Today, I logged into my Steam account to find a majority of that collection no longer works. With increased Mac OS support from developers and cheap-ass prices from Steam Sales and various Humble Bundles, my library exploded from just a couple of games into a collection that easily dwarfed every other gaming device I owned. When I upgraded to my current MacBook, a coworker goaded me into going all-in with Steam. I downloaded it right away for the free copy of Portal, but didn’t do too much with the client as World of Warcraft was my current obsession. The pendulum started to turn the other way about six years ago. In the same time I’ve been tethering myself to hardware out of One Infinite Loop, handheld devices have provided me with a majority of my gaming experiences with select other titles strewn throughout. This spring, I’m trading in my current rig for one of those dope ass iMacs. For starters, I’ve been a member of the cult of Mac since high school, going from an eMac to a Mac Mini to my current MacBook Pro. This is all to say it may be even possible to run Mac games natively on Deck, depending on how easy it is to get OS X running on Deck, either natively on in a virtual machine.I’ll be the first to admit I’m not much of a mouse & keyboard gamer. We know Windows will work on Deck, but it's entirely possible to run OS X on Windows through a virtual machine as well as it's possible to directly install OS X on a Windows machine with a little work behind the scenes. It's also important to remember that all of the above goes for playing games on Steam Deck's SteamOS, but Steam Deck will also support other operating system installations.
This means it's possible that even if every Steam game that worked well for you on Mac doesn't work as well on Deck in time Steam games may receive updates to get them working better directly on Deck as opposed to Valve's translation layer Proton being improved. On top of all of this is the possibility that if Deck does well that Steam games will receive Deck-specific updates to take better advantage of the device's hardware. Related: Where to Buy Steam Deck: Is It in Stores?
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