Games on Steam have already been enjoying the various shades of the Steam Deck Compatibility check mark for some time now. Well, now you can check a title’s compatibility on both the Steam Machine and SteamOS right there on its store page.
A few beats after the Steam Machine’s June release, you can now check whether Valve’s funky game box is up to the task of playing the depths of your backlog at a glance. On Steam, just click ‘learn more’ next to the Steam Deck compatibility rating for a brief breakdown of what works and what doesn’t across Valve’s various hardware and software platforms.
However, not all games enjoy a full Steam Machine compatibility rating; as spotted by Ars Technica, Black Myth: Wukong’s compatibility is still listed as unknown, accompanied by a message that says “Valve is still learning” about the 2024 game, and that it doesn’t “currently have further information regarding Steam Machine compatibility.” In the case of Wukong, this could be because the game is too GPU and/or CPU intensive, causing the title to fail to reach a minimum threshold of, say, FPS while in-play on Valve’s game box.
Otherwise, the game is listed as running “successfully on SteamOS”. That means you’re not limited to the Steam Machine’s hardware specs (or indeed its disappointing price point or availability). You could instead opt to enjoy Wukong plus all the benefits of SteamOS on hardier hardware from someone other than Valve, such as the Lenovo Legion Go S.