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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/RiffRuffer on 2025-07-04 08:04:11+00:00.
I understand that in order for a game to be verified it (usually) has to run well out of the box with no settings tweaks. What I don't understand is why the go-to for devolopers to do this is to set the graphics options and then obscure or disable the graphics options afterwards. It seems like the first step in this process is all that would be necessary to get the green check.
I'm making this post because I just had to go through this with Monster Train 2. I played it on Game Pass first and was pretty used to being able to swap between fullscreen and windowed. It's a pretty good game to idly-play when you have a PiP window. Windowed is usually required for that though. I went to the settings and the graphics tab I was used to from the game pass version just wasn't there. I immediately realized what the problem was and put in the trusty SteamDeck=0 command and boom the tab was back.
That's just a small anecdote though. We've faced countless examples of verified or playable games which have done similar. Can someone explain to me why this is so common? I swear I've seen dozens of verified games that don't do this.