOS compatibility signal for it, and we'd rather say so than guess.

Where to buy New Frontier

We'll publish a verdict as data arrives. One signal does exist: 6 Linux players report it as Borked on ProtonDB — it does not currently run under Proton at all. Its 4 GB VRAM ask sits under the Machine's 8 GB. Recommended RAM is 16 GB — exactly the Machine's 16 GB.

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Key facts: New Frontier on Steam Machine

Compatibility: Not yet tested (unknown). No SteamOS compatibility signal for the Steam Machine yet.
Device & mode: Steam Machine: Not yet tested — Runs locally on SteamOS (1080p default)
Steam Deck: Unrated by Valve — 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: No verdict · 1 source (1 linked) · data as of June 2026 · methodology
ProtonDB: Borked, 6 reports
Limitations: No frame-rate measured and Valve hasn't rated it for SteamOS — there is no verdict yet.
ProtonDB players report it Borked — it doesn't currently run under Proton.
Not recorded here: anti-cheat status, frame generation, game / SteamOS / Proton versions.

Steam Machine

Not yet tested

Not yet rated

Steam Deck

Unrated

No measured data yet

Steam Frame

Flatscreen

Stream to a virtual screen

Analysis — New Frontier on the Steam Machine

CPU vs GPU

MMOs get CPU-bound exactly where it matters: crowded hubs and raids with dozens of players drawing at once. Cutting the visible-player limit or character detail helps there far more than dropping resolution.

What to expect

New Frontier has no SteamOS rating yet. A similar game we do rate, The Cycle: Frontier, lands red on the Steam Machine — a reasonable first guide until this one gets its own verdict.