Steam Client Requirements Tool?

[BoozeFromBeyond]

So I am told this used to be a thing, but then for some reason nobody has told me, it was removed long ago, but would there be some way for the Steam Desktop Client to let you know if the PC it's running on meets the requirements for a game?

It's not often, but my CPU is getting a bit behind the times and I don't have the chance to upgrade at the moment, as well as the fact a good number of big name games are ramping up their graphics and such, it just seems like it would be a lot easier to have the Steam Client be able to tell me when I'm looking to buy.

[rawWwRrr]

Outside of identifying the platform the client is installed on, and showing those games that are compatible with it, there was never a tool to determine whether or not your PC met requirements.

Microsoft tried and it failed hard. Do your own research on requirements. No one wants to take the responsibility to do it for you.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

x 64 bit OS

VALVE Index System Requirements
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/105E-66E3-962A-1577
Steam minimum discussion
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/2270320616973153811/

[DarkCrystalMethod]

The Steam Store page for each game should be a good starting point... I say 'should' but when the game gets updates sometimes those requirements just don't work. And TF2's for example hasn't been updated in years.
There are some external tools, google search for the 'can I run it' tool/website. Install the tool, run it then pick a game from its list to see how 'ready' you are.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by BoozeFromBeyond:

Steam Client Requirements Tool?

So I am told this used to be a thing, but then for some reason nobody has told me, it was removed long ago, but would there be some way for the Steam Desktop Client to let you know if the PC it's running on meets the requirements for a game?

It's not often, but my CPU is getting a bit behind the times and I don't have the chance to upgrade at the moment, as well as the fact a good number of big name games are ramping up their graphics and such, it just seems like it would be a lot easier to have the Steam Client be able to tell me when I'm looking to buy.

There was never a tool on Steam to check your PC against the system requirements for games.

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

x 64 bit OS

VALVE Index System Requirements
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/105E-66E3-962A-1577
Steam minimum discussion
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/2270320616973153811/

Those have nothing to do with a system requirement checker for games sold on Steam. And Steam on Windows doesn't require a 64-bit OS at this time.

[BoozeFromBeyond]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

The Steam Store page for each game should be a good starting point... I say 'should' but when the game gets updates sometimes those requirements just don't work. And TF2's for example hasn't been updated in years.
There are some external tools, google search for the 'can I run it' tool/website. Install the tool, run it then pick a game from its list to see how 'ready' you are.

I do tend to use this, but on occasion run across a game that isn't in their database like SCP: Secret Files, and while I'm not an idiot I'm also not the most tech savy either and constantly second guess myself on this stuff.

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Outside of identifying the platform the client is installed on, and showing those games that are compatible with it, there was never a tool to determine whether or not your PC met requirements.

Microsoft tried and it failed hard. Do your own research on requirements. No one wants to take the responsibility to do it for you.

Then I guess some folks had been fibbing or just mistaken. I know the System Requirements Lab is a thing, it just seems odd to me that there isn't something like that for the Steam Launcher I guess.

[d3str0y3r]

Originally posted by BoozeFromBeyond:

Then I guess some folks had been fibbing or just mistaken. I know the System Requirements Lab is a thing, it just seems odd to me that there isn't something like that for the Steam Launcher I guess.

System lab isn't really accurate and a built in one would be no different.

There is no standard for how system requirements are measured. Some devs only test at 1080p while other might do 4k for just one example. The system requirements on Steam are just text boxes the dev fill in. Some only put basic info like CPU: 3.0Ghz or higher... Which doesn't say much of anything.

For my game the minimum requirement was just the lowest spec pc i had access to for testing. In no way does it mean it won't run just fine on a lower end pc.

In order for a system like that to ever work all the testing would have to be standardized. Which will never happen.