This verification system is completely unreliable. The good news is that it’s most often wrong in a good way. Games that are shown as unsupported or unverified typically work just fine. In reality it’s probably 90%+ of Steam’s library that will work perfectly.
I only really check multiplayer games/live service. Single player games even when it says not verified, I’ve never had a problem. Probably no official check yet. I also play desktop Linux so poor Deck performance leading to a worse rating is mostly irrelevant to me
Keep in mind this includes games like the oblivion remastered, which is certainly launchable, but I wouldn’t call 10-20 fps playable.
I honestly think Proton is one of the most impressive pieces of software of the last decade
A lot of very talented people have donated decades of work in order to get us to this point. It’s nice to see it come together.
A quick search says there are 55,000 games on Steam. 19,000 is just over a third of all Steam games guaranteed to work on Linux with no issues.
Neither “Playable” nor “Verified” status means no issues, unfortunately. It’s still good, but IMO the current rating system leaves a lot to be desired.
It will be a magical day when it hits 51% of all games!
Where are they getting the numbers from? I’m not doubting the article but protondb only reports that only 3225 games are rated verified and playable.
The numbers seem to come from SteamDB’s instant search.
There’s about a thousand more Verified and Playable games than two months ago.
That is insane. I mean, I know a lot of it is publishers pushing to get them verified, but still. 1000 games in 2 months. Wow.
