This week’s GeForce NOW Steam Deck news is a launch-day one. NVIDIA says Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV will stream on GeForce NOW from day one on 3 December, and ten more games join the library this week. DLSS 5 is also coming to War Thunder and Where Winds Meet, and Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is already in the cloud. Because GeForce NOW has an app that runs on SteamOS, I’ve gone through the list to work out which games are worth streaming on a Deck and which ones you’re better off playing natively.
All the Deck ratings and controller labels below come from Steam’s store data, so where a game says Unknown, it simply means Valve hasn’t tested it yet. I haven’t played these through GeForce NOW myself, so treat my calls as a guide based on how each game is rated and how demanding it is. Store dates are when each game is released; NVIDIA says titles are added to the service throughout the week, so availability can lag a little.
Dawn of War IV streams from launch on 3 December
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, developed by KING Art Games and published by Deep Silver, returns the real-time strategy series to large-scale battles, base building and a fight for the planet Kronus. You can command the Space Marines, Orks, Necrons or the Adeptus Mechanicus, which makes its series debut, across more than 70 campaign missions, solo or in co-op. Last Stand, Skirmish and multiplayer modes are also in the mix.
It isn’t rated for Steam Deck yet, and Steam doesn’t list any controller support, which is what you’d expect from a mouse-driven RTS. I’d stream it on a handheld and use a mouse or the trackpads, rather than wait to see how the local build behaves. GeForce NOW will handle the download and updates in the cloud, which is handy for a game this size.
DLSS 5 comes to War Thunder and Where Winds Meet
NVIDIA’s latest DLSS 5 model, with 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, is rolling out to two more games for Ultimate members streaming on RTX 5080-class cloud rigs. NVIDIA says this October model doubles performance over the previous version, and that the tech is now ten times faster than when it was announced in March. You can read more in NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 write-up.
War Thunder gets the upgrade in mid-November with its Eagle’s Shadow update, which also adds new planes, ships and tanks, cluster bombs for aircraft and extra visual effects. The game is already Steam Deck Verified with full controller support, and Steam lists it as VR supported, so you don’t need the cloud to play it. Streaming is the way to see the new DLSS 5 model, though.
Where Winds Meet, Everstone Studio’s free-to-play wuxia open-world action RPG, gets DLSS 5 on 23 November. This one is a much clearer streaming pick: Steam rates it Unsupported, because SteamOS doesn’t support it, so the GeForce NOW app is the practical way to play it on a Deck.
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen and the 8800 GTX demo
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is already streaming, expanding the base game with a trip to the abandoned region of Norgan, a character called Eir and the secrets of the undying Fallen Dragon. There are relics that unlock new weapons and skills, 12 dungeon challenges in Lost Rites, extra hairstyles and tattoos, and a Delicious in Dungeon collaboration. Dragon’s Dogma 2 itself is Deck Unsupported because of graphics performance, with only partial controller support, so I’d stream the expansion rather than run it locally.
Ultimate members also get a free nostalgia trip. GeForce 8800 GTX – 20 Years of a Legend is a playable Steam demo that celebrates the 2006 GPU and the start of the CUDA era, running with DLSS 4.5 and path tracing in the cloud. It’s still Unknown on Deck, with no controller support listed, and it’s Ultimate-only on the service, so this is a stream-it-and-see curiosity rather than a native handheld game. NVIDIA has more on the demo.
Which games to stream on Steam Deck
Here’s this week’s batch at a glance, plus Dawn of War IV when it launches, with each game’s store on GeForce NOW, its Steam Deck rating and controller support from Steam’s store data, and my call.
| Game | Store on GFN | Deck rating | Controller | My call |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn of War IV (3 Dec) | Steam | Unknown | None listed | Stream |
| Worst Class Ever (9 Nov) | Steam | Unknown | None listed | Stream |
| Ashes of the Singularity II (10 Nov) | Steam | Unsupported | Partial | Stream |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (10 Nov) | Battle.net, Xbox | Verified (Steam) | Full | Stream |
| DreamWorks Shrek 2 Remastered (10 Nov) | Steam | Verified | Full | Native |
| Warhammer Survivors (10 Nov) | Steam, Game Pass | Verified | Full | Native |
| Main Sequence (12 Nov) | Steam | Unknown | None listed | Stream |
| Deadly Days: Roadtrip | Steam | Verified | Full | Native |
| GeForce 8800 GTX – 20 Years of a Legend | Steam (Ultimate) | Unknown | None listed | Stream |
| Graveyard Keeper | Steam | Playable | Full | Native |
| Tape to Tape | Steam | Verified | Full | Native |
The rest of the list splits pretty cleanly. Ashes of the Singularity II landed on 10 November and is now Deck Unsupported because of graphics performance, with only partial controller support, so it’s an easy one to stream. Worst Class Ever (9 November) and Main Sequence (12 November) are still Unknown, with no controller support listed, so I’d stream those too until Valve rates them.
Cyberpunk 2077 arrives on 10 November for its Battle.net and Xbox versions, with Play Anywhere support. The Steam version is Verified with full controller support, but streaming still gives you far higher settings and ray tracing than the handheld can manage on its own. If you’re on a Steam Machine instead, my Cyberpunk 2077 Steam Machine tests show how well it runs locally.
On the native side, DreamWorks Shrek 2 Remastered (10 November) is Verified with full controller support. Warhammer Survivors arrived the same day on Steam and Xbox Game Pass, and it’s Verified with full controller support, so you can play it locally. I’ve already looked at how Warhammer Survivors runs on Steam Deck, and Game Pass subscribers can stream it if they prefer. Deadly Days: Roadtrip and Tape to Tape are both Verified with full controller support, and Graveyard Keeper is Playable with full controller support (the Playable label is for mismatched controller glyphs, not performance), so I’d run those natively too.
GeForce NOW Steam Deck news picks: stream or play natively?
On the Deck, the clear wins for streaming are Dawn of War IV and Ashes of the Singularity II, Where Winds Meet and Dragon’s Dogma 2, the still-unrated newcomers (Worst Class Ever, Main Sequence and the 8800 GTX demo), and Cyberpunk 2077 if you want the higher-fidelity version. War Thunder is fine natively, but the DLSS 5 update is the reason to fire up the cloud app. The Verified indies, plus Graveyard Keeper, run fine locally, so there’s no need to spend your streaming hours on them.
What about Steam Machine and Steam Frame?
The Steam Machine has a lot more headroom, so most of this list can run natively on a TV. Steam already rates Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 as Verified on the Machine, and Ashes of the Singularity II as Playable. Streaming still makes sense for Dawn of War IV (it’s unrated, and a big RTS), for Where Winds Meet (SteamOS doesn’t support it on the Machine either), and for the DLSS 5 and path-traced showcases.
On the Steam Frame, War Thunder is the only title Steam lists as VR supported. The rest would be flat-screen streams in the headset, which suits the slower or controller-friendly games better than a click-heavy RTS.
My verdict
This is a solid week for GeForce NOW on Valve’s hardware. Dawn of War IV at launch is the headline, but for Deck owners the real value is the Unsupported and unrated heavy hitters, Ashes of the Singularity II, Where Winds Meet, Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Cyberpunk 2077, where the cloud does the work the handheld can’t. If you missed the start of the month, my November GeForce NOW guide covers Hogwarts Legacy’s DLSS 5 upgrade and the rest of the 24-game lineup. As always, a strong, stable connection makes all the difference.
