Steam now shows average FPS for thousands of Steam Deck games, desktop PC support planned

Valve has added average framerate statistics directly to the Steam store for thousands of Steam Deck titles. The data appears in the Steam Deck Compatibility tab and shows separate averages for the LCD and OLED models alongside a Framerate Distribution graph that illustrates how the average is calculated.

The figures come from anonymous performance data Valve began collecting in February. A game only displays these stats after it crosses "a minimum threshold of anonymous data points collected," meaning it needs a solid player base before numbers appear.

Steam Deck owners can still opt in to send their own framerate data through a game's Steam library page. That same opt-in option is now available on the latest Steam desktop client beta, signaling that regular PC gamers will soon have access to similar performance information.

Valve describes the update as a stepping stone toward providing framerate data for more devices than just the Steam Deck. The company is prompting desktop customers to opt in to anonymized data collection, with the beta feature set to ship to all customers in the future.

The move addresses a long-standing gap in the Steam Deck verification system, which labels games as Verified or Playable but does not convey how smoothly they actually run. Reviewers and benchmarks have been the primary way buyers gauged performance until now.