WARDOGS on Steam Deck

Two separate things are missing here, and it is worth not confusing them: Valve has not rated the game, and the studio has not discussed the hardware. What the studio has discussed is the layer the Deck runs on.

The dependency chain

1. The Deck runs SteamOS.
2. SteamOS runs Windows titles through Proton.
3. The studio has told players not to expect the game to work through Proton, and to refund if they bought on that assumption — the full quote.

So the Deck question is answered indirectly, and answered discouragingly, without the Deck ever being named.

Two things worth checking yourself

A compatibility badge on the store page — Verified, Playable, or Unsupported — is Valve’s judgement and appears independently of anything the studio says. If one appears, it supersedes the reasoning on this page. Separately, the hardware bar is a real constraint on its own terms: the published minimum specification targets 1080p on low settings at 60fps with upscaling on a desktop GTX 1660-class card, in a mode carrying a hundred players. That is a demanding floor for a handheld even in the world where the compatibility layer cooperates.

Board view: all seven platform rows.