You may have seen it on Fabrice's live show or on our networks: Recalbox is currently in the development test phase on the Steam Deck. Before you rush off to Valve's machine, let's take stock.

As you know, we're deploying Recalbox on a variety of hardware: Raspberry Pi of course, but also Retroflag, Anbernic, Odroid, etc. You can find the list of compatible devices at this link. Our philosophy remains unchanged: to offer a plug and play solution that's accessible and doesn't require too much fiddling. Quality over quantity.

That hasn't stopped us from keeping an eye on new systems and the expectations of our community. The Steam Deck is one of them, and that's why David, one of Recalbox's developers, has been looking into the matter.

On 14 February, you saw the first image of the Steam Deck running Recalbox. But the work is far from over.

So far, David has managed to boot Recalbox via an SD card, without touching the internal storage (after having authorised booting on other media in the BIOS). The video works, but the display is currently rotated 90° (a rotation has been forced for the photo). For the time being, neither the sound nor the controls are functional.

As you can see, we're still in the early stages of development. But the idea of being able to alternate between modern games via Steam and retrogaming via Recalbox is extremely exciting!

For the time being, no roll-out date has been set. We'll keep you posted on the progress of the project on our networks, during lives and on the blog.