Valve clarifies Steam Machine and Steam Frame verification requirements

At this year's GDC event in San Francisco, Valve gave a talk on its Steam hardware family that focused on what developers must do to get their games verified. The session covered verification for the forthcoming Steam Machine and the Steam Frame VR headset, rather than the Steam Deck.

For the Steam Machine, Valve said a game verified for the Deck will generally be verified for the Machine, but noted the Machine’s stronger hardware brings its own target: 30 fps at 1080p for performance verification. The talk made no mention of upscaling or frame generation, suggesting that this target is native.

Input requirements mirror the Deck, and because the Gabecube is expected to be used with a monitor or TV there are no specific targets for display resolution or legibility. There is no verification process for games streamed to the Steam Frame, since those run natively on the PC.

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