Steam Deck has broken another barrier when it comes to compatible games: Valve’s console already has a catalog more than 5,000 titles on your account, although the potential growth is much, much higher. Therefore, when we talk about compatible games, we mean games that have been tested for compatibility.

In this regard, it is worth remembering that Valve distinguishes two categories of games for the Steam Deck: those that are supported, including verified and playable games, and those that are not. Then there’s the rest, most of the titles shipped on the Steam Store, many of which will likely work on the Steam Deck; but until it’s verified, they won’t get permission

It is also worth remembering what the difference is between them so called compatible games for Steam Deckand the point is that while the playable ones have been tested and work well, but may cause some problem or are not well adapted to the screen and control of the device, the verified ones are those that, in addition to working properly, are and adapted to offer the best the Steam Deck experience.

All this should be kept in mind because, as you know, Steam Deck is not a typical console: it is based on Linux, and although the catalog of games compatible with Linux on Steam is much wider, Steam Deck is not reduced to it, but rather highly supportive Windows games, real cake playing games on PC. And it does so with exceptional quality given the technical difficulties it faces.

In fact, Valve’s title verification process is thorough and equally covers both games that are native to Linux and those that are exclusive to Windows. We have already explained in detail in this article how they make Windows games work so well on Steam Deck. Overall, the pace of verification has been erratic over time, but also in outcome.

So when the Steam Deck was only a week out, its catalog already contained 1,000 compatible games; a month later it reached 2,000, and the following month there were already 2,500 compatible games, a break in the rhythm motivated by tighter control of the verification process. In addition, until then, the number of verification games was generally slightly higher than the number of playable games, although this sounds contradictory.

Now things have taken a bit of a turn and Steam Deck supports 5,021 games that they collect in SteamDB are 2,139 verified games and 2,882 playable games. This milestone also comes four months after the previous one, so basically there has been a significant reduction in the approval rate. Either way, Valve’s console is well stocked and will continue to be.

Some of the recent titles that have been added to the past years list as playable or verified include NORCO, Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition, party panic, Wasteland Remastered, Tropico Reloaded, LA Noire, Let’s cook together*Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II or Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

But remember, if you have a Steam Deck and want to know which games in your library are compatible or with future purchases, Valve has made it very easy for you. Back on topic… when will the 10k be reached?