Steam Update Will Soon Show Your Estimated FPS Before You Buy a PC Game

Check out the leaked Steam Database update revealing a new feature that estimates your game FPS before you make a purchase.

One of the biggest hurdles PC gamers face before buying a new title is wondering if their PC can actually run it smoothly. Soon, Valve might eliminate that guesswork. According to a recent leak from the Steam Database, Steam is developing a new feature that will show you an estimated FPS (Frames Per Second) before you even purchase a game.

In this article, we will cover every important update you need to know about Steam showing estimated FPS before you buy a game.

How Framerate Estimator is Expected to Work

Currently, players rely on the developer’s minimum and recommended system requirements, which often fail to provide a clear picture of real-world performance. If you want to feel confident about hitting a smooth 60 FPS, you usually have to search for third-party benchmark videos online.

What this new tool does is automatically compare your system’s CPU and GPU against a massive database of Steam users. By crowdsourcing actual performance metrics, Steam can accurately predict how well the game will run on your exact machine.

The upcoming feature was spotted by user u/dex3108 deep within the Steam Database backend code. The leaked text strings explicitly mention a “Framerate Estimator,” alongside some specific prompts to “Select a CPU” and “Select a GPU.”

It appears users might even be able to manually input different hardware configurations to see how a potential PC upgrade would handle a specific title before spending any money.

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Basically, you get an option to know exactly what you are paying for before clicking the buy button. For players dealing with aging hardware, this takes the expensive gamble out of buying modern releases.

It will also save players from the frustration of buying a game just to test its performance and immediately relying on Steam’s two-hour refund window.