Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 10/21/24 - 10/27/24

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There were a ton of amazing games that got the Steam Deck Verified/Playable badge this last week! Sonic X Shadow Generations, ZERO Sievert, and The Rogue Prince of Persia all got their green checkmark, while Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Ys X: Nordics, and Akimbot all got their Playable badge.

Here are the 13 highlights we found:

Verified or Playable games don't automatically mean they work amazing out of the box. Some of these games may require work to optimize and play well. Here are our thoughts on the system and how it can be fixed.

Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 10/21/24 - 10/27/24

Sonic X Shadow Generations (Verified)

Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences! Play as Shadow in a brand-new story campaign featuring never-before-seen abilities that prove why he’s known as the Ultimate Life Form! Speed through iconic stages from Shadow’s history, discover hidden secrets in an expansive hub world, and unlock new powers to take on Black Doom and save the world.

The game is $49.99 and is rated Verified.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!

The game is $69.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text and manually configuring graphical options for optimal play.

ZERO Sievert (Verified) (SDHQ Review)

ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

The game is $19.99 and is rated Verified.

Unrailed 2: Back on Track (Playable)

The chaotic co-op railroad construction game is back! Team up with your friends to build a railroad through procedurally generated worlds with new biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engine, even create your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail!

The game can be wishlisted ahead of its November 7th release and is rated Playable due to incorrect controller icons and needing to change display resolution manually.

Ys X: Nordics (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

Embark on a high seas adventure rich with action and exploration in Ys X: Nordics! Experience the perils of Obelia Gulf through the eyes of Adol Christin and his unexpected ally, the pirate Karja Balta, as they help save the people of the gulf from the mysterious immortal monsters known as the Griegr.

The game is $59.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text.

[REDACTED] (Verified)

In [REDACTED], a fast-action isometric roguelike, a shadowy agent watches Black Iron Prison spiral into chaos. As one of the last guards, fight through monsters, rivals, and reanimated corpses of your fellow guards to escape the penitentiary alive.

The game is $22.49 right now, and will be $24.99 soon, and is rated Verified.

SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

In this online co-op action game, enter a distorted version of the SWORD ART ONLINE world. Pick your role in the form of favorite SWORD ART ONLINE characters and team up with 20 players for raids to defeat powerful enemies.

The game is $59.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text.

RetroRealms (Verified)

Step into a 16-bit Pixel Art world filled with gory good fun as horror legends Michael Myers and Ash Williams! Slice and shoot your way across multiple levels of terrifying platformer action filled with familiar sights and sounds from the original “Halloween” film and the STARZ television series “Ash vs Evil Dead!” Test your skill, use your weapons, and confront twisted and fiendish versions of iconic characters in two separate games that can be connected for even more fun.

Each part of the game is $24.99 each, or $49.99 total, and is rated Verified.

Akimbot (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

In the action-adventure platformer, Akimbot, blast your way through armies of robots, pilot spaceships and forge your own path to save the universe from impending doom! Set in a sci-fi world where only robots exist, travel the galaxy and experience non-stop robot mayhem and explosive action!

The game is $19.99 and is rated Playable due to small in-game text, needing to manually configure graphical settings for optimal play, and needing to manually set display resolution.

The Rogue Prince of Persia (Verified) (SDHQ Review)

Jump into this action-platformer roguelite and flow seamlessly between death-defying platforming and acrobatic combat as you battle through the capital city with one goal – save Persia and your family from a Hun invasion wielding dark magic.

The game is $19.99 and is rated Verified.

Horticular (Verified) (SDHQ Review)

You have been magically summoned by mysterious gnomes to restore a long-lost garden. Attract adorable animals, build a lush environment, and immerse yourself in this relaxing garden-builder. Will you manage to reclaim the wasteland or succumb to a looming corruption?

The game is $19.99 and is rated Verified.

Atlas Fallen (Playable) (SDHQ Review)

In solo or co-op, experience Reign of Sand, the ultimate version of Atlas Fallen. Ride the sands of a timeless land and defeat legendary monsters in spectacular Action-RPG combat using devastating powers.

The game is 50% off at $19.99 until October 30th and is rated Playable due to small in-game text and needing to configure graphical settings for optimal play.

Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut (Verified)

You're on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world. She will do everything in her power to stop you. She'll charm, and she'll lie, and she'll promise you the world, and if you let her, she'll kill you a dozen times over. You can't let that happen. Don't forget, the fate of the world rests on your shoulders.

The game is on a 20% off sale for $14.39 until November 7th and is rated Verified.

And that's all for this list! You can check out the previous week's list as well, which includes titles like NBA 2K25, Gourdlets, and Fallen Aces.

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