We’ve looked at Humble Choice Steam Deck performance for this November 2026 lineup, and the split is easy to spot. Six of the seven Steam games are Verified on the handheld. The biggest name, Mafia: The Old Country, is rated Unsupported on Steam Deck, though it is Verified on Steam Machine.
Humble Choice costs $14.99 a month. The player counts below are a snapshot from 14 November, taken from our GOS Companion App, and I’ve checked every Steam Deck rating against Valve’s own compatibility data. The Steam Machine ratings also come from that same Companion snapshot. A Verified badge means Valve’s checklist passed, not that a game is locked at a particular frame rate, something I’ve covered in more detail in my honest scorecard for AAA games on Steam Deck in 2026. Prices are the current US and UK Steam store prices. If you want to grab this month’s Humble Choice, you can subscribe through our link.
Humble Choice also lists The Outer Worlds 2 this month, but that one is a Battle.net game rather than a Steam title, so it isn’t part of this Steam Deck rundown. I flagged the Mafia catch earlier this week in my early Black Friday deals roundup; here’s the full Steam lineup.
Humble Choice Steam Deck performance at a glance
If you play mainly on a Deck, the value is in the six games Valve has already signed off: SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Crisol: Theater of Idols, DYSMANTLE, Space Haven and Squeakross: Home Squeak Home. All six are Verified on Steam Machine as well. Mafia is the exception on the handheld, and the one to be careful with if a Deck is your only machine.
Mafia: The Old Country
Hangar 13 and 2K’s Mafia: The Old Country is a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily, where you fight to prove yourself to the family as Enzo Favara. It is the most expensive game in this month’s lineup, at $49.99 in the US and £44.99 in the UK, and it was also the busiest of the seven in our snapshot, with 467 players online and a 30-day peak of 1,197.
Be aware that Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck. It is Verified on Steam Machine. The Steam store lists it as Windows-only, with fairly high recommended PC requirements, which lines up with that handheld badge. If a Deck is your only machine, this is the one to think twice about before you spend a monthly pick on it.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance brings the iconic ninja back in an all-new 2D action platformer with a hand-drawn look from Lizardcube, the team behind Streets of Rage 4, and it is published by SEGA. It is $29.99 in the US and £24.99 in the UK.
Around 86 players were online in the 14 November snapshot, with a 30-day peak of 169. Steam Deck and Steam Machine are both Verified, so this is one of the easier picks if you want a stylish action game that is already signed off on the handheld.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
RGG Studio and SEGA’s Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is an action brawler starring the legendary Kazuma Kiryu as he uncovers the truth behind his daughter’s accident. It has been on Steam since 2021, and at $19.99 in the US and £15.99 in the UK it is one of the keener prices in the bunch.
Around 80 players were online in the snapshot, with a 30-day peak of 191. Deck and Machine are both Verified, so if you have been meaning to catch up with Kiryu’s story on a handheld, this is a comfortable fit.
Crisol: Theater of Idols
Vermila Studios and Blumhouse Games’ Crisol: Theater of Idols is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain, where your own blood is your ammunition. You explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets and battle horrifying enemies, without draining yourself to the point of death. It is $17.99 in the US and £14.99 in the UK.
Around 85 players were online in the snapshot, with a 30-day peak of 190. Steam Deck and Steam Machine are both Verified.
DYSMANTLE
10tons’ DYSMANTLE has you leave your shelter, smash everything in sight and escape a wretched island. Along the way you explore, craft, farm, fish and cook in a bittersweet post-apocalypse. It is $19.99 in the US and £16.75 in the UK.
Around 302 players were online in the snapshot, with a 30-day peak of 582, which makes it one of the healthier mid-tier audiences in this lineup. Deck and Machine are both Verified.
Space Haven
Bugbyte’s Space Haven is a spaceship colony sim. You build ships tile by tile, keep your crew happy and explore the universe in search of a new home. One line from the game sums up the mood rather well: take a basic platform and turn her into something that can fly. She doesn’t have to look pretty. She just has to keep us alive. It is $24.99 in the US and £19.99 in the UK, and it is also one of the few games here with a Linux version on Steam.
It was the second-busiest title in the snapshot, with 419 players online and a 30-day peak of 1,272, just ahead of Mafia on that peak figure. Steam Deck and Steam Machine are both Verified.
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
Alblune’s Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is a cozy puzzle game. You solve more than 800 puzzles and turn them into furniture for your little rodent friend’s home, then collect decorations, accessories and stickers to dress the place up. It is the cheapest game in the lineup, at $14.99 in the US and £12.99 in the UK, which is also the same price as a month of Humble Choice.
Around 300 players were online in the snapshot, with a 30-day peak of 483. Deck and Machine are both Verified, so it is an easy, low-pressure pick if you want something calmer after the action games.
Which Humble Choice games are worth a Deck pick?
That is this month’s Humble Choice Steam Deck performance picture, and how the seven Steam games run on the handheld. The player counts are a snapshot from 14 November, and those figures will move. For a live look at ratings and player peaks, grab the free GOS Companion app.
If you mainly play on a Deck, the six Verified games are the safer picks, with Space Haven and DYSMANTLE drawing the bigger crowds in our snapshot and Yakuza 6 or Squeakross offering a lot of game for the money. If you’ve got a Steam Machine, Mafia: The Old Country joins that Verified list too, which is the one important difference between the two devices this month.
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