Weird question probably but here goes :
I’m discovering the joy of having a Dock, it’s great!
But what’s even better is I can just get my PC to stream more powerful games to my Deck (that the Deck would otherwise struggle with)
It works flawlessly (zero input delay, or rather not noticeable), better than Steam Link / Remote Play (I get input delay on this), and I haven’t tried Moonlight
It’s also so much more convenient than moving my PC to the living room (where the TV is) and plugging it there!
So I’m like wow Order of the Sinking Star is awesome, but what if I played games that my Deck sometimes has trouble with? Like I could run Witcher 3 Remastered with some better settings!
So I guess I’m not asking for great Steam Deck games, it’s more like, what are games that my PC could run that feel great on controller, that I would stream to my Docked Deck?
Thanks!!
This is my exact setup at the moment. I’ve been playing a bunch of Rogue Driving, Elite Dangerous and Succubus Successor: Delilah’s Juicy Journey.
I completely forgot about Elite Dangerous, it sounds perfect for it
The answer is really just any game that is well suited to controller + TV. The aspect of streaming to the Deck is largely irrelevant since, as you mentioned, the experience feels so close to native.
I used this type of setup to pkay Harold Halibut, the Quantic Dream games (Detroit, Beyond Two Souls, Heavy Rain), Elden Ring (+ other soulsborne), and anything else that doesn’t run at its full potential directly on the Deck.
Youre right I realize I tend to try and give too much context sometimes lol, thanks for the list!!
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XVI like this and it’s been perfect. It just became Deck verified very recently but that’s a stretch.
Here’s a suggestion that doesn’t even begin to address your question, have you considered a long HDMI cable to connect your TV in your lounge to your PC directly? Best of both worlds, comfortable seat in front of the TV, no input delay, play anything your PC can handle without middlemaning through the deck.
No that’s a great idea, and I agree that would be ideal ; the only problem is that the layout of the place doesn’t really work, lemme do a quick floor plan on paint
idk if attaching an hdmi cable to the ceiling would work
Hello I do not have answers for you, I just want to say I find your illustrations delightful
Haha thank you! I love playing around with paint
I played borderlands 4 with exactly the setup in the post with a wifi 6 router and while the latency was noticable it wasn’t enough to make borderlands unplayable.
If you measure it and it is less than 10m (the physical limit of hdmi without a repeater) then you might consider a floor cable canal. They usually come in a variety of colors, don’t require adheisive or screwing and are just simple things to keep people from tripping on cables
I have one of these on a doorway, to connect a pc to a tv and it works good enough
Didn’t think of a cable canal at all, and there’s a doorway along the wall perpendicular to the TV so it would fit nicely there, I’ll think about it thanks!
By the way just because the official limit for HDMI is 10m, that doesn’t mean that a longer cable can’t work. I’ve been running a projector for decades, which was connected with a15m cable for literal decades. It might work, it might not, you’ll know when you try.
Usually the link either works or it doesn’t. The picture doesn’t get bad. It’s a digital signal, it either gets decoded correctly or not. In rare edge cases you might get a signal to drop occasionally though if it’s too long.
Fiber optic hdmi cable works well over long ranges. To secure cable I just got some cheap plastic clips with adhesive, since I didn’t feel like drilling holes.
Could you swap the tv and seating so the tv is on the same wall as computer?
The cat 5e / cat 6 hdmi adapters are incredibly cool! If you can run above, below, or around this would be a great solution too.
(Please don’t run wiring under carpet for everyone’s safety).*Yes, I know HDMI is low voltage, but I’d rather people takeaway the “don’t do this” vs. the nuanced risk.
Have you considered a projector? Just saying, I’ve got one recently, and your floor plan seems ideal for that. Also, as a bonus point, you may have a much bigger screen, for fully immersive experience.
Yeah I think a projector will be a long term goal, I’d love to have a clean wall instead of the black tv square
oof, 10m is the limit of what hdmi can do without degrading. you’d need a repeater.your current setup is probably better unless moving the pc to the tv is an option.
This is the first time I’ve thought about this, but you’ve made me think I should try this games like Kao or Bubsy4D or even just R&C Rift Apart.
The new star Wars racer would probably be dope, or one of the Redout games. You could see if Elden Ring will run with the full graphics instead of the fog version it usually plays at on the deck.
Currently using sunshine/moonlight to my Rog Ally for Dawnwalker. I also use my Xbox with moonlight to stream occasionally. Just about any Unreal engine game runs rough on handhelds due to stuttering, so I use my desktop and stream it. The vast majority of the games I play work great with a controller.
I use Moonlight on my Xbox, and have run a USB extension cable down to the TV from my PC for the Steam Controller puck, so I can have minimal input lag. 😁
When I was injured civ 6 on a controller was a great time to just sit and play and enjoy.
Oooh I didn’t think the controls would translate well but I’ll try it out, thanks for the rec!!
edit: These run natively, I misread your post. Apologies.
Vampire Survivors
Slay the Spire
Children of Morta
Dead Cells
Don’t those run natively on the Deck just fine? No need to stream from a PC. OP is asking about heavier games.
Yes, sorry, I completely misread.
Your TV might have the Steam Link app meaning you could stream directly without needing the deck in the loop. If the TV is connected via Ethernet then latency would be even better.
In my time I have found that as long as the game isn’t terrible controls, and isn’t extremely latency dependent (you could try enabling Pyrowave codec in steams streaming or try Sunshine to bypass steams streaming) then the real limitation is being able to see the menus from the couch! Lots of modern games get this right, especially if they already have console ports, but sometimes you just can’t read the stinking menus!
Never heard of it but i’m gonna look it up, thank you!
I was in your position. I have to say the ideal solution has been: I just put Bazzite on my PC and moved it to the lounge as a console PC. No streaming required.
If you’re a first person shooter pro then you might want the PC at the desk for KB+M control. Otherwise for other games (like strategy games) it is better to stream from lounge to PC for those few games and have the native PC experience with the TV.
I mostly use my desk PC for work, and any cheap old PC can do this. I got a basic mini PC workstation pretty cheap, and this OS actually good enough to play most indie and emulated games natively at 144 FPS anyway. Something even older and cheaper would be perfectly fine for my workstation needs.
I don’t play much, but if I do I pretty much exclusively use the deck or a controller… I don’t think there are many games that don’t support controllers, so I guess you could just check your favourite ones and see if they work well?
Games that I enjoyed on the couch more than on mobile or on the PC:
- tetris connected. It’s tetris, all right, but with lights and sound! Works so much better on a large screen and a sound sound system.
- redout (2). It’s a fast antigrav racer, bit like wip3out. Music of the first and sind effects and graphics of the second just work better in a home theater. Two stick controls are awesome.
- hellblade, if you have a surround sound system.
Apart from that, there are the usual suspects: 3rd person console ports (horizon, Batman etc) or couch coop games if you have some friends over (Bumerang fu, lovers in a dangerous space time etc).
This was the exact set up I used to play Death Stranding 2
weeeell… what games do you want to play?
Honestly lately I’ve been feeling like playing racing games, but mostly I’m interested in games that are enjoyable on a controller, I’ve always played on a PC so it’s kind of “new” to me, I like how I can game on a more relaxed position in the couch
…ever played outer wilds?
Yes! One of my fav ever, definitely top 3
If you don’t mind getting games outside of steam and tinkering, Need For Speed Underground 2 is my favorite racing game. There are different types of races, deep car tuning/customization and a decent world to openly drive around in. And a banging soundtrack too.
I haven’t played it, but I have wishlisted Sonic racing CrossWorlds because apparently it is a great alternative to Mario Kart, with local co-op.
Oh yeah that sounds fun, I already feel comfortable with emulation so I’m not too worried figuring out Lutris and similar
