Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition on the Steam Machine
Can the Steam Machine run Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition?
Yes — Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, 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: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY 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 · 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 — Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition on the Steam Machine
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 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.
276 ProtonDB reports rate it Gold (runs perfectly after tweaks), in line with Valve's Deck Playable rating.
Frequently asked
Is Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition Steam Deck Verified?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY 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)
- ProtonDB: Gold, 276 reports · ProtonDBIndependent community signal shown alongside our verdict, not used to compute it.
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