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  1. Article 1 of 31.A Steam Machine cube PC under a TV in a living-room setup.CommentaryUpdated 5 sourcesSteam Machine Settings for Five Big AdventuresCompare reported FPS targets, graphics presets, and resolutions for Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and The Witcher 3.
  2. Article 2 of 31.A Steam Machine cube PC under a TV in a living-room setup.CommentaryUpdated 5 sourcesSteam Machine Settings for Five Horror GamesCompare reported Steam Machine settings for Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil Requiem, Silent Hill f, and Cronos: The New Dawn.
  3. Article 3 of 31.A Steam Machine cube PC under a TV in a living-room setup.CommentaryUpdated 5 sourcesSteam Machine Settings for Five ShootersCompare FPS targets, graphics presets, and resolutions for DOOM: The Dark Ages, Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, Halo Infinite, and Wolfenstein II.
  4. Article 4 of 31.Split Fiction screenshot showing Zoe and Mio carrying young dragons in a forest.CommentaryUpdated 15 sourcesOur five favorite couch co-op games for the Steam MachineSplit Fiction suits a long campaign with one other person. For a noisier evening with more friends, we'd go with Overcooked or TMNT. TowerFall also earns a place, though its co-op is limited to two.
  5. Article 5 of 31.A Valve Steam hardware compatibility-review screenshot for Team Fortress 2 showing a Playable result and per-title checks.GuidesUpdated 6 sourcesSteam Machine Multiplayer: How Anti-Cheat Affects GamesEasy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye can work through Proton when a developer enables and configures them for its game. Kernel-space anti-cheat remains the harder SteamOS boundary.
  6. Article 6 of 31.A photograph of a real Steam Machine SteamOS display-settings screen showing Maximum Game Resolution, HDR, and external-display options.GuidesUpdated 6 sourcesSteam Machine Troubleshooting: Common Problems and FixesStart with SteamOS updates and a clean restart, then isolate display, storage, game-launch, performance, Desktop Mode, or wake problems one at a time.