How we check a game: the kit, the bill and the verdict
Every page on Kit List is built from official sources first and opinion second. This is exactly how we rate a game, where each fact comes from and what our labels mean.
Our sources, in order of trust
- Publishers and developers. Official system requirement pages, support articles, patch notes and announcements.
- Official stores in the UK. Steam, the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store, the Nintendo eShop, the Epic Games Store and the publishers' own shops, read in pounds sterling.
- Platform holders. Valve's Steam Deck compatibility rating, and Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo help pages for subscriptions, refunds and family settings.
- PEGI. The PEGI database for age ratings and content descriptors, including whether a game sells random items.
- UK law and consumer bodies. legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK and Citizens Advice for anything about your rights.
Critical coverage, community reports and reader emails can prompt a check. They never replace one: if we cannot confirm something from an official source, it does not go on the page.
What each kit state means
- Plays Officially released and supported on that kit with no major restriction we know of. On Steam Deck this means Valve rates the game Verified.
- With caveats It works, but read the note first: Valve rates it Playable, it needs a separate launcher or account, only one edition is available there, or it depends on a streaming service or a subscription tier.
- Not available Not released on that kit, blocked by its anti-cheat, or rated Unsupported by Valve.
The everyday laptop row covers Windows laptops without a separate graphics card. A game is marked as playing there when the publisher's minimum graphics requirement falls within integrated-graphics territory (our class A below); it gets a caveat when the minimum is borderline, and it is marked not available when the minimum clearly needs a dedicated card.
Graphics classes
Kit Check asks which class your PC's graphics sit in, then compares that with each game's official minimum and recommended cards. The classes are deliberately broad; they are a starting point, not a benchmark, and the full requirement list is always on the game's page.
| Class | Name | Typical hardware |
|---|---|---|
| Class A | Integrated or older | Laptop and desktop integrated graphics (Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon 680M/780M) or cards around a GTX 750 Ti. |
| Class B | Entry graphics card | Around a GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1060, GTX 1650 or Radeon RX 570/580. |
| Class C | Mid-range card | Around a GTX 1070, RTX 2060, RTX 3050 or Radeon RX 5600 XT/6600. |
| Class D | Recent strong card | Around an RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT and up. |
How we rate a game
The Kit List score is a weighted average of four editorial marks out of ten, rounded to one decimal place. Marks are opinions, argued in each review and revisited whenever a game changes substantially.
| Part | Weight | What it rewards |
|---|---|---|
| The game itself | 40% | How good the core play is: depth, feel, variety, and how well it holds up after dozens of hours. |
| Kit reach | 20% | How many kinds of kit run it properly, and how kind it is to modest hardware. |
| Fair price | 20% | What you pay to get going, and how honestly the shop, passes and extras are presented. |
| Starting in 2026 | 20% | How welcoming it is to a new player today: onboarding, active updates, matchmaking and catch-up. |
Prices and dates
Prices are the standard UK store prices in pounds on the date we checked, for the standard edition unless we say otherwise. When a store shows a temporary sale we give the regular price and note the sale separately. Every game page carries the date its facts were last checked.
What we will not claim
Our verdicts are editorial judgements built from official information and wide reading, not laboratory tests. We do not publish frame rates, loading times or battery figures of our own, and we never describe a play session that did not happen.
Independence
Kit List carries no advertising and no affiliate links, and no publisher, platform holder or store pays for coverage, placement or scores. Official store links are there for convenience and earn us nothing.
Screenshots
Game images are official screenshots published by each game's developer or publisher on their store pages. We crop and resize them and credit the owner under each gallery.
Corrections
Seen something out of date? Send the page and an official source to editors@kitlistgames.com. Confirmed errors are corrected promptly and material changes are logged on the Patch board.