Unsupported but playable

Steam Deck games Valve says don't work — but actually do

Valve's Unsupported label doesn't always mean what you think. Some games are flagged for anti-cheat systems that only block online play — the single-player campaign runs without a hitch. Others are marked for "performance issues" that the ProtonDB community has never actually experienced.

These 106 games carry Valve's Unsupported badge, yet have Gold or Platinum status on ProtonDB — confirmed by thousands of real Steam Deck players. Judge for yourself.

Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign worksPerformance flagged by ValveNo specific reason given

GOLD
The First Descendant
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles297 rep.
GOLD
Arma Reforger
No specific reason given
Playable250 rep.
GOLD
RAGE 2
No specific reason given
Playable163 rep.
PLATINUM
SILENT HILL 2
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles158 rep.
PLATINUM
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
No specific reason given
Playable152 rep.
GOLD
Gothic 1
No specific reason given
Playable138 rep.
GOLD
Tower Unite
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles135 rep.
GOLD
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
No specific reason given
Playable113 rep.
PLATINUM
Sonic Adventure DX
No specific reason given
Playable113 rep.
GOLD
Gothic II: Gold Edition
No specific reason given
Playable111 rep.
GOLD
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
No specific reason given
Playable103 rep.
GOLD
Sunset Overdrive
No specific reason given
Playable93 rep.
PLATINUM
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
No specific reason given
Playable86 rep.
GOLD
Zero Hour
No specific reason given
Playable80 rep.
GOLD
Bodycam
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles78 rep.
GOLD
LARA CROFT AND THE TEMPLE OF OSIRIS™
No specific reason given
Playable76 rep.
PLATINUM
The Quarry
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles73 rep.
GOLD
Unravel
No specific reason given
Playable66 rep.
GOLD
Nex Machina
No specific reason given
Playable65 rep.
GOLD
DEAD OR ALIVE 6
No specific reason given
Playable62 rep.
GOLD
Split/Second
No specific reason given
Playable56 rep.
GOLD
Shenmue I & II
No specific reason given
Playable54 rep.
PLATINUM
Team Sonic Racing™
No specific reason given
Playable51 rep.
GOLD
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
No specific reason given
Playable50 rep.
PLATINUM
Painkiller: Black Edition
No specific reason given
Playable50 rep.
PLATINUM
LEGO® Worlds
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles48 rep.
GOLD
Riders Republic
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable46 rep.
GOLD
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
No specific reason given
Playable46 rep.
GOLD
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
No specific reason given
Playable46 rep.
GOLD
Unreal Gold
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
PLATINUM
Retrowave
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
GOLD
GRID Legends
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
PLATINUM
Figment
No specific reason given
Playable43 rep.
GOLD
Call of Juarez
No specific reason given
Playable40 rep.
PLATINUM
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
No specific reason given
Playable38 rep.
GOLD
Crown Trick
No specific reason given
Playable37 rep.
PLATINUM
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
No specific reason given
Playable36 rep.
PLATINUM
Hello Neighbor
No specific reason given
Playable36 rep.
PLATINUM
Warhammer: Chaosbane
No specific reason given
Playable35 rep.
GOLD
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
No specific reason given
Playable35 rep.
PLATINUM
Saints Row
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles33 rep.
PLATINUM
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
No specific reason given
Playable33 rep.
GOLD
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
No specific reason given
Playable31 rep.
GOLD
Jade Empire™: Special Edition
No specific reason given
Playable31 rep.
GOLD
Trover Saves the Universe
No specific reason given
Playable31 rep.
PLATINUM
Disney•Pixar WALL-E
No specific reason given
Playable30 rep.
GOLD
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
No specific reason given
Playable30 rep.
GOLD
Dark Sector
No specific reason given
Playable29 rep.
GOLD
Zeus + Poseidon
No specific reason given
Playable28 rep.
GOLD
Video Horror Society
No specific reason given
Playable28 rep.
GOLD
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
No specific reason given
Playable24 rep.
PLATINUM
Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~ DX
No specific reason given
Playable23 rep.
GOLD
GWENT: Rogue Mage (Single-Player Expansion)
No specific reason given
Playable23 rep.
GOLD
SUCCUBUS
No specific reason given
Playable23 rep.
GOLD
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2001)
No specific reason given
Playable22 rep.
GOLD
ZOMBI
No specific reason given
Playable22 rep.
PLATINUM
HuniePop 2: Double Date
No specific reason given
Playable21 rep.
GOLD
X-Blades
No specific reason given
Playable21 rep.
GOLD
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable21 rep.
GOLD
eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
PLATINUM
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
GOLD
Ys SEVEN
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
PLATINUM
Evenicle
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
GOLD
DESOLATE
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
GOLD
de Blob
No specific reason given
Playable20 rep.
PLATINUM
SiN Episodes: Emergence
No specific reason given
Playable19 rep.
PLATINUM
Baldr Sky
No specific reason given
Playable18 rep.
PLATINUM
Lay of the Land
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles16 rep.
PLATINUM
WWE 2K23
No specific reason given
Playable16 rep.
PLATINUM
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
No specific reason given
Playable16 rep.
GOLD
Material Girl
No specific reason given
Playable15 rep.
PLATINUM
Caladrius Blaze
No specific reason given
Playable14 rep.
GOLD
Street Fighter® IV
No specific reason given
Playable14 rep.
GOLD
Close To The Sun
No specific reason given
Playable14 rep.
GOLD
巫兎 - KANNAGI USAGI -
No specific reason given
Playable12 rep.
GOLD
Gabriel Knight® 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
No specific reason given
Playable12 rep.
GOLD
秦殇 (Prince of Qin)
No specific reason given
Playable11 rep.
GOLD
Monster Monpiece
No specific reason given
Playable11 rep.
GOLD
DRAMAtical Murder
No specific reason given
Playable11 rep.
PLATINUM
Hamidashi Creative
No specific reason given
Playable10 rep.
GOLD
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
No specific reason given
Playable9 rep.
PLATINUM
Clover Day's Plus
No specific reason given
Playable8 rep.
PLATINUM
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles8 rep.
GOLD
Phantasmagoria
No specific reason given
Playable8 rep.
GOLD
Echo
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles7 rep.
PLATINUM
1001 Spikes
No specific reason given
Playable7 rep.
PLATINUM
At Home Alone Final
No specific reason given
Playable6 rep.
PLATINUM
The Whispered World Special Edition
No specific reason given
Playable6 rep.
GOLD
Infected Mushroom Pinball
No specific reason given
Playable6 rep.
PLATINUM
Chessformer
No specific reason given
Playable5 rep.
PLATINUM
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles5 rep.
GOLD
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
No specific reason given
Playable5 rep.
PLATINUM
Tayutama 2-you're the only one-
No specific reason given
Playable5 rep.
PLATINUM
Chromatic Conundrum
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
GOLD
Life After Magic
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
PLATINUM
Evil God Korone
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
PLATINUM
Sutekina kanojo no tsukurikata
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
PLATINUM
TAISHO x ALICE episode 1
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
GOLD
Bartlow's Dread Machine
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
PLATINUM
Tokyo Necro
No specific reason given
Playable4 rep.
PLATINUM
Happiness! Sakura Celebration!
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.
GOLD
Once a Porn a Time
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.
PLATINUM
HoneyHoneyHoney!
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.
GOLD
Refate: Echoes of Desire
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.
PLATINUM
I got a millenary cat
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.
PLATINUM
LOVEPICAL-POPPY!
No specific reason given
Playable3 rep.