Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
Summary
Valve has begun publishing average frame rates and performance charts on many Steam Store pages, using anonymized data from players who opted in. The figures give buyers a way to compare how games run on Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED beyond Valve’s Verified and Unsupported labels, though settings such as frame-rate limits can affect the results.Key Facts
- Valve has collected anonymized frame-rate data from opted-in Steam players since February.
- Valve now displays averages and frame-rate histograms for Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED on many Steam Store pages.
- Valve says settings such as VSync and frame-rate limits can affect the collected measurements, which do not account for users’ custom in-game settings.
- Cyberpunk 2077 averages about 30–40 frames per second on Steam Deck, while Skyrim: Special Edition usually reaches 50–60, despite both being Verified.
- Some games marked Unsupported, including Starfield, Silent Hill 2, and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, show playable frame rates in user reports; Syndicate approaches a 60 FPS average on Steam Deck OLED.
- Watch Dogs 2 is marked Unsupported because of anti-cheat compatibility issues, but users report averages above 40 FPS in its single-player modes.
- Code found in Steam client files has pointed to a possible future tool that would estimate game frame rates for different PC configurations.
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