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In 2003, Valve created the firstversion of Steam, which is now themost popular PC gaming platformworldwide. Steam now serves over
200 regions with a catalog including
over 30,000 titles.

Valve’s first hardware
product, the SteamController, was shippedin 2015. Other Valve
hardware has included
virtual reality headsets,a game controller, andstreaming devices for use
with a television, gaming
PCs, and now, Steam Deck.
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Valve makes video
games, a worldwide
gaming platform,
and gaming
hardware devices.

Valve began in 1996 as a gamedeveloper. Valve’s notable gamefranchises include Half-Life, Portal,
Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Day
of Defeat, and Dota 2.

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Valve’s history ofmaking things islargely based on
ideas that came fromoutside itself, from
community members
who invented
something new.

The games Counter-Strike, Day
of Defeat, Team Fortress, Portal,and Dota are all successful
game franchises which began ascommunity PC-based projects.

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Features of Steam often comestraight from our game developer
partners, or customers who haveideas for how to make PC gaming
better. There is a whole Workshop
on Steam devoted to game featuresand content that is created by andfor the community.

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SteamOS, which powers the Steam
Deck, is a full general-purpose
operating system, allowing all users
to run whatever software they want—productivity apps, game development
programs, or literally anything else thatcan run on a PC. We are excited that
Steam Decks will get used for all kindsof things that are impossible to do onother consumer gaming hardware.

Valve, as a company, is itself designed
and organized based on the same
principles of openness and access thatdefine the open PC community.
A good idea for a game, a Steam feature,or a hardware product can come fromanywhere—an employee, a partner, ora member of the community.

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Our hardware
is designed toenable you to do
things we haven’t
thought of yet.

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Steam Deck reflects this core Valvephilosophy. Its hardware is meant tobe upgraded and modified. Its system software is open and accessible
to users. And the games that run on
it are modifiable, and are available
from many different storefronts. Allof these attributes are intentional choices, and are themselves asource of innovation and value for
Steam users. Because the creativityof the community can be applied toany of these areas, and the community’s creativity is unencumbered byany part of the platform.

Steam Deck is:
A game console that
can also make games.
Hardware meant tobe hacked.
An open OS withcapabilities that will
be expanded by thecommunity.

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When you’re done
playing games, what
will you make withyour Steam Deck?

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13Over the last 20 years, Steam has
become the most popular PC gaming
destination, growing into a global
platform available in hundreds ofregions. Up to 27 million people areplaying games on Steam at any given
time, and there are over 130 million
active players every month.
There are now over 30,000 titles on
Steam. Whether it’s AAA games like
Monster Hunter Rise and Elden Ring,or indie games like Hollow Knightand Stardew Valley, there are games
for everyone from just about any
genre imaginable. The Steam store
actively helps you discover great
games. You can follow curators,
read player reviews, and see what
your friends recommend. We’ve
even built tools that let you tinker
with the discovery process, like theInteractive Recommender, whichuses machine learning to predict
which games you will love based onwhat you’ve played in the past.

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Steam is theultimate destination
for playing,
discussing, andcreating PC games.

The answer was Steam, which
we shipped in 2003 to give ourcustomers a quick and automatic
way to get game updates. The app
quickly expanded into a place topurchase and download entire
games. So we added features to
Steam and worked with othergames studios, and soon you
could purchase, download,
and update games from otherdevelopers as well.

On Steam, it’s easy toshop for new games, andkeep your library of games
updated and ready to play,
all in one place.

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In 2002, there wasn’t a reliable way
to get important software updates
distributed to gamers worldwide.
This was not great, especiallyfor our multiplayer games which
required all players to use the sameversion of each game to connect
and have a good experience.

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STORE SMARTS

Your purchases staywith your Steamaccount. So even
if you buy a newcomputer, all yourgames will be fully
accessible on the
new machine.

FRIENDS IN ALL PLACES

There are 130 million monthly players
using Steam, and the community is
thriving. Steam makes it easy for you
to connect with friends and otherplayers, whether by playing together,chatting, sharing tips on forums, andmore. Steam prominently displays
your friends’ current status, and whatgames they are playing. You canchat, watch friends’ broadcasts,
and invite friends to play multiplayer
games together.

You can customize your experience
with avatars, profiles, badges, anddigital items designed by gamedevelopers. You can even grantother players awards if you love theway they customized their profile,or if they made a really great post
on a forum. And you can post andshare screenshots, artwork, guides,
and mods from all the games thatyou love.
ENGLISHIn addition, all your save games,
inventory, personalization, and otherdata will be accessible from any PC, aswell. Steam can be installed on Windows,
MacOS, and Linux PCs. Steam libraries
are even accessible remotely via phones,
tablets, and TVs through the Steam Link
app. You can log in to any PC, and all yourgames will be there. We don’t believe
in software that locks itself to being
used only on one device (and we don’t
believe in trying to enforce platform
exclusives) because those aren’t things
that customers ask us for.

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To us, PC gaming
is about openness
and customer
choice, so Steamprovides as many
ways for you tocustomize andpersonalize yourown experience
as possible.

One example is controls—we think
you should be able to use whatever
controller you want to, whether it’sfor comfort, accessibility, or justpersonal preference. The Steam
Input system lets you play any
game with basically any controller,
whether it’s a Switch Pro controller,
an XBox Adaptive Controller, akeyboard and mouse, a racing wheel,or even a dance pad.

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Most players never needto edit their controls, nomatter which device they’reusing for input, because
popular configurations riseto the top.

The community is also incredibleat tinkering and modifying their
gaming experience to create newexperiences—sometimes even newgames, out of an existing one. Mostof Valve’s own games like CounterStrike and Dota 2 started this way(and some of our employees at Valve
were discovered through the mods
they created!). The Steam Workshop
now makes it easier for thecommunity to contribute and upload
anything from adding new graphicalfeatures, crafting new items, creating
new missions or stories, or evenentirely new game modes.

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We’ve built robust tools forcreating Store pages wheredevelopers can describe their
game for players, tools for tracking
the visibility and performance of
their game with customers, andclear and detailed financial reports
for sales and activations. Over80 payment methods and smart
regional pricing in over 35 currencies
make it easy for developers to maketheir games available to players
around the world.

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We also want to make suredevelopers don’t have to re-invent
the wheel at every turn, so webuild in features like Steam Input,
Steam Workshop, cloud saves,matchmaking, achievements,
leaderboards, inventory service...
the list goes on and on. We’ve added
the ability for game developers to
get feedback and build a community
around their games before they arecomplete. They can ship free demosof their games, and they are a great
way for future players to get a taste.
Early Access is a way for developers
to sell their game while it’s still
being developed—they can gather
valuable feedback, build a following,
and make sure they have a solid
game in place by launch day. Finally,
the Steam Playtest feature allows
developers an easy way to run beta
tests of their games with a closed setof participants.

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We want game developers
to have everything theyneed to succeed on Steam.

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To ensure great download speeds and a reliable,consistent connection for any games using ourservices, we run our own huge network of servers andpartner with ISPs to deliver content across the globe.
In 2021 alone, we delivered nearly 33 exabytes ofcontent to customers. This is as if each of the 330
million people in the USA downloaded a 100GB game.
And as always, there are no fees for game developers
for install size, bandwidth usage, or game updates.

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Steam Deck takes advantage of all of
the features listed above, because
Steam is built right in. The Steam
Deck was made to make your Steamlibrary even more valuable, by
making it more mobile and available
in more places.
Since shipping the first version of
Steam, our core goal hasn’t changed:
we’re always working to make ourplayers happy. The team is constantly
listening to feedback from players
and game developers, and making
updates to Steam features, gamedeveloper tools, new technologies,
hardware, and more.

The moment you log in
to Steam Deck, your games
are ready to download—
along with your savegames, achievements,and other data attached toyour profile.

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AlmatyAmsterdam
Atlanta
Auckland
Bangkok
Brisbane
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Calgary
Chennai
ChicagoColumbus
DallasDubaiFrankfurt
Gothenburg
HelsinkiHong Kong
Johannesburg
Kharkiv
Kyiv
Lima
LondonLos Angeles
MadridMalmöManchester
ManilaMelbourne
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
OdessaParis
PerthPorto Alegre
SantiagoSão Paulo
Saratov
SeattleSeoul
Sheffield
Singapore
Sofia
Stockholm
SydneyTokyo
TorontoUlaanbaatar
Vancouver
ViennaVilniusWarsaw
Washington, DC
Winnipeg

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A sample ofthe places Steamservers live:

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HOW IT STARTED

By the time we formed ourpartnership with AMD to work
together on a custom APU (combo
CPU and GPU), we were ready with afunctional design. Many iterations on
ergonomics and control placement
then happened during the Covid-19
pandemic, requiring the team toship prototypes to each other for
testing. Throughout the product’s
development, the core premise has
stayed the same—providing a way
for customers to take their Steam
Library with them on the go, witha powerful handheld all-in-one
gaming PC.
And just as a reminder, if you
purchased a game on Steam, you
don’t need to purchase a newversion to play on Steam Deck. Whilethe hardware may change and evolve
over time, your Steam Library can
only grow larger.

ENGLISHThe power of Steamand PC gaming in a
comfortable design,for gaming wherever
you are.

The idea of a Steam Deck beganaround 10 years ago, when we were
working on the Steam Controller.
Back then there wasn’t any hardwarethat would let us run AAA PC games
within a handheld battery powerbudget. But we knew that eventually
the right hardware would bewithin reach, so we began to build
prototypes.

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LESSONS LEARNED

Steam Deck wouldn’t have happened
without the products, technologies, andfeatures shipped by our teams over thelast decade. Each of those steps provided
essential components of what became theSteam Deck experience.

The Steam Controller required theSteam Input system, which allows
players to play any game with almost
any controller. This functionality helped
make thousands of PC games in the
Steam Catalog work with controllers,
which in turn made them compatible
with Steam Deck.

The standalone computers called
Steam Machines helped us learn
important lessons about providing
OS support for games, as well as
what work was required to bring
Windows games to Linux. This led
us to create Proton, a translation
layer that allows Windows games tobe played on Linux devices. It’s thebridge that allowed us to massively
expand the library of playable games
on Linux, making Steam Deck +SteamOS achievable.

The Valve Index gave us valuable
experience about designing,
manufacturing, and shipping
premium products. We learned
more about designing complex
devices within very tight size
constraints, controller
ergonomics that suit handsof all sizes, integrating display
technologies, and enabling toptier audio experiences.

ENGLISHThe Steam Link device helped us
create the necessary streamingand networking technologies which
later were used in the Remote Play,
Remote Play together, and the Steam
Link app. These features allow any
machine to stream Steam gameplay
over the internet, with all the compute
happening on the remote computer.
This is another core system feature that
Steam Deck takes advantage of, allowing
for more accessible games and better
battery life.

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HARDWARE

The heart of the Steam Deck is its
APU. It was collaboratively designed by
Valve and AMD, and is built to play themost demanding AAA games on battery
power. With 16 GB of RAM, storage
options ranging from 64GB to 512GB,
and the option of adding up to 2 TB of
additional storage with a microSD card,
the Steam Deck is built to handle gamesof all sizes.

The onboard controls are optimized
for quality and experience, so Steam
Deck’s thumbsticks are full-size,
just like what’s in your standard
gaming controller. In addition, tosupport traditional PC games thatmight expect different kinds of
input like mouse and keyboard—the
Steam Deck has two trackpads, four
customizable back buttons, and abuilt in gyroscope.

Steam Deck’s speakers make useof some of the high-quality audio
technology developed for our VR
headsets. The USB-C port allows
nearly infinite expansion with any
number of peripherals. Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth allow for universal
connectivity. And we put the biggest
battery we could fit into the Steam
Deck, allowing for play sessions of
2-8 hours, depending on what kindof game is being played.

ENGLISHThe Steam Deck is a complete, selfcontained gaming PC. But instead of a
PC tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse,speakers and accessories, the Steam
Deck is self-contained with hardware,controls, and a screen all built within
an easy-to-use handheld form factor.
Not only that, but it contains the mostpowerful graphics hardware of any
handheld in the world.

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Steam Deck is a PC, but it doesn’tcome with Windows. Instead it runs
SteamOS, a Linux-based operating
system developed by Valve. We madethis decision in order to optimize theSteam Deck experience in many ways
specifically for gaming. For example,
the Sleep / Wake functionality built into
Steam Deck is tailored specifically forgaming. It allows you to instantaneously
pause a running game and put the
Steam Deck to sleep, then come back
hours later with the game reliably in theexact same spot. This required custom
work on the hardware, firmware, OS,and software.

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We’ll soon be shipping a generalinstaller for SteamOS, enabling any
PC to take advantage of all of its
features. In addition, we’ll soon be
making SteamOS available for othermanufacturers who wish to make agaming device of their own.

The Proton translation layer allows most
Windows games to run with equal or
better performance on SteamOS, without
requiring game developers to do any heavy
porting work to get their games running.

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DESIGNThe Steam Deck’s
physical design was
built with comfort
in mind.
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The rounded grips make it
comfortable to hold for long gaming
sessions. The team tested the grip
ergonomics and control placementwith many different hand sizes,
keeping in mind the lessons we’ve
learned from the Steam Controller
and Index Controller.

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Steam Deck’s hardware was also
designed to be repaired, replaced,or upgraded. The PC community isfull of people who love to tinker andupgrade their machines, so we’ve
made it easy to open the back coverwith standard tools.

Parts are clearly marked, andit’s possible (for an experienced
customer) to replace many of themain components. We’ve alreadyseen the Steam Deck community
successfully replacing the hard
drive, attaching an external GPU,
3D printing stands, cases, andattachments, even attaching a PC
grade heat sink to the back of thedevice, for fun (we definitely don’t
recommend this one). We’ve alsocollaborated with iFixit to provide
replacement parts for Steam Deck,along with detailed guides for
replacing SSDs, fans, displays,
and more.

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STEAM ON STEAM DECKThe version of Steam that runs on Steam
Deck includes all of the importantfunctionality that’s present on PCs.
When you log into your Steam Deck, yourSteam library shows up immediately, alongwith your friends, preferences, cloud saves,and more.
The advances and improvementsthat we make to Steam on Deckalso benefit Steam everywhere.
The Desktop version of Steam has
already improved in many ways
due to the work we’ve done on
Steam Deck. Soon, the Steam Deckuser interface will be available on
PCs that are connected to a TV,
and in VR.

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Some features like cloud saves andthe controller configurator becomemuch more important on a device
like the Steam Deck than a normal
PC. For example, Steam Cloud saves
allow you to start a gaming session
on your PC, and move to your Steam
Deck to finish it on the couch.
With the controller configurator you
can rebind any actions you want, or
use a popular community profile inany game.

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Any Steam games you own
are already in your libraryon Steam Deck, and theentire catalog of over
30,000 titles is available inthe store.
For games that still require morework from Valve or the developer
to run well on Steam Deck, we markthose as Unsupported, and treat
all of these issues as bugs to fix.
We are constantly shipping fixes
and updating categorizations forthese titles.
As of this writing, there are over
4,500 titles categorized as “Verified”
or “Playable” on Steam Deck, withmore being tested every week. This
includes many of the titles you know
and love, such as Elden Ring, Talesof Arise, Apex Legends, Resident Evil
Village, Scarlet Nexus, and more.

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The biggest thing that comes with
Steam on Steam Deck is the SteamCatalog. While many games run greaton Deck out of the box, the shift
to a portable form factor means
there are some games that, while
they may be great on a desktop PC,
aren’t a great experience on Steam
Deck. So, to make it easy for you tofind great gaming experiences on
Steam Deck, Valve is testing every
game in the catalog to make surethey run well. The ones that work
great are marked as Verified. Somework but may have a few manualsteps—we mark those as Playable
and we show you notes about issues
that may warrant their attention.

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GAMES

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More games are added and tested for
Steam Deck every day. Here are just a few.

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Thousands of thegames you love areon Steam Deck.

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Our goal was not only tomake a powerful, mobile
gaming handheld, it wasalso to make players happy
by giving them a truly open
and accessible machine.

We’ve already talked about how the Steam Deck is built to be repairable andupgradeable. In addition, the USB-C port and Bluetooth enable connectivity
to many devices and peripherals. A keyboard and mouse, TVs and monitors,
speakers and headphones—these are all expected. But we’ve seen people
connect Deck to a VHS player, and even a GBA camera.

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We don’t lock Steam Deck to thedefault Steam experience. It’s easy for
you to get to the Linux desktop, where
they can install any applications theywant, including other game stores.
There’s even a built-in app store
on the desktop, with web browsers,
media players, games, and all sorts ofproductivity apps, all available for free.
SteamOS isn’t the only option for Steam
Deck either. Just as with any PC, if you
want to install Windows on Steam Deckinstead, that’s up to you.

It’s your Steam Deck,after all.

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We are thrilled to be able to rely
on Komodo because of their
deep regional expertise in retail,marketing, logistics, and customer
communication. Komodo is
known locally by customers as atrusted provider of entertainmentand gaming products, so we areconfident that customers in each ofthese regions agree that Komodo isa natural fit to collaborate with Valveon Steam Deck.

Komodo will work closelywith Valve to bring Steam
Deck to Japan, South Korea,
Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
They will market and import
Steam Decks, providing
storage, fulfillment, andreturns processing. They will
also provide native-language
customer support for
Asian customers. Following
launch, shortly after initialorders have been served,
Komodo will bring Steam
Deck to various brick-andmortar retailers, providing a
way for customers to buy or
try a Steam Deck in person.

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Valve has worked
with the team at
Komodo for several
years and we are
excited to bring
Steam Deck tomany parts of Asiawith their close
collaboration.

Komodo is an independent gamedevelopment, publishing, andlogistics company whose team once
comprised the former game divisionat Degica, a payments company thatprovides many payment methods
in Asia for Steam and Steam Deck.
Komodo publishes over 500 apps
and DLC on Steam, provides gamecards at retail for popular titles on
Steam, and helps distribute ourhardware such as the Valve Index
in Asia.

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Also, the work that has gone into
Steam Deck’s user interface willsoon be available through thedesktop client, as a new version of“Big Picture”, the version of Steamthat’s meant to be used with agame controller and on a televisionscreen. And the compatibility
work for Steam Deck will beinherited by other platforms, like
ChromeOS, which will soon provide
support for Steam gaming for all
Chromebook users.

What would you
like to see in a
future version of
Steam Deck?
Let us know!
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Steam Deck represents the first in a new category of Steamhandheld gaming PCs. In the future, Valve will follow up on thisproduct with improvements and iterations to hardware andsoftware, bringing new versions of Steam Deck to market. Like
the original, and like all PCs, these future products will continue
to provide access to the same Steam game catalog that gamers
already know and love.

Anyway, this is a multi-generational
product line. Valve will support
Steam Deck and SteamOS well into
the foreseeable future. We will learn
from the Steam community about
new uses for our hardware that wehaven’t thought of yet, and we willbuild new versions to be even more
open and capable than the firstversion of Steam Deck has been.

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The Future:
more Steam Decks,
more SteamOS

SteamOS will continue to evolve,
including new features andimprovements to game compatibility
through “Proton”. As of the time ofthis writing, hundreds of changes
have already been made to Steam
Deck’s operating system since thedevice was first shipped. That willcontinue throughout Steam Deck’s
life, well into the future versions of
the product.

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