Empire of the Ants on Valve's SteamOS devices
The recent strategy game Empire of the Ants is a clean fit for the Steam Machine, holding a steady frame-rate at 1080p on High. Spend the headroom on a higher refresh or 1440p with FSR. It's flagged Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
At a glance across Valve's SteamOS devices
Steam Machine
~Radeon RX 7600 / GeForce RTX 4060 class · 8 GB GDDR6 (dedicated graphics memory) · 1080p–1440p native · 4K 60 with FSR upscaling
Steam Deck
AMD RDNA 2, 8 CU (~1.6 TFLOPs) · 800p handheld (1280×800) · 15 W TDP
Steam Frame
2160×2160 per eye · 72–144 Hz · standalone + PC streaming
A flatscreen game. On the Frame it's played on a virtual big screen, best streamed from your Machine over the 6 GHz link.
Analysis — Empire of the Ants on the Steam Machine
As a strategy game, this leans on the CPU in dense scenes — the Machine's 6-core Zen 4 is the part to watch in a late-game turn with hundreds of units on the map. Resolution costs little here; simulation/draw-distance settings cost the most.
8 GB of VRAM is comfortable for this title at 1080p; you're unlikely to hit the texture-streaming wall unless you push 1440p with max textures.
It already clears 60 at high. Spend the headroom on a higher refresh target or 1440p + FSR Quality rather than maxing settings that barely move image quality.
Big screen → the Steam Machine (runs great). Handheld → not a fit for the Deck, or streamed to the Frame on a virtual screen.
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Scales our base Steam Machine verdict by typical per-setting costs — a directional what-if, not a measured benchmark. Real results vary by title and scene.
Frequently asked
Will Empire of the Ants run on the Steam Machine?
Yes — Empire of the Ants runs well on the Steam Machine, holding 60+ fps at high settings (1080p). It's a comfortable fit for Valve's RX 7600-class console.
Is Empire of the Ants Steam Deck Verified?
Empire of the Ants is currently flagged Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Can you play Empire of the Ants on the Steam Frame?
Empire of the Ants is a flatscreen game. On the Steam Frame you'd play it on a virtual big screen, best streamed from a Steam Machine or PC over the 6 GHz link.
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Inferred from this title's official SteamOS / Steam Deck compatibility rating, scaled to the Machine's roughly 6× Deck GPU power.
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