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Steam adds player-based framerate data to game pages for Steam Deck
Steam now shows average framerates for some games on Steam Deck on their store pages.
The figures come from performance data shared by players who choose to contribute.
A game marked as compatible may still run poorly, so the new information gives buyers a more specific guide to performance.
An expandable graph shows how often a game reaches different framerates and how often it stutters.
The feature is available for games with enough player data; for example, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth averages 37 frames per second on Steam Deck OLED, while Hades II averages 88.
Valve says the figures may not match every player's idea of acceptable performance.
The company plans to expand the feature beyond Steam Deck to cover more devices.
Steam has added average framerate data to some game pages to help Steam Deck owners judge how games run on the handheld.
The data comes from performance information shared by players and appears under each game’s Steam Deck compatibility details.
Players can expand the average into a histogram showing how often different framerates occur.
The feature is live for games with enough data, and results are shown separately for the Steam Deck OLED and LCD models.
Valve says it plans to extend framerate data to more devices, while one report cautions that V-Sync may skew some results.
- Who
- Valve added the feature for Steam users, including Steam Deck owners.
- What
- Steam game pages now show player-based average framerates and, for some games, a histogram of performance.
- When
- The feature was reported live on November 10, 2026.
- Where
- On Steam Store game pages, under Steam Deck compatibility details.
- Why
- To give players a more specific sense of game performance than compatibility ratings alone provide.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Steam used compatibility ratings such as Verified, Playable, and Unsupported to describe games’ suitability for Steam Deck.
Reports said Steam game pages were displaying player-based framerate averages for games with enough data.
Valve said it plans to provide framerate data for more devices.
- Supported hardware
- Steam Deck OLED and original LCD models
- Data display
- Average framerate and an expandable histogram
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- 37 frames per second on Steam Deck OLED, according to Kotaku
- Hades II
- 88 frames per second on Steam Deck OLED, according to Kotaku
- Opt-in data
- Steam desktop client beta users are being prompted to share anonymized framerate data
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We see this update as a stepping stone toward providing framerate data for more devices than just Steam Deck.
may not match every customer’s bar for acceptable gameplay