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 — The Esoterica: Hollow Earth on the Steam Machine
A adventure 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.
The Esoterica: Hollow Earth isn't SteamOS-rated yet. As a adventure 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. Subsurface Circular — 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 The Esoterica: Hollow Earth run on the Steam Machine?
The Esoterica: Hollow Earth 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 The Esoterica: Hollow Earth on the Steam Frame?
The Esoterica: Hollow Earth 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.
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