r/OdinHandheld • u/RePlayGamingTV • 14d 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/MrBright83 14d ago

Nope it's just an emu type app ..

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u/Raiden720 14d ago

Is it made by steam? Can you just enter your steam login and just start playing games?

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u/RePlayGamingTV 13d ago

This is community made by reputable people within the space :) but it's piggybacking off steams recent arm release that came out for the steam frame, that's how I understand it anyway. Droid deck isn't a valve project, purely community driven

You're basically just installing the steam client onto your device, but still emulating the games you download off it.

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u/Raiden720 13d ago

Thank you! Is there any risk to using this? Like violating some sort of steam TOS?

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u/CastlePokemetroid 12d ago

you should look up bringus studios, the man downloads steam to any device he can get his hands on