The Lab on Valve's SteamOS devices
The Lab, a game, isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet. Based on its RX 7600-class GPU and 8 GB VRAM, expect a solid 1080p experience — own it on a Valve device? Submit your FPS and rate it first.
At a glance across Valve's SteamOS devices
Can the Steam Machine run The Lab?
The Lab isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet — Steam publishes no SteamOS compatibility signal for it, and we'd rather say so than guess. The hardware targets 1080p; we'll publish a verdict as data arrives. One signal does exist, and it isn't ours: 55 Linux players have reported running it under Proton, rating it Silver. That says it runs — not how fast.
Steam Machine
~Radeon RX 7600 / GeForce RTX 4060 class · 8 GB GDDR6 (dedicated graphics memory) · 1080p–1440p native · 4K 60 with FSR upscaling
No SteamOS signal strong enough to call this one, at any settings tier — so we don't. Measure it on your Machine and this splits into three real tiers.
Steam Deck
AMD RDNA 2, 8 CU (~1.6 TFLOPs) · 800p handheld (1280×800) · 15 W TDP
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 — The Lab on the Steam Machine
This game is GPU-bound on the Machine — frame-rate scales with resolution and post-processing, so upscaling (FSR) is your biggest lever when frames get tight.
8 GB of VRAM is comfortable for this title at 1080p; you're unlikely to hit the texture-streaming wall unless you push 1440p with max textures.
The Lab isn't SteamOS-rated yet. As a game on the Machine's RX 7600-class GPU, plan for a 1080p experience — frame-rate scales with resolution and post-processing, so FSR is your main lever if frames get tight. Games like it in this genre — e.g. Perspective — land green on the Steam Machine, so expect broadly similar. Own it on a Valve device? Submit your FPS and we'll publish a measured verdict.
Big screen → the Steam Machine (not yet tested). Handheld → not a fit for the Deck, or streamed to the Frame on a virtual screen.
What-if FPS estimator
Scales our base Steam Machine verdict by typical per-setting costs — a directional what-if, not a measured benchmark. Real results vary by title and scene.
Frequently asked
Can the Steam Machine run The Lab?
The Lab isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet — Steam publishes no SteamOS compatibility signal for it, and we'd rather say so than guess. The hardware targets 1080p; we'll publish a verdict as data arrives. One signal does exist, and it isn't ours: 55 Linux players have reported running it under Proton, rating it Silver. That says it runs — not how fast.
Is The Lab Steam Deck Verified?
The Lab is currently flagged Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Can you play The Lab on the Steam Frame?
The Lab 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
Inferred from this title's official SteamOS / Steam Deck compatibility rating, scaled to the Machine's roughly 6× Deck GPU power.
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