Steam now shows the average Steam Deck frame rate on game pages

Valve has introduced in the Steam store the average frame rate players get on Steam Deck. The announcement, titled "Steam Deck Framerate", was published on the official Steam blog during the night between 9 and 10 November 2026 (at 1:38 a.m. on 10 November, Italian time).

The figure sits on each game's page, in the Steam Deck compatibility box (under "Learn more"), and is available for titles already reviewed by Valve, that is, those rated Verified, Playable or Unsupported. According to Valve, at the time of the announcement "thousands" of games had frame rate data, and the number will grow as collection continues. In the Steam library the same information currently appears only in the Beta client.

Next to the average there is an expandable histogram showing the percentage of samples at each frame rate value. For Valve it helps explain how the average is formed and how often stutters or slowdowns occur, which show up as low bars at the lower values.

The numbers come from Steam Deck owners who have agreed to send anonymous frame rate data; according to Valve, most have done so. Only devices with the default frame limit are counted, 90 fps on Steam Deck OLED and 60 fps on the LCD model, and individual games' graphics settings are not taken into account. For titles with few players the data only appears once a minimum number of samples has been reached.

Valve explains the move with the limits of the current compatibility badge, based on standard test criteria that "may not match" each player's playability bar: a game rated Unsupported for unstable performance may be acceptable to some, while a Verified game may not reach the frame rate others prefer.

The company calls the update "a stepping stone" towards frame rate data for devices beyond Steam Deck. In the Steam desktop client, for now only in Beta, users are already being asked to opt in to sending anonymous data; the feature will reach everyone "in the future". Valve chose to start with Steam Deck because every unit has the same hardware configuration, which makes the data easier to read.

For those who follow Steam numbers it is a change of perspective: beyond how many people play a title, Valve is starting to make public how that title runs, at least on a platform with uniform hardware. Participation can be turned off in the Steam account settings, in the section on data and browsing.