Filter and sort games by year of system requirements

[Spitfire]

Put all the reported recommended and minimum system requirements from games into a timeline of what year the system specs were release by it's hardware manufacturer. That way we can start filtering both store games and library games on what year's system specs it runs well. Not what year the game was release. I'm talking about what year the minimum required system spec was released. That way I can filter based on year all games that run well on a Geforce GTX 980 for example if that is what I was still running on.

[Spitfire]

I realise that some less capable system specs may have been introduced a year or so after more capable system specs. Instead you could use benchmark cpu and gpu results to build something. There are many benchmark results publicly available on the internet to build something useful upon.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Spitfire:

Filter and sort games by year of system requirements

Put all the reported recommended and minimum system requirements from games into a timeline of what year the system specs were release by it's hardware manufacturer. That way we can start filtering both store games and library games on what year's system specs it runs well. Not what year the game was release. I'm talking about what year the minimum required system spec was released. That way I can filter based on year all games that run well on a Geforce GTX 980 for example if that is what I was still running on.

Tell me how that filter would work for this game...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/351450/Scribble_Space/

[Ettanin]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Spitfire:

I realise that some less capable system specs may have been introduced a year or so after more capable system specs. Instead you could use benchmark cpu and gpu results to build something. There are many benchmark results publicly available on the internet to build something useful upon.

Liability. To the customer:
Steam would have to offer much more loosened refund options if they overestimated the capabilities of your system setup, be it drivers, interfering software or just misjudged hardware.

Liability. To the publisher:
Steam would be liable for missed sales if they underestimated the capabilities of your system setup, be it outdated hardware lists, misjudging benchmark results or due to interfering software.

The system requirement info fields are form free text fields instead of static fields in which to add or select hardware components from.
Valve would have to have a perfectly written and ranked database in which components are compared and benchmarked, something no vendor, not even specialized sites that benchmark hardware, can provide accurately due to exotic outliers.

No, Valve wouldn't do that.

[Spitfire]

I just want to have a slider from (left) low system specifications to (right) high system specifications. For me to filter my games with. I own an older Microsoft Surface Pro that can't run 50% of games in the store and 50% of games in my library. I'm waiting to buy a real gaming PC again in mid 2026. I'm pretty sure lot's of people with older hardware would love this feature in Steam.