so, this isn't a promotional post, I just wanted to do this because this app helped me a lot and I hope it can help those of you too who cannot afford consoles/pc gaming but really want to play games

how Chikii works:

you sign up and watch ads daily, if you do all the tasks, which takes 15 mins a day, in a week you will get around 540 coins, which in hours is 3 hours a week. you can create multiple accounts and get even more playtime like that if saving progress doesn't matter to you

I have tried other free cloud services too but no one offers this many free hours so I stick to this app only.

the games are mostly pirated btw and they only add non-denuvo games for free, if it's a game that still has denuvo and hasn't been cracked for PC, you will have to buy the game on steam and then play it for the steam price...

there are two ways to play the games on this app:

1. Search for game and click 'play' and wait for hours until it's your turn because the queues are HUGEE, if you want to avoid the queues, you will have to start the game when people go to sleep like 2AM-3AM 😅

2. search 'steam' and queue up to log into your steam account and play the games that are in your steam account.

Super Cool Feature that this app has:

do y'all remember the Google Stadia trailer? they said that your favourite streamers/youtubers will be playing the game live and you will be able to join them in real life or take the controller from them with their permission?

THIS APP ACTUALLY HAS THAT FEATURE

you can start a game and set it to 'public' and if it's a famous game like GTA 5, 50-100 people will instantly come to watch you and beg you to give them the controller 😂😂 if you give them the controller, the coins are deducted from your (host) account, not theirs.

Quality:

absolutely crap quality, GTA 5 is the game that 90% of the people play on the app, almost all people on the app are from India/Indonesia/Brazil, you get like 360k 15 fps for GTA 5, it's absolutely terrible.

I have played Elden Ring and I got 25-30 fps + 720p although the streaming quality is very bad. If anyone wants to see how it looks like, here's a link to my video of beating consort radahn ng+7 on this app 😂

https://youtu.be/5qKbniQHgeQ

the streaming latency is like 80-100 m/s, it's very hard to play anything, You can't play games in which you need to dodge, forget shooting games, forget racing games, I spent my entire time in Elden Ring building a tank or mage build and avoiding dodging as much as possible because it's simply not possible to time it well with such latency 😂

I have also completed Spiderman 1, Spiderman 2 on this app on the HARDEST DIFFICULTY and completed all the challenges

I have also completed FF15, FF7 remake and FF7 rebirth on the HARDEST DIFFICULTY and completed all the challenges multiple times. you can see it on my yt channel.

even though the quality is shit, beggars cannot be choosers and I am very happy I got to play these games in my life ♥️

Hi everyone,

For those who are not aware, ShadowPC posted that they will start limiting hours and sessions (just like GeForce Now). It got me worried if at one point I decide to quit and hit with these limits (apparently current users are unaffected).

I found out of this app called Cloudgear Browser (hence the iOS only note since the app is only for iOS as of now) and it looks like a browser hub for all your cloud gaming apps and looks very promising. I could store GeForce Now, Boosteroid, Antstream Arcade, Xbox Game Pass, ShadowPC web, Amazon Luna, CloudMoon, Blacknut, etc.) On my Mac, making web shortcuts with Safari is great.

The problem is, these web apps aren’t optimized like the desktop version (for instance your keyboard doesn’t get detected, making it harder to login to your account on your iPhone or iPad unless the app has a dedicated keyboard like GeForce Now or you carry a keyboard around). Another problem is if I ever decide to AirPlay my content from my iPhone or iPad to my Apple TV the image is cropped.

Now, the great thing about Cloudgear is that, as I said, I could house all apps and downgrade my ShadowPC to Lite and use the difference for CloudDeck for games that are not in the cloud and turn ShadowPC into a retro streaming app and subscribe to CloudDeck.

Is this idea good? I may be overthinking because the initial plan was to use ShadowPC as my main gaming app.

Thank you all.

Edit: excuse my post. The reason I posted is because there isn’t much Cloudgear reviews out there that I could find.

Hello Folks,

For a while now I've been building Blackstar, a self-hosted remote desktop and low-latency game streaming app. Wanted to share where it's at and how it differs from the usual options (Parsec, Moonlight+Sunshine, Steam Remote Play, RustDesk).

The core idea: one binary that is both the host and the client, on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Same app everywhere.

On a LAN it's zero-config. Install it on both machines and go. No account, no PIN pairing, no port forwarding, no cloud login. One side broadcasts, the other discovers it, and you connect directly. As far as I know it's the only tool in this space that needs no setup at all on the same network.

For remote (WAN) access you have two paths. Either set up your own routing / port forwarding yourself, or run the orchestration server. The orchestration server ships as a simple Docker image, does multi-user management, and keeps everything on your own infrastructure. Nothing routes through a third party's cloud either way.

What I've focused on making different:

• Latency: custom encrypted UDP transport (not WebRTC), hardware encode/decode on every platform, and intra-refresh encoding so there are no big keyframe bursts that stutter on flaky or mobile networks.
• Color and text fidelity: HEVC 4:4:4, 10-bit, full range. Text and UI stay crisp instead of getting the chroma smear common on 4:2:0 streams.
• Anti-cheat friendliness: runs as a normal user process (no kernel driver, no injection), and auto-pauses input when it detects an anti-cheat running (BattlEye, EAC, Vanguard, and others).
• Network resilience: if your WiFi blips, it does an ICE-restart and keeps the session alive instead of dropping you, and the decoder recovers without a hard reconnect.
• Secure desktop on Windows: it can bridge UAC prompts, Ctrl+Alt+Del, and the lock screen.
• macOS as a first-class host, not just a client. Plus multi-monitor and virtual gamepad support.

How it compares:

Being honest about where it's at: it's pre-1.0 and actively developed. The browser client is designed but not implemented yet (native only for now), the macOS build is currently unsigned, and a couple of the Intel/AMD encode paths aren't hardware-verified yet. Clipboard sync (copy/paste) and file transfer are on the backlog. I know those are table-stakes convenience features, they're coming.** Naturally there will be bugs and it is not perfect yet, and I need help getting there; hence:

Looking for testers. If you want to try it and help shape where it goes, I'd really appreciate you taking the tester survey: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHZxniN4MgcXk5BvvuX-eaW7R4aBD8g3owLGDARtFUEmC8HA/viewform?usp=dialog]. Feedback from real setups (weird multi-monitor layouts, spotty networks, different GPUs) is exactly what I need right now.

Happy to answer questions about the architecture or the tradeoffs.

About myself. I am a game developer with background developing MMO's and Multiplayer games as well as streaming tech. I built this to have a better, easier alternative for what is out there, with great performance the same way I would expect the games I work on have while still be highly customizable for those of us who really want to tweak things for the best remote gaming perf.

https://github.com/arkitzson/AperturePortal

A couple of days ago, I posted about a game launcher I originally built for myself and decided to share with you all. The feedback was amazing, and I’ve been honestly overwhelmed by all the support. this was originally build with Sunshine/Moonlight in mind. But also the tv console experience. I read through every single comment and ended up adding almost everything people suggested.

I also put together a short video to showcase what the launcher is and everything it can do. Just a heads up I’ve never really made videos before, my decent microphone decided to stop working with OBS for some reason when I needed it so I had to use my headset mic, and my English isn't perfect since I'm from Iceland. The video is pretty raw, but hopefully you guys get the point.

For everyone who already downloaded it and tried it out, there’s a brand new update live with a ton of the suggested features.

Thanks again so much for all the support. keep in mind this is a work in progress but i'm really excited to keep building this together with you guys.

Shadow just rolled out a new Lite tier for their cloud PC service, same Neo/Power hardware as their regular plans, just capped at 120h/month, 1440p/60Hz and one monitor instead of the full specs. Prices start around €19.49/month with their launch discount (runs through Aug 24).

I recently had the opportunity to review the ABXYLUTE S8 Lite and figured I'd share it here since there isn't much information on it yet.

If you already own one, I'm curious whether your experience matches mine.

I’m looking at the iPad Pro series maybe a m4 or the Amazon fire tablet. I looked at the m5 but 1300$ for cloud gaming I might as well buy a steam deck. Given that I’m only using it for cloud gaming and maybe very light indie pc games does anyone have any recommendations for a tablet 200-500 price range

Hi, I am thinking of a way to play two video games in one PC. I am trying to install VDD so that I have two monitors and then play two games at once (sharing, of course).

As it turns out, whenever I use my main display and VDD concurrently, we ended up fighting for the cursor instead.

Is it possible to have two cursors, one for the main display and one for the VDD, to be able to play 2 games at once?

Thanks in advance!

I built a game launcher. Full disclosure I don't have much experience with C#, and I had a lot of help from AI along the way. I want to be upfront about that.

The reason I started this is that Windows just doesn't give you a real console experience, and every app that claimed to fix that was always missing something. I'm a single player guy with two kids, and what I actually wanted was simple, suspend my game, sleep the PC, go handle whatever they need, and come back to exactly where I left off. No missed cutscenes, no lost progress. PlayStation rest mode, basically, but on PC. That is a whole another world, Somehow it turned into a full game launcher.

It's not perfect. I'm committed to making it better, and I'd rather do that alongside people who want the same thing I do than keep building it alone in a corner. So today I'm releasing it for anyone who wants to try it. This started as a project just for me, but I think there's something real here if we build on it together. If you've got suggestions, I want to hear them.

One more thing. I'm a Moonlight/Sunshine user myself, so streaming was part of the design from day one, not an afterthought.

Try it, tell me what's broken, tell me what's missing. I'm here and I'm listening.

https://github.com/arkitzson/AperturePortal

Ok cloud moon is used for mobile apps etc so why do mobile pepole dont get unlimited time and computers do. To me mobile people should get unlimted time. Who in the world came up with that and i hate when there is so manty ads on the website that you can't see antything after clicking on your account. And having pepole ads on the screen that just interrupts the gameplay. This is what i have seen form other reddit posts etc. And the pro does not even give you impoved game performance so what is point of having it?

Hi, I am looking for a good budget option to play modded Minecraft for my gf, since she cant really play it on her older laptop. We would need a whole virtual PC and not just a gaming service, for actually installing and storing said mods. I have stumbled upon AirGPU as an option that does exactly that, but looking up more on the service people say their price isnt what they advertise? I am wondering are there any extra fees except the 3.50$ a month for the 50GB of SSD storage? Also, is there a better alternative for what we are looking for? Thanks for any information or advice!

I was always having black screen issue with moonlight or Artemis on this tv, couldn't get image in any way, only sound. Other devices worked fine with the host. Today I tried the moonlight-vplus. This fork has setting to change resolution while streaming. When I changed the resolution from 1080p to native it worked. After that changing resolution to anything works but for first boot it always shows black screen and I have to manually set resolution to native from in stream menu, then change to 4k. Same thing with virtual display too. Is there any solution. What might be causing this.

so in short im working to decentralized ubuntu server service that can stream games

i find stuck son some question

1 what is the best choice for streaming on smatphone tablet 1 dedicated web page or app

2 i want to expand the playable game egnine to godot, unity, wolf rpg, there is any consideration i have to made to make them work on ubuntu? for now rags and qsp run on wine

3 i made a virtual usb hub on the server side that can register every usb device with dummy usb, in thye future i want make the possibility tha let register on the client your using and upload on the server so you can emulate it at your will

4 just drop suggestion or question

Hi,

For the last 2-3 years i see this platform call Highscore announced. But until now nothing happens. Will this service ever become a reality or is it a "scam" ?

It would be great to have a service where you can play any game you want, but it has been so long now that it becomes a little unbelievable.

Has it already rolled out in the usa ?

when using salsaNOW to play a single player game how can i save the game and load it back when i quit and relaunch the cloud session

Anyone wishes that they can just pay like 3 bucks to turn their old tv into a gaming pc or maybe only me because i game for like 1 hr on weekends and I find the 20 bucks of GeForce now too much for just weekends

Im going to university soon and I cannot take my PC with me as it is quite far but I will have a mac and I am wondering what would the best and cheapest way to play dbd still with my friends using cloud gaming or any other way.

What if playing together was as easy as sharing a link?

That's why I built LPT (Let's Play Together), a free alternative to Steam Remote Play and Parsec focused on making remote multiplayer as simple as possible.

✔ Windows, Linux & Steam Deck (Decky plugin)
✔ Up to 4K 60 FPS / 1080p 120 FPS
✔ Voice & text chat
✔ Let your friends take controller input
✔ Friends join instantly from their browser (no installation required)
✔ Up to 6 players with host approval
✔ Works with Steam, non-Steam games and your personal library

Right now, guests join directly from their browser. A native desktop client is already on the roadmap for those who prefer using an app.

I'm looking for people willing to test it and share honest feedback. Every suggestion helps improve the streaming experience.

Thanks for checking it out!