Steam begins to provide prominent logos for VR games to adapt to the growing VR market

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Identify VR-enabled games directly above the price of the game with an eye-catching logo in black on a yellow background

(XR Navigation Network November 17, 2023) by the end of 2022.SteamRemoved the "Virtual Reality Support" field on the right side of the game page, and only kept the "Positioning Motion Controller Support" and moved it to the "Features" field. In other words, users can only use "Positioning Motion Controller Support" to determine if the game supports virtual reality.

This situation has attracted a lot of attention and discussion from the community. After a few days of fermentation, Steam has added "VR Exclusive" or "VR Supported" to the right sidebar of the game page, making it easier for you to determine whether or not the game supports VR.

Now, Steam has decided to go a step further by identifying VR-enabled games with the note "This game requires a VR headset to play."

As the number of virtual reality users increases, more and more people are giving feedback that Steam doesn't give a clear sign that a game supports virtual reality. Of course, Valve has been making optimizations and adjustments. For example, the "VR Exclusive" or "VR Support" item has been added to the right sidebar of the game page, and developers can list specific support in the "System Requirements" section at the bottom of the page. head display models.

Now, the V Club has decided to go a step further by identifying VR-enabled games with a description that says "This game requires a VR headset to play," as shown above.

A Valve spokesperson said earlier, "We decided to organize our pages differently because we found that the old system could not adapt to the growing virtual reality market."