Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026

I like that they call out not saving graphics settings in the cloud. I ran into a couple games where I had to change options any time I switched from my PC to deck.

The most interesting thing is that according to the new flowchart, if a game is not playable on Deck due to poor performance, it is automatically considered not playable on Frame (in standalone mode) for the same reason.

Doesn’t mean the frame is weaker, because the frame has to do more rendering and at higher resolutions.

Just means you won’t be seeing non-VR games playable on Frame which were not on deck.

I didn’t know they also had an Android compatibility layer.

Steam is becoming a collection of emulators.

The presentation made it sound like Lepton would only help Android apps be usable on the Frame.

I wish I could sideload an APK to Steam and be able to run the Android app on Bazzite. Like Proton but for Android.