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76561199851099479 7 hours ago
Idea for Steam: System Requirement Comparison Feature
Hello, dear Valve team!
I would like to suggest an idea for improving Steam.

Here’s the main concept: when you want to download a game, below the game’s description — next to the system requirements — there could be a feature that automatically checks whether the user’s PC can run that game.

For example:
Game requirements:

CPU: Intel i5-xxxx

RAM: x GB or xx GB

Disk space: xxxx MB

GPU: GeForce RTX or GTX xxx or xxxx


Then, next to that, Steam could display the user’s current system specs — for example, if the user has an Intel i3 processor — and automatically compare them with the game’s requirements to show whether their PC can run the game.

I hope you notice this idea and consider adding such a feature. Thank you for your time!
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Cantspel 7 hours ago 
The recommended specs are often not accurate. Steam allows for full no questions refunds before 2 hours, if a game looks interesting it's worth trying it and refunding it if it can't run on your system. After awhile you will get a general feel for what will run well and what won't just by looking at the game.
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rawWwRrr 7 hours ago 
Where do the "plays on toaster" or "need better than potato" entries fall into?
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Xero_Daxter 6 hours ago 
Recommended Specs should be considered “Minimum Spec Requirements”. Because minimum is basically “yes, it can run but very slowly”. But that’s just me.
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Ettanin 6 hours ago 
Liability. To the customer:
Steam would have to offer much more loosened refund options if they overestimated the capabilities of your system setup, be it drivers, interfering software or just misjudged hardware.

Liability. To the publisher:
Steam would be liable for missed sales if they underestimated the capabilities of your system setup, be it outdated hardware lists, misjudging benchmark results or due to interfering software.

The system requirement info fields are form free text fields instead of static fields in which to add or select hardware components from.
Valve would have to have a perfectly written and ranked database in which components are compared and benchmarked, something no vendor, not even specialized sites that benchmark hardware, can provide accurately due to exotic outliers.

No, Valve wouldn't do that.
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