The Steam Deck (and its games) will continue to get better
When the Steam Deck first launched, it did so alongside the mega hit that is Elden Ring. While FromSoftware’s latest take on the Souls formula ran on the Steam Deck, it stumbled with some technical issues. Valve was quick to provide some solutions for it via updates to the magical proton compatibility layer the Deck uses to trick your games into thinking they’re running on Windows. But Valve didn’t stop there.
The Witcher 3’s big graphical update was very pretty indeed, but it came with some teething problems on PC and Steam Deck. Like with Elden Ring, Valve issued updates to improve performance for Geralt’s open-world romp on its portable mini-PC. Halo Infinite also received a bit of help last year when Valve turned its attention to mitigating crashes. Most recently, Valve issued a hotfix to improve performance of the recently released Dead Space remake on Steam Deck.
Valve has also made it much easier for games that rely on various anti-cheat solutions in multiplayer to run on Steam Deck as well.
2023 is likely to see more critical support for must-play modern titles on the Steam Deck.
