"Before a game even gets one, though, it needs to secure that coveted "Verified" rating. Valve actually has four criteria to determine whether or not a game should earn the badge. A game should: have no issues with middleware (such as anti-cheat software), launch without trouble or compatibility warnings, be fully playable via a gamepad, and, lastly, should "have good default settings, and text should be legible.""
"The problem is that these landing pages feature the trailers for their respective games embedded into an image of a Steam Deck, which in my opinion gives a really false impression of how some games run. Sure, as developer datablob notes on BlueSky, in theory this gives a decent impression of how a game might look on the Deck, but just observe Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's Steam Deck Verified landing page."
"The page plays the default trailer from the Steam Page which is clearly running on a much more powerful PC than the Steam Deck. Yes, there's a tiny disclaimer at the bottom that says the footage was "Captured on PC" and not Steam Deck, but still, the context makes it easy to imagine the game running at such high fidelity and framerate on the Deck."
Valve offers Deck-focused landing pages for Steam Deck Verified games and appears to be encouraging developers to promote them. Four criteria determine the Verified rating: no middleware issues (including anti-cheat), launching without compatibility warnings, full gamepad playability, and good default settings with legible text. The landing pages embed trailers into a Steam Deck mockup but often use footage captured on a more powerful PC, with only a small "Captured on PC" disclaimer. Those embedded trailers can give a false impression of Deck fidelity and framerate. Examples include Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Avowed.
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