Valve has introduced four ratings for steam Deck handhelds: Verified, Playable, Unsupported, and Unknown. "Verified" means that the game can be played smoothly without settings, "playable" is to manually change some options such as resolution, "not supported" is not able to run normally on Steam Deck, and "unknown", as the name implies, is that there is no official verification, and the game effect is not clear.
One of the most popular RPG games of all time, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has many versions, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Remastered Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition, and The Elder Scrolls V VR Edition.
According to the announcement released by V a week ago, more than 1,000 works have been verified by Steam Deck, but the rating as the Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Remake is "unknown". This time, foreign media PcGamer verified whether multiple versions can run on Steam Deck.
Since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition is basically the same as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Remake, except for the extra content, it is considered the same game. Dave James, PcGamer's head of hardware, verified it twice, and once during the initial Steam Deck test, where there was intermittent stuttering, which James rated as "basically unplayable." However, when he verified it again this week, he found that the game could run smoothly at 60 frames, and there were no problems loading old saves.
As for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Legends Steam Deck is rated "playable", which means it's been tested by Valve and can run on handhelds, but there are still some issues that players need to tweak manually.