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 120 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
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable2,264 rep.
GOLD
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
No specific reason given
Playable979 rep.
GOLD
Starfield
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles740 rep.
GOLD
Space Engineers
No specific reason given
Playable724 rep.
PLATINUM
Phasmophobia
No specific reason given
Playable687 rep.
GOLD
Crimson Desert
No specific reason given
Playable676 rep.
GOLD
Assetto Corsa
No specific reason given
Playable525 rep.
GOLD
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
No specific reason given
Playable489 rep.
GOLD
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
No specific reason given
Playable479 rep.
GOLD
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles411 rep.
GOLD
DayZ
No specific reason given
Playable367 rep.
GOLD
DiRT Rally 2.0
No specific reason given
Playable340 rep.
GOLD
Enshrouded
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles337 rep.
GOLD
The First Descendant
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles297 rep.
GOLD
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles282 rep.
GOLD
Sons Of The Forest
No specific reason given
Playable273 rep.
GOLD
Arma Reforger
No specific reason given
Playable250 rep.
GOLD
Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles250 rep.
PLATINUM
Batman™: Arkham Origins
No specific reason given
Playable229 rep.
GOLD
REMNANT II®
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles217 rep.
GOLD
Dark and Darker
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles210 rep.
GOLD
Watch_Dogs® 2
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable196 rep.
GOLD
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition
No specific reason given
Playable182 rep.
GOLD
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
No specific reason given
Playable181 rep.
GOLD
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
No specific reason given
Playable177 rep.
GOLD
DJMAX RESPECT V
No specific reason given
Playable172 rep.
GOLD
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
No specific reason given
Playable169 rep.
GOLD
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
No specific reason given
Playable168 rep.
PLATINUM
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
No specific reason given
Playable164 rep.
GOLD
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
No specific reason given
Playable164 rep.
GOLD
RAGE 2
No specific reason given
Playable163 rep.
PLATINUM
SILENT HILL 2
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles158 rep.
GOLD
Need for Speed™ Unbound
No specific reason given
Playable157 rep.
PLATINUM
Project CARS 2
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable156 rep.
GOLD
Persona® 5 Strikers
No specific reason given
Playable155 rep.
PLATINUM
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
No specific reason given
Playable152 rep.
GOLD
DOOM 3
No specific reason given
Playable152 rep.
GOLD
Half-Life: Alyx
No specific reason given
Playable150 rep.
GOLD
SPORE™
No specific reason given
Playable145 rep.
GOLD
Tales of Berseria™
No specific reason given
Playable145 rep.
GOLD
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
No specific reason given
Playable140 rep.
GOLD
Gothic 1
No specific reason given
Playable138 rep.
PLATINUM
Buckshot Roulette
No specific reason given
Playable137 rep.
GOLD
Tower Unite
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles135 rep.
GOLD
Devil May Cry HD Collection
No specific reason given
Playable127 rep.
GOLD
Assetto Corsa EVO
No specific reason given
Playable125 rep.
GOLD
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
No specific reason given
Playable118 rep.
GOLD
Ultra Street Fighter® IV
No specific reason given
Playable116 rep.
PLATINUM
WEBFISHING
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles116 rep.
PLATINUM
Sonic Adventure DX
No specific reason given
Playable113 rep.
GOLD
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
No specific reason given
Playable113 rep.
GOLD
Gothic II: Gold Edition
No specific reason given
Playable111 rep.
GOLD
Minecraft Dungeons
No specific reason given
Playable111 rep.
GOLD
Returnal™
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles110 rep.
GOLD
Resident Evil 0
No specific reason given
Playable110 rep.
GOLD
Cruelty Squad
No specific reason given
Playable107 rep.
GOLD
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
No specific reason given
Playable103 rep.
GOLD
Mafia II (Classic)
No specific reason given
Playable101 rep.
GOLD
Tomb Raider: Underworld
No specific reason given
Playable97 rep.
GOLD
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable95 rep.
GOLD
World War Z
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles95 rep.
GOLD
Sunset Overdrive
No specific reason given
Playable93 rep.
GOLD
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
No specific reason given
Playable92 rep.
GOLD
Blood™ Fresh Supply
No specific reason given
Playable90 rep.
GOLD
Mafia
No specific reason given
Playable88 rep.
PLATINUM
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
No specific reason given
Playable86 rep.
PLATINUM
Heat Signature
No specific reason given
Playable86 rep.
GOLD
Zero Hour
No specific reason given
Playable80 rep.
GOLD
Aliens vs. Predator™
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.
GOLD
STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition
No specific reason given
Playable75 rep.
PLATINUM
The Flame in the Flood
No specific reason given
Playable74 rep.
PLATINUM
Supraland
No specific reason given
Playable73 rep.
PLATINUM
Terminator: Resistance
No specific reason given
Playable73 rep.
PLATINUM
The Quarry
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles73 rep.
GOLD
Surviving Mars
No specific reason given
Playable72 rep.
PLATINUM
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles72 rep.
GOLD
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
No specific reason given
Playable71 rep.
GOLD
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
No specific reason given
Playable71 rep.
GOLD
Need for Speed™ Payback
No specific reason given
Playable69 rep.
GOLD
Breathedge
No specific reason given
Playable68 rep.
GOLD
Thief Gold (1999)
No specific reason given
Playable68 rep.
GOLD
Unravel
No specific reason given
Playable66 rep.
GOLD
Nex Machina
No specific reason given
Playable65 rep.
GOLD
Megadimension Neptunia VII
No specific reason given
Playable65 rep.
PLATINUM
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
No specific reason given
Playable65 rep.
PLATINUM
Styx: Shards of Darkness
No specific reason given
Playable65 rep.
PLATINUM
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
No specific reason given
Playable64 rep.
GOLD
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
No specific reason given
Playable63 rep.
GOLD
DEAD OR ALIVE 6
No specific reason given
Playable62 rep.
GOLD
Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition
No specific reason given
Playable62 rep.
GOLD
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)
No specific reason given
Playable62 rep.
GOLD
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
No specific reason given
Playable60 rep.
GOLD
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles59 rep.
GOLD
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
No specific reason given
Playable58 rep.
GOLD
STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II
No specific reason given
Playable58 rep.
GOLD
RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
No specific reason given
Playable56 rep.
GOLD
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles56 rep.
GOLD
Split/Second
No specific reason given
Playable56 rep.
GOLD
DC Universe™ Online
No specific reason given
Playable55 rep.
PLATINUM
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
No specific reason given
Playable54 rep.
GOLD
Shenmue I & II
No specific reason given
Playable54 rep.
PLATINUM
Spec Ops: The Line
No specific reason given
Playable51 rep.
PLATINUM
Team Sonic Racing™
No specific reason given
Playable51 rep.
PLATINUM
Painkiller: Black Edition
No specific reason given
Playable50 rep.
GOLD
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
No specific reason given
Playable50 rep.
GOLD
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
No specific reason given
Playable49 rep.
GOLD
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
No specific reason given
Playable48 rep.
PLATINUM
LEGO® Worlds
Performance flagged by Valve
Runs but struggles48 rep.
PLATINUM
Ys Origin
No specific reason given
Playable47 rep.
GOLD
Riders Republic
Anti-cheat · online blocked, campaign works
Playable46 rep.
PLATINUM
Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
No specific reason given
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.
PLATINUM
Observation
No specific reason given
Playable45 rep.
GOLD
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
GOLD
Ghost of a Tale
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
GOLD
GRID Legends
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.
PLATINUM
Retrowave
No specific reason given
Playable44 rep.