Valve adds 30-day framerate and opt-in feedback charts to Steamworks for Steam Deck Verified games

Valve is giving Steam Deck developers a new performance readout

Valve has added new beta reporting tools to Steamworks for Steam Deck Verified games. The headline feature is a chart showing the average Steam Deck framerate over the past 30 days. That matters because Steam Deck compatibility has usually been presented as a badge and a checklist, not as a rolling performance graph that developers can keep watching after launch.

The second tool is a user survey, but it is not automatic scraping

The new feedback layer is built on opt-in participation. According to Windows Central, the survey appears only after a player has spent at least 10 minutes in a game on Steam Deck. Players are asked whether they agree with the game's Verified rating. If they disagree, the reasons are broken down into Input, Legibility, Performance, Stability, and Other. That gives developers something more specific than a pile of general support tickets.

Valve already had review reports; this adds ongoing field data

Steamworks documentation already says partners receive detailed point-by-point compatibility results and can request re-reviews when builds change. The new charts extend that process into post-launch monitoring. Valve also says it plans to add variance data to the framerate graph and later expand the same compatibility charting to titles currently rated Playable, not just Verified. In practice, that turns Steam Deck optimization into a longer feedback loop instead of a one-time certification pass.

At crawl time, the Reddit post on r/pcgaming had 145 points and 17 comments. Source: Windows Central report · Steamworks documentation · Reddit thread