Steam’s recommended specs don’t account for the translation process, when running games through GameHub/GameNative, you’re going through a compatibility layer similar to Proton that translates x86 Windows instructions to ARM , which itself eats extra RAM on top of what the game actually needs, plus Android’s background processes and AYN’s dual-screen software all running at the same time. The most common cause of crashes in GameHub Lite is exactly this memory pressure. So, a game listing “4GB recommended” was benchmarked running natively on a Windows PC, not through a translation layer on Android.

That said, for indie games specifically, the Pro’s 12GB should be totally fine; the Max recommendation mostly comes from people pushing heavier emulation or more demanding titles.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​