How do I help verify

[B_Squared]

I just got my deck on Sunday and a bunch of my games are listed as unknown for steam compatibility. Is there anyway to actively participate in the verification process? I've found a couple that have worked well so far and a couple that don't work at all. Is Valve just gathering the days automatically or is there something more I should be doing??

[Marlock]

they hired and trained a bunch of validators

the validation label is assigned by those professionals, not crowdsourced, but you can still contribute by reporting labeling issues:

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/looks-like-valve-are-adding-a-feedback-system-for-steam-deck-verified/

[B_Squared]

Cool, thanks a lot for the info!

[Darksting]

if your really curious, just download it and try it, some of the unknown work fine, tried batman arkham orgins is unsupported and torchlight 3 has known status, they work fine so far.

[Nanaki]

Try also, www.protondb.com this is crowdsourced..

[Majestic 12]

I understand their decision but some games are never going to get verified this way. There's too many older games, games that aren't even in the store anymore, etc. that "professionals" would probably not even bother touching.

[Marlock]

Originally posted by Majestic 12:

I understand their decision but some games are never going to get verified this way. There's too many older games, games that aren't even in the store anymore, etc. that "professionals" would probably not even bother touching.

they are working faster than you imagine, but it will probably take a couple years to go through most of the library

understandably they started by the more popular games, working their way down towards less mainstream stuff, but there are quite a few surprising entries already verified

you can check the currently verified games, from steam's entire catalog and specifically from your own library:
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/verified


and not being verified yet does not prevent you from buying and trying a game on the deck either

as an additional resource, you may want to look up the as-of-yet unverified games in https://www.protondb.com/ too... it is an older crowdsourced evaluation website for how well windows games run via steam proton on linux PCs, so it's a good clue to how well it should work on the deck

[guts2501]

It couldn't hurt to write a quick post in the forums of said working game since a lot of people check there.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

protondb.com
Is a popular site for Linux compatability. Just link it to your deck and start playing and reporting

[The Big Bad Woof]

you just got your deck, what time did you order and what model did you get.
I ordered day one at 1:14 central time and got the 64gb . I'm still waiting

[B_Squared]

I ordered day 1 29 minutes after the reservations went live. I also got the 64gb model (sd card is fast enough for me so far!). I was able to buy the deck on April 25th