They also have apps for Android, Windows, and Linux as well. Valve also offers Steam Link clients for iPhone, iPad, and Macs running High Sierra or newer. You connect the Steam Link to your PC via HDMI, connect a controller, and play. Point and click adventure games like Thimbleweed Park play great on the big screen, and more latency intense games like Super Meat Boy play surprisingly well, even over a wireless connection. Valve’s Steam Link is a sleek, easy way to stream games from your PC to a TV elsewhere in your home. I’m running an Xbox controller over Bluetooth and it works quite well. Many games support controllers that are Apple TV compatible, Bluetooth keyboards and mice are also supported. Here, I have an iMac running High Sierra, an HP running Pop! OS Linux, and a Windows 10 gaming PC.īig picture mode launches in my living room and I can choose a home. This is where you can manage connected computers you’d like to stream from. On the Steam Link home screen the cog icon in the top right is the settings panel. 4th generation and newer Apple TVs are supported. To get connected with an Apple TV, download the free Steam Link app from the App Store and launch the app. The system requirements are surprisingly modest my older iMac running High Sierra runs Steam just fine. Anything less than that will mean you'll be sacrificing on quality in some way, depending on the title.To follow along you’ll need a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer running Steam software on your home network. Should you be rocking a GTX 1080-powered system with a top-of-the-line access point you'll have a wondrous gaming experience. Just pair a Bluetooth controller or Steam Controller to your device, connect to a. It's not an issue with Link, but with other parts of your home infrastructure.Īnd that brings me to my next point - the Steam Link is only really as good as your PC and home network. Install About this app arrowforward The Steam Link app brings desktop gaming to your Android device. Most modern routers should be able to handle this just fine, but it's worth considering just how much weight you'll be expecting your router to lift.
Not only will your network need to be fast and reliable enough to maintain a constant connection, but also for the PC to communicate with the outside world for online gaming. And of course, you'll need to fire up your gaming rig every time you wish to play something on Steam Link.Ĭouple this with playing a multiplayer game and you could end up having some latency problems. The two ends need to constantly stream data across a network, which can cause issues for lag input and stuttering if there's a slight dip in wireless performance. Depending on what router you have and just how powerful the signal is around your home, you may be better off hooking up your PC to the Link via ethernet cabling.
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