I hope they have crossplay between different OS’s figured out this time. Discovering I couldn’t play Civ 6 with my friends who were using Windows or MacOS was a major factor in me dropping it shortly after release.
Reminder: steam deck verified has to do with the game launching and having gamepad support. Performance doesn’t matter that much. Wait until you see benchmarks before you make decisions, the game can still run like shit on steam deck
In theory “Verified” includes this:
This game’s default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
But you’re correct, that doesn’t even imply locked 30 FPS sadly (Baldur’s Gate 3 Act 3 comes to mind).
I suspect performance is a criteria and it is tested but I don’t think the testers play through the full game. I seem to remember Horizon Zero Dawn or something got verified but only the starting area performed well. Could be misremembering the game but it’s definitely happened.
