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Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games’ store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy
Valve has quietly switched on Steam Machine compatibility ratings on Steam store pages, roughly two weeks after the console's release. Until now, games could earn a Verified, Playable or Unsupported rating for the Steam Machine, but the results were not displayed publicly, meaning titles that had passed testing could not show it. Overnight, the information appeared alongside the existing Steam Deck verification details, giving buyers of the SteamOS box a way to gauge how well their Windows-made games will run.
The Steam Machine ratings currently sit within the store page's Steam Deck Compatibility section, which the article notes is a slightly awkward place to find them. Examples include Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and the newly released Palworld 1.0 both earning full Verified status, while Valve's own Dota 2 lands on Playable, marked down for inaccurate controller icons and occasional reliance on an onscreen keyboard. Valve's forthcoming Steam Frame VR headset, the last part of its 2026 hardware line-up, will also get its own verification programme, though its Android-style ARM chip adds complications, requiring a compatibility layer called FEX to run x86 games.
In short
- Steam Machine compatibility ratings are now visible on store pages.
- Ratings sit within the existing Steam Deck Compatibility section.
- Steam Frame VR headset will get its own verification programme too.
Explained simply
The Steam Machine is Valve's recently released gaming console that runs on SteamOS and is designed to play Windows PC games. Unlike traditional consoles with proprietary games, the Steam Machine needs extensive testing to ensure each Windows title runs properly on the new hardware.
Valve operates a verification system that rates game compatibility with three tiers: Verified for games that work fully, Playable for titles with minor issues, and Unsupported for games that do not function. Until now, these test results existed internally but were never displayed to buyers.
The ratings now appear on Steam store pages, allowing potential buyers to make informed purchasing decisions about which games are compatible with their console. The ratings appear alongside existing compatibility information for Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming device.