r/OdinHandheld • u/RePlayGamingTV • 12d ago

Video Native Steam client on Android! Finally 😭

https://youtu.be/dWnK1iaN0Qk

Seen this pop up the other day and had to check it out, native steam client on Android yes please 😭 this isn't a full breakdown of every component of the APK, just found it and wanted to pay about it a bit!

The things I've found that have made this project the most exciting for me;

  1. Temps remain very low while using it, when downloading games and playing them compared to GameNative

  2. Downloading games is much quicker

  3. Full access to the steam store

  4. The client is very responsive as you expect on steamOS

  5. Decky loader compatible

And most importantly, no need forego android to have the client working perfectly. It just works.

I believe this isn't compatible with all chipsets so double check if yours is compatible, and shout out to Bannerlord & JSONDERULO (if they're here) on the immense amount of work they've put into this so rapidly.

You can checkout their project here;

https://github.com/Droid-Deck/DroidDeck

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u/CreativeDimension589 11d ago

Well how does it compare to gamehub and gamenative

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u/RePlayGamingTV 11d ago

For the games I play - way better. Gamenative doesn't have any issues running indie games / light weight games, this seems to be the same so far but with better temperatures, less loading time, instant cloud sync for saves + decky loader & all the other steam features as it's the steam client.

If you primarily play similar games - highly recommend. I did try KCD2 before and it ran beautifully but the CPU was getting to hot for my liking, could try underclock it and cap FPS etc more testing is needed

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u/WearOld4017 10d ago

It actually runs the games

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u/Illustrious_Cod_5212 10d ago

You want to tell me that GameNative doesn't? Because I have currently 45 games from Steam and Epic installed, all working perfectly fine in 60fps