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 — Small Ball on the Steam Machine
A indie game like this is GPU-light — the RX 7600-class GPU clears high frame-rates with room to spare, so you can chase 120 Hz+ rather than just 60.
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.
Small Ball isn't SteamOS-rated yet. As a indie game on the Machine's RX 7600-class GPU, plan for a 1080p experience — this genre is GPU-light, so there's real headroom for 120 Hz+ rather than just a locked 60. Games like it in this genre — e.g. Ball of Wonder — land green on the Steam Machine, so expect broadly similar. Own it on a Valve device? Submit your FPS and we'll publish a measured verdict.
What-if FPS estimator
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 Small Ball run on the Steam Machine?
Small Ball isn't rated for the Steam Machine yet. Based on the hardware expect a 1080p experience; we'll publish a measured verdict as data arrives.
Can you play Small Ball on the Steam Frame?
Small Ball 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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How we know this
Inferred from this title's official SteamOS / Steam Deck compatibility rating, scaled to the Machine's roughly 6× Deck GPU power.
Every verdict is labelled by confidence. Numbers are estimates unless tagged “measured.”
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