Key facts
- Valve said the data appears on many Steam Store pages as averages and histograms for Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED.
- Valve said frame rate limits and VSync can bias the collected data and that custom in-game settings are not accounted for.
- Valve said it found the frame rate data consolidates around relatively narrow ranges.
- Cyberpunk 2077 and Skyrim: Special Edition share a Verified badge but average 30 to 40 FPS and 50 to 60 FPS respectively, per the report.
- Games Valve lists as Unsupported, including Starfield, Silent Hill 2 and Assassin's Creed Syndicate, show playable frame rates from users, per the report.
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate approaches a 60 FPS average on Steam Deck OLED despite its Unsupported status, per the report.
Valve said on November 9 that it has started sharing anonymized Steam Deck frame rate data on many Steam Store pages, published as averages and histograms for both the Steam Deck and the Steam Deck OLED. The company has collected the data from Steam players who opt in since February.
Valve acknowledged that players enabling VSync or frame rate limits can bias the collected data somewhat, and that the measurements do not account for custom in-game settings users may change to get a game running. Valve said it has nonetheless found that the frame rate data consolidates around relatively narrow ranges.
The figures separate games that carry the same Steam Deck Verified badge. Cyberpunk 2077 and Skyrim: Special Edition both hold the badge, but the former sees average Deck frame rates in the 30 to 40 FPS range while the latter usually achieves 50 to 60 FPS on the hardware, according to the report.
The data also covers games Valve lists as Unsupported, which the company says is because their graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on the hardware or because it is still working on adding support. Starfield, Silent Hill 2 and Assassin's Creed Syndicate all show playable frame rates reported by Steam Deck users, the report said, with Assassin's Creed Syndicate approaching a 60 FPS average on the Steam Deck OLED.