Who we are
The place where tens of thousands of Steam Deck owners share what actually works — and we make it searchable.
Our story
It started with a Steam Deck, a long weekend, and a realization: the knowledge needed to answer 'does this actually run well?' was already out there — scattered across ProtonDB reports, Reddit threads, Discord servers, and ShareDeck sessions. Thousands of players had already done the testing. What was missing was a single place that reconciled it all into one clear, honest verdict. That's what SteamDeckPlayable is: the Steam Deck community's collective expertise, organized.
The Steam Deck community is the expert
This site grows because tens of thousands of Steam Deck owners play, test, and share their findings every day. ProtonDB contributors document exactly what happens when they run games under Linux and Proton — real sessions, real hardware, real results. ShareDeck users measure actual battery drain and FPS on their own Decks. Every report, every shared configuration, every note about a workaround builds the database that helps the next player. We structure it, cross-reference it, and make it searchable — because that collective knowledge deserves to be found.
Our mission
Give every Steam Deck owner the honest answer before they buy or launch a game — backed by thousands of real players who've been there first. No marketing. No vague badges. Just the community's firsthand experience, reconciled into something you can use.
Independent & non-commercial
SteamDeckPlayable is not affiliated with or sponsored by Valve Corporation. We don't accept money to influence verdicts. If a game doesn't run well, we say so — and if the community says it's fine despite a bad Valve badge, we say that too.