The Steam Deck has just hit a new milestone of surpassing 15,000 compatible games. So we repeated the exercise a few months after the last event, although we would have to go back nearly a year to find similar numbering.

Be that as it may, Steam Deck now has over 15,000 compatible games, always according to the SteamDB data we’ve been using since the beginning of this tracking, which started even before the device launched. Based on this data, we announce 1000, 2000, 2500, 5000, 10000, 12000. compatible games. And now we’re doing the same with 15,000 compatible games.

More interesting than the number itself, however, is how the Steam Deck achieved this milestone. In this regard, it should be recalled that the console was launched on March 1, 2022, and in six months it already had 5,000 compatible titles on its account. They needed another four months to reach 10,000 compatible games, and at least eleven months to reach the 15,000 we’re dealing with.

It is also important to note that Steam Deck uses a A Linux-based operating system, although most of its catalog comes from Windows games. Additionally, there are more games available on Steam for Linux than the Steam Deck can claim as its own due to Valve’s quality policy. In other words, Steam Deck’s potential catalog is much larger than the current 15,000 titles.

This policy includes explicit testing of each game, which will then be labeled as unsupported, playable or verified. The last two groups include console-compatible games according to Valve’s criteria: the playable ones work well, although they may have some bugs or may not be perfectly adapted to the device’s screen and controls; The verified ones, in addition to working properly, are optimized to offer the best experience on Steam Deck.

The specific numbers according to SteamDB data are:

• 4,926 verified games.
• 10,142 playable games.
• 4,217 unsupported games.

According to SteamDB data, the most curious thing is that initially there were more verified titles than playable, but the trend changed as the catalog grew. However, this doesn’t seem to be a problem as Steam Deck boasts compatibility covering 70 of the top 100 games on Steam. The scale is not bad at all.

However, the highlight is not the quantity, but the quality of the titles available to Steam Deck users. In that sense, there’s not much reason to complain, as many great recent games have reached a good level of console compatibility in record time.