Steam Machine compatibility ratings are now live on Steam store pages

Valve quietly enabled Steam Machine compatibility ratings on Steam store pages overnight, letting players check at a glance whether a game will run on the new SteamOS living room box. The ratings — Verified, Playable, or Unsupported — appear under the existing Steam Deck Compatibility section via a "Learn More" link.

The system follows the same logic as Steam Deck verification, but with higher performance requirements: Steam Machine Verified demands 1080p at 30 fps at default settings, compared to the Deck's 1200x800 at 30 fps. Games already Verified on Steam Deck carry that status over to Steam Machine automatically. Some titles that only scraped Playable on the Deck — like 007: First Light — get bumped up to Verified on the more powerful hardware. Palworld 1.0 earns a full Verified badge, while even Valve's own Dota 2 lands at Playable, docked for inaccurate controller icons and occasional onscreen keyboard prompts. On the flip side, Valve is listed as "still learning" about compatibility for a number of demanding titles — Black Myth: Wukong, Dragon's Dogma 2, Elden Ring Nightreign, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and Resident Evil Requiem among them. These are games SteamOS can load but that the Steam Deck can't handle, and Valve apparently hasn't finished testing them against the Machine's spec threshold yet.

The Steam Machine launched in June 2026 as Valve's push into the living room PC space, running SteamOS on dedicated hardware. The compatibility rating program was announced alongside it, designed to give buyers confidence about their existing libraries — though the ratings themselves weren't visible on store pages until now. It's worth noting that SteamOS compatibility (separate from Steam Machine hardware ratings) is also shown, meaning players running SteamOS on third-party hardware like the Lenovo Legion Go S can use the same information. One persistent limitation: you still can't filter Steam store search results by Steam Machine or SteamOS compatibility, though that feature is expected to arrive soon.

A "Great on Frame" category has already appeared on Steam, signaling that Valve's upcoming Steam Frame VR headset — the final piece of its 2026 hardware lineup — will get its own verification program too. For now, Steam Machine owners can finally browse their libraries with some clarity, even if the most demanding titles remain in a frustrating grey zone.