Microsoft today announced that the Steam Deck Xbox games list has been extended to include 11 well-known Xbox-published titles that are now confirmed or playable for Valve's systems. The list doesn't contain the hoped-for Steam Deck Halo Infinite compatibility however it does include Fable, Gears Tactics, Minecraft Dungeons, and all of the Halo games that aren't FPS.
As PCGamesN reported yesterday, there are more than 22,000 Steam Deck Verified or Playable games, but there are still about 1,000 games that are not supported. Unfortunately, All About Minecraft Servers And Minecraft In General of the Unsupported games include such important Xbox games as Halo Infinite and Gears 5, mostly thanks to problems with Easy Anti-Cheat.
Xbox Games Pass Ultimate subscribers can stream Xbox games on Steam Deck. However, Steam Deck users who want to download them are typically out of luck. This is a good thing, as Xbox Games Studios today reveals a further batch of Steam Deck compatible games - which , unfortunately, doesn't contain the latest Halo or Gears games, however it does include Halo Wars, Gears Tactics, Minecraft Dungeons, and the sole major Fable game available on PC.