Official Group for Steamworks Development Support

Hello!

Today we are expanding the Verified program to include Steam Machine and Steam Frame, both of which are shipping this summer. As with Steam Deck Verified, the goal is to help customers understand the out-of-box experience for a given title on these new devices, and how smoothly a game will run with no user work or configuration required.

The Steamworks site has been updated with additional details about optimizing your titles, requirements for verification, and best practices for developing for these devices.

• Steam Machine Steamworks Documentation

• Steam Frame Steamworks Documentation

Steam Machine is a PC running SteamOS, designed to (among other things) make it easy to play your PC games in the living room. The hardware is roughly six times as powerful as a Steam Deck but the software that runs on Machine is the same as what runs on Deck, including SteamOS, the Steam interface, and Proton (our tool that enables your Windows games to run on SteamOS).

The requirements for Steam Machine Verified are nearly identical to Steam Deck Verified, and focus on the customer experience out of the box: Does the default controller configuration work well? Do the default graphic settings perform well? Tens of thousands of Steam titles have gone through the Steam Deck Verified program so for both developers and customers the Steam Machine Verified program will feel very familiar.

Long story short: If your game already runs well on Deck, it will also run well on Machine with no extra work required from you. And if it doesn't run great on Deck because of CPU or GPU performance, it may still run great on Machine. If you have games like this, you don't have to take any action: We're already testing every title on Machine that fell below our performance requirements on Deck.

You can learn more about optimizing your titles for Steam Machine on the Steamworks site: Steam Machine Steamworks Documentation. Learn more about Steam Machine features and technical specs here.

While Steam Frame is primarily designed for high quality game streaming from a PC, it's also a full PC running SteamOS, with standalone capabilities: games can be run entirely on the headset, not connected to anything.

Like Steam Deck Verified, the Steam Frame Standalone Verified program focuses on the experience customers will have with the device out-of-the-box in standalone mode. The criteria are similar as well: the default graphics configuration needs to perform well, text and UI elements need to be clear and legible on the built-in display, and the default controller configuration needs to work well with the Steam Frame Controllers. The same test criteria apply to both VR titles and non-VR titles.

You can learn more about optimizing your games for Steam Frame at the Steamworks documentation here: Steam Frame Steamworks Documentation. Learn more about Steam Frame features and technical specs here.

In addition to updating Steamworks Documentation to include developer info for Steam Machine and Steam Frame, today we're updating the Partner Dashboard to include Verified test info for Steam Machine and Steam Frame. On your dashboard you'll see new tabs for Steam Machine and Steam Frame alongside Steam Deck Verified. Many titles have already been tested, and you may see Verified results for either or both of the new devices.

We’re excited for players to try your titles on the new Steam hardware once they launch this summer. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback.