Steam Deck

The Steam Deck has helped bring Linux gaming to a much wider audience, offering a console-like handheld experience built around SteamOS. Here at Boiling Steam, we cover everything Steam Deck, from game compatibility, performance and Proton tweaks to SteamOS updates, hardware developments, accessories, and tips for getting the most out of your device.

General

2026-07-29 : The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: Community Reactions
2026-07-20 : The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How The New Pricing Slashed Demand by 80%
2026-05-28 : Valve Takes Crazy Pills and Jacks Up Steam Deck Pricing
2025-10-10 : Larian Releases a Native Linux version of Baldur's Gate 3 for the Steam Deck
2025-05-31 : Better Settings for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on the Steam Deck
2025-05-26 : Top 1000 Games on Steam: 71% Working on the Steam Deck in May 2025
2025-05-02 : The Steam Deck is Back in Stock in Japan
2024-11-17 : POLL: Interest in the Steam Deck White Edition
2024-11-13 : Steam Deck 2: A Future Headache for Compatibility?
2024-09-29 : Steam Deck Not Charging: How to Fix
2024-09-23 : Steam Deck: Rockstar and the GTA5Gate
2024-08-06 : Top 1000 Games on Steam: 71% Working on the Steam Deck in August 2024
2024-01-15 : The Steam Deck OLED Gets Restocked in Japan... and Sells out Again!
2024-01-12 : A Suprising Discovery Inside The Steam Deck's APU
2024-01-07 : Top 1000 Games on Steam: 73% (735) Working on Steam Deck
2024-01-01 : The Steam Deck OLED Still Out of Stock in Japan
2023-12-25 : Steam Deck OLED Limited Edition: First Impressions Are Quite Underwhelming
2023-12-14 : The Invincible: Walking on a Lifeless Planet, on the Steam Deck
2023-11-26 : Steam Deck OLED: Sold Out in Japan!
2023-11-18 : Steam Deck OLED: A Major Revision Under the Hood
2023-11-12 : Top 100 Steam Games: Nearly 70% work on the Steam Deck in November 2023
2023-11-10 : New Steam Deck Revision: OLED HDR display, Better Battery Life, Wifi6
2023-11-10 : Persona 5 Tactica Already Steam Deck Verified One Week Ahead of Release
2023-10-05 : ViewFinder, Mind-Bending and A Perfect Fit for the Steam Deck
2023-10-02 : Steam Deck's Latest Competitor: Lenovo Opens Preorders for the Legion Go
2023-07-07 : New Hardware Revision for the Steam Deck Spotted?
2023-07-07 : The Steam Deck Will Be Sold in Kyoto, Japan, Just for This Weekend
2023-07-04 : Valve is Accelerating the Validation of Games From 2023 for the Steam Deck Like Never Before… Including Games Not Even Released Yet
2023-05-05 : 9000 games on the Steam Deck with a Heavy Focus on Validating Games from 2021 and 2022
2023-05-04 : Steam Deck Sales in Edion Osaka Store in Japan: Final Update Before the End of Special Event
2023-05-01 : Steam Deck in Japan Stores: 80~100 Units Sold in 2 Days
2023-04-29 : Steam Deck Launches in Stores in Japan - Full Coverage
2023-04-24 : New Steam Deck Hardware Revision In The Wild? (with Pictures)
2023-04-22 : Steam Deck Will be Sold in Physical Stores in Japan Next Week
2023-04-12 : How to Make Amazon Luna Work on Steam Deck (and Linux PC)
2023-04-04 : Hell Let Loose Coming to Steam Deck This Year
2023-04-03 : The Reason Why Valve Is Not Sharing Steam Deck Sales Numbers
2023-03-27 : 75% of the Top 100 Most Played Games on Steam Are Playable/Verified on the Steam Deck
2023-03-26 : Last of Us Part I Verified Day 1 on the Steam Deck?
2023-03-17 : Steam Spring Sale, Many titles at great prices, 1 Game to Grab for Free and the Steam Deck gets a celebration with a Discount
2023-03-01 : Trying Out the Giissmo Dock for the Steam Deck to Game on a Big Screen
2023-03-01 : 8000 Playable Games on the Steam Deck, Including 3000 Verified Ones
2023-02-27 : Steam Deck: First Annniversary of the Ultimate Gaming Platform
2023-02-21 : How to Upgrade Your 64GB Steam Deck's Storage Capacity Now to 512GB for Just $60
2023-02-20 : Dredge: Impressions After 10 Hours at the Wheel (on the Steam Deck)
2022-12-01 : The Steam Deck Orders Are Proceeding in Japan
2022-11-25 : Steam Deck 3 Games Suddenly Losing Verified Status And What To Make Of It
2022-11-16 : Alba A Wildlife Adventure Free On Egs And Working Perfectly On Linux And Steam Deck With Heroic Games Launcher
2022-10-10 : Steam Deck Availalability and OS updates
2022-09-29 : Did the TGS2022 Help The Steam Deck Gain Awareness in Japan? Apparently Yes!
2022-09-19 : The Steam Decks Sales Pitch For Japan It Could Have Been Better To Say The Least
2022-09-18 : Hideo Kojima and The Steam Deck At the TGS 2022
2022-09-15 : TGS 2022 Day 1 - The Steam Deck Booth
2022-09-14 : Steam Pal Rebord as a Mascot for the Steam Deck
2022-09-13 : Steam Deck's Huge Booth at the Tokyo Games Show 2022: First Look and Line-Up Announced
2022-09-12 : Valve Opens Steam Deck Repair Centers
2022-09-08 : Steam Deck Huge Presence At The Tokyo Games Show 2022
2022-09-08 : Steam Deck Huge Presence Planned At The Tokyo Games Show 2022
2022-08-31 : Steam Deck: Acceleration - 5000 Games and Trending Up
2022-08-29 : Transform Your Steam Deck Into A Steering Wheel With Sol Wheels Clever New Model
2022-08-20 : A Steering Wheel for the Steam Deck
2022-08-04 : Steam Deck: You Can Finally Order it in Japan
2022-07-20 : Ratio Of Verified Titles Over Time For The Steam Deck
2022-07-05 : Dead Rising 1 and 2 Make it as Steam Deck Verified Titles
2022-06-17 : Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy Vii Remake For The Steam Deck
2022-06-12 : Steam Deck: Software Updates, Official and Unofficial Docks News
2022-05-07 : Quieter Fans With The Latest Steam Deck Beta
2022-04-28 : What is a bigger deal, that Valve's Steam Deck plays *Elden Ring* from
2022-04-28 : Getting Started With The Steam Deck Desktop
2022-04-26 : Steam Deck Client and OS Update: Lockscreen, Keyboards, and Multiple Windows Support (April 2022)
2022-04-25 : Valve Releases Proton 7.0-2: New Playable Games, Steam Deck Specific Fixes, Network and Video Playback Improvements and More!
2022-04-21 : The Steam Deck Gets a Theming Plugin
2022-04-17 : Metroid Trilogy on the Steam Deck
2022-04-16 : Steam Deck Whistling? Blame the Fan
2022-04-12 : 54% of the Top 100 Steam Games Work on the Steam Deck
2022-04-04 : Steam Deck Laptop: Awesome DIY!
2022-04-02 : Steam Deck Gets Patches Mainly Focusing on Keyboard Improvements
2022-03-29 : Steamtinkerlaunch on Steam Deck: Signs of Support
2022-03-26 : Steam Starts Collecting Feedback From Users on Steam Deck Verified Titles
2022-03-25 : The Publisher With The Best Steam Deck Support
2022-03-20 : Xbox Cloud Gaming Lands on the Steam Deck with Microsoft's Blessing
2022-03-15 : Steam Deck First Impressions
2022-03-14 : More than 80% of Steam Deck Verified/Playable Games Are from 2015 onwards
2022-03-14 : The Steam Deck Finally Gets a Low Battery Indicator
2022-03-11 : How Smooth was the Steam Deck's Launch?
2022-03-11 : Valve Releases Windows Drivers for the Steam Deck
2022-02-27 : GabeN Confident About the Steam Deck's Future
2022-02-24 : A Day before Launch, The Steam Deck Has Almost 800 Games Ready (Playable and Verified)
2022-02-24 : All Hands on Deck: Preparing for the Steam Deck
2022-02-23 : View Your Steam Deck Compatibility Games through Steam
2022-02-20 : Podcast #16 With Luke Short: How far are we from having Steam on ChromeOS, and How the Steam Deck will change Linux Gaming
2022-02-16 : iFixit: Teardown of Steam Deck and Now An Authorized Seller of Steam Deck Parts
2022-02-15 : Steam Deck Input Interface Leaked
2022-02-12 : There's 22 New Games Validated Every Day for the Steam Deck on Average
2022-02-11 : Getting the Most Battery Life with the Steam Deck with Gamescope
2022-02-10 : More than 400 Titles for the Steam Deck
2022-02-08 : Steam Deck: Benchmarks, Battery Life, and More
2022-02-04 : Cyberpunk 2077 Running Great On the Steam Deck!
2022-02-04 : Steam Deck: GPU Settings Fully Customizable
2022-02-02 : First big Jump in Steam Deck Verified Games
2022-01-29 : Steam Deck Verified and Playable Titles Pass the 100 Titles Mark
2022-01-27 : Valve Confirms Steam Deck Will Launch Feb 25th 2022
2022-01-22 : First Batch of Steam Deck Verified and Playable Games
2022-01-10 : Steam Deck - Developer Kit Impressions
2021-11-13 : The Steam Deck Conference: Key Takeaways
2021-11-13 : Proton and the Steam Deck: Good and Bad Times Ahead
2021-10-19 : Steam Deck Verified: Understanding Compatibility
2021-10-10 : Steam Deck Teardown: How Valve Designs Hardware
2021-09-26 : Steam Deck: Official Anti-Cheat Support Incoming in 2021
2021-09-03 : James Ramey and His Thoughts on the Steam Deck
2021-07-30 : Steam Deck: 6 New Points You Need to Know
2021-07-30 : Steam Deck: Wayland, EAC, Performance and More Info
2021-07-15 : Valve Announces Handheld Linux Gaming with The Steam Deck Launching in 2021
2021-06-13 : Smach Z in Dire Straits
2021-05-26 : SteamPal - Valve's New Handheld PC?
2021-05-23 : Smach Z: Dead in 2021, Yet Portable PC Gaming Lives On
2021-02-21 : Aya Neo: A New Challenger for Handheld PC Gaming
2019-09-15 : [TGS2019] The Smach Z is Very Close to Release
2018-09-21 : [TGS 2018] Smach Z, News and Upcoming Milestones
2018-02-27 : The Smach Z Handheld is Still Alive
2016-10-23 : Smach Z: Finally Funded. Now What ?
2016-08-29 : The Smach Z is Not Completely Dead
2015-12-16 : The Smach Z Already Out of Steam, Oh Oh
2015-12-09 : Smach Z: An Amusing KickStarter Campaign
2015-12-07 : More About the Smach Z Portable Steam Machine
2015-11-11 : Smach Zero, Call it Smach Z for short
2015-08-09 : The Portable Smach Zero will Cost 299 USD

Handheld Competition

2026-09-21 : ROG: Xbox Ally X20 at the Tokyo Games Show 2026, Improving Further, but no SteamOS in sight
2025-07-14 : Lenovo Legion Go S: Windows 11 vs SteamOS Performance, and General Availability
2025-02-13 : SteamOS comes to the Lenovo Legion Go S - Is this Steam Machines 2.0 ?
2025-01-13 : POLL: Purchase Intent for the Lenovo Legion Go S running SteamOS
2024-10-15 : TGS 2024: The ROG Ally X, Popular in Japan
2024-02-25 : GamersNexus Pits the ROG Ally Against the Steam Deck OLED at 15W
2024-01-15 : MSI Claw - Another E-Waste Handheld?
2023-08-12 : Catching up with the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally in Akihabara, Tokyo
2023-05-08 : Asus ROG Ally vs Steam Deck? I Bet on the Steam Deck Coming Ahead and Here's Why
2022-02-03 : GPD Win 3: The Tide-Me-Over for the Steam Deck?

SteamOS

2025-05-27 : SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices
2024-01-22 : Aya Neo Next Lite Will Use Something Like SteamOS
2022-08-14 : Steam Deck - Full Overview: Beta Updates, the Upcoming SteamOS Rebase, Market Share and New Games
2022-07-08 : Steam Deck Client and SteamOS Updates For a Hot Summer
2022-05-29 : SteamOS 3.2 Introduces Flexible Refresh Rates for the Steam Deck
2022-02-15 : New SteamOS update for the Steam Deck
2015-06-21 : A First Look At the Smach Zero SteamOS Portable Console

Game Reviews

2025-11-30 : The Complete Xbox Ally and Ally X Hands-on Review (Windows and Bazzite)
2025-01-01 : Rain Code - A New Danganronpa?! Review on Linux and Steam Deck
2024-11-18 : Castlevania Dominus Collection: Review on Linux and Steam Deck
2024-11-13 : Monarchy: Review on Linux and Steam Deck
2024-10-18 : Just Crow Things - Review on Linux and Steam Deck
2024-06-03 : Schim: Preview on Linux (and Steam Deck)
2024-02-18 : BlazBlue Entropy Effect Reviewed on the Steam Deck
2023-11-13 : Headbangers, the Fall Guys of Rhythm Games, Reviewed on Linux and Steam Deck
2023-08-05 : Dave the Diver Review on the Steam Deck
2023-06-27 : Redout 2 Review on Linux and the Steam Deck
2023-06-17 : Killer Frequency: Review on Linux and the Steam Deck
2023-04-25 : Lil Alligator: Back to Childhood, Review on Linux and Steam Deck

Tools

2023-05-30 : DeckyLoader: Improve Your Steam Deck Experience Now
2022-02-16 : CheckMyDeck - Instantly See What Games in Your Library are Steam Deck Verified

General

Handheld Competition

SteamOS

Game Reviews

Tools

Latest games on the Steam Deck