Project Highrise on the Steam Machine
Can the Steam Machine run Project Highrise?
Yes — Project Highrise, a 2016 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. Its 1 GB VRAM ask sits under the Machine's 8 GB. Recommended RAM is 4 GB — comfortably within the Machine's 16 GB.
Key facts: Project Highrise 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 — Project Highrise on the Steam Machine
23 ProtonDB reports rate it Gold (runs perfectly after tweaks), in line with Valve's Deck Playable rating.
Frequently asked
Is Project Highrise Steam Deck Verified?
Project Highrise 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, 23 reports · ProtonDBIndependent community signal shown alongside our verdict, not used to compute it.
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