Steam Deck Verified is Valve's newly 🍌announced way of evaluating how well Steam games play on its upcoming Steam Deck handheld. 

Valve this corner of the Steam Deck compatibility program today, describin🙈g Steam Deck Verified as a four-tier grading system. Here's how Steam games will be ranked under this new system:

• Verified: for games that play well on Steam Deck without any additional setup. Ghostrunner is highlighted in Valve's announcement, but many more games already fit this criteria.
• Playable: these games "may require some manual tweaking" to play well on Steam Deck, Valve says. The company points to Team Fortress 2 as one example. 
• Unsupported: these games are totally unplayable on Steam Deck. Half-Life Alyx, a VR exclusive, is an obvious example here.
• Unknown: Valve has yet to evaluate these games for Steam Deck playability. There are a zillion games on Steam, so expect to see this rating pretty often, especially while Steam Deck Verified is still getting off the ground. 

A ga𒁃me has to check four key boxes to earn a Verified grade. The Steam Deck is basically a handheld gamepad with a screen on it, so Verified games will need full controller support with fitting icons, for one, as well as on-screen keyboard support. Their display settings will also need to accommodate the Steam Deck's default resolution of 1280x800 (preferred) or 1280x720 (minimum) without mangling text legibility.

states that developers can update their game and request a re-evaluation to i💙mprove their Steam Deck rating, for instance. Valve expects each review process toꦆ be turned around "within a week of submission," but acknowledged that this time frame will change "based on the current size and complexity of the other titles in the queue." 

Here's an encouraging frontrunner for Valve's handheld: The Witcher 3 looks seriously good on Steam Deck.