I came across this on heise.de: it’s an app that lets you play games from Steam, Gog, Epic and elsewhere on many Android phones (Pixels excepted, apparently). I’ve tried a few that run fine and others that do not, but I think the idea is amazing, especially for older, less demanding games. I’m finding the controls the biggest challenge, but I’m sure this can be tweaked.
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Looks cool but very limited hardware support for now. Fortunately GameNative seems to run on whatever and deliver a similar experience. (Both of which I learned about thanks to articles from our own @PerfectDark@lemmy.world!)
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Nice, thank you!
Theres a few options for this! I used GameNative a lot. If you own a handheld there might be a steamos-like Linux distro for it. I have an Odin Mini with armada os and it runs most indies well
What do the system requirements mean? Is this Qulcomm Adreno processors only? Or is it going to work on my Tensor G3?
Unlikely to work well on tensor, the mail GPU is weak af and known to have a really hard time with gaming
I type this from my grapheneos pixel. It’s a real bummer but snapdragon reigns supreme in this area
I managed to get gmod on 40 fps I think but I didn’t test it more as touch control was miserable.
I just use the official Steam Link app to do this for Steam games. It even works on Pixel phones. Wouldn’t use it for a fast-paced action game that required timing, tho, cuz the input lag is pretty noticeable. Mostly I just play Civilization through it.
Well, yeah… that’s kinda the point with DroidDeck and GameNative… they don’t stream, the games run locally.
