Valve now shows average Steam Deck frame rates on the store pages of games it has tested for the handheld, not just the ones with a Verified badge.
The data covers games rated Verified, Playable and Unsupported. That is Valve's tested list, which Valve says covers thousands of games. The numbers come from players who opted in to share them. Valve has been collecting this kind of data since at least February and recently started giving it to developers. This is the public release.
To find it, open a game's store page, look for Steam Deck Compatibility on the right-hand side, and click "Learn more". That shows the average frames per second (fps). A down arrow expands a histogram, a bar chart of the share of data samples at each frame rate. A taller bar means more of the average play session happens at that rate.
Elden Ring shows why the histogram matters. The Steam Deck OLED averages 42 fps and the LCD model 38 fps. On the LCD, though, samples cluster at 30 and 60 with little in between, which suggests many players cap the frame rate for steadier play. An average of 38 describes almost nobody's actual experience.
That is also the caveat. Averages from opted-in players blend hardware limits with personal settings, so a low number may reflect a choice rather than a ceiling. Even so, a figure beats a Playable label, which does not say whether a game runs at 30 or 60.
The Deck is the most popular handheld gaming PC but far from the most powerful, so its numbers work as a floor. Owners of faster handhelds can assume they will hit at least that frame rate, which turns one device's telemetry into a rough yardstick for the whole category.