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Record 1067360 · Handheld compatibility

Pax Autocratica on Steam Deck

Short answer · Steam Deck compatibility

Playable, not Verified, with three logged limitations.

Valve resolved this app to the Playable category rather than Verified.Source, primary tier: Steam Deck / SteamOS compatibility test results, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab.as of 2026-08-11

Most pages will tell you the badge and stop there. The badge is a summary of individual test results, and Valve publishes those results inside the store page markup, not as visible text, so they rarely get quoted. Here they are.

Valve's individual test results

Logged limitations

  • The default controller configuration is not fully functional
  • Entering text does not automatically invoke the on-screen keyboard
  • Some interface text is not legible

Passed

  • The default graphics configuration performs well
  • Controller glyphs match the Deck hardware

Transcribed from Valve's individual test-result tokens in the page HTML. Valve's raw token list contains an apparently contradictory pair on controller configuration; we report the limitation, which is what determines the Playable rating.Source, primary tier: Steam Deck / SteamOS compatibility test results, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab.as of 2026-08-11

Which limitation actually matters

Of the three, illegible interface text is the one worth thinking hard about, and the reason is the genre, not the rating.Source, primary tier: Steam Deck / SteamOS compatibility test results, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab.

This game is half colony management. The store description has you assigning citizens to mining, hauling, research and manufacturing, tracking their fear and loyalty, and running production chains.Source, primary tier: Steam storefront appdetails API, appid 1067360, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab. That kind of game lives in dense tables and small labels. On a 27-inch monitor an interface-text warning is a minor annoyance; on a 7-inch handheld it is the difference between playing comfortably and squinting at a spreadsheet.

The other two limitations are milder. A default controller configuration that is not fully functional can usually be worked around with a community layout, and the on-screen keyboard not appearing automatically is an irritation you hit when naming things, not during normal play.

SteamOS and Steam Machine

The same store data carries a separate SteamOS rating, which also resolves toPlayable.Source, primary tier: Steam Deck / SteamOS compatibility test results, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab.as of 2026-08-11 That is a distinct rating from the Deck one and worth knowing if you run SteamOS on a desktop, where the interface-text limitation largely stops applying because the screen is bigger.

A note on Linux

Playable on Deck does not mean there is a Linux build. Steam lists Windows as the only supported platform,Source, primary tier: Steam storefront appdetails API, appid 1067360, published by Valve. Opens in a new tab. and the Deck runs the Windows build through Proton. If you are on desktop Linux, you are relying on the same compatibility layer without Valve having certified your particular configuration.

Before you buy for the Deck specifically

How current is this

Compatibility ratings change, particularly on a game that shipped days ago and is patching quickly. A patch landed the day after launch.Source, primary tier: State Maintenance Directive (post-launch patch notes), published by Multiverse, via Steam Community Announcements, captured 2026-08-11. Opens in a new tab. We read these results on 2026-08-11. If you are reading this much later, check the badge on the store page itself, which is linked from every stamp above.