You may be wondering, how do you actually authentify if you don’t have any client? Well the first time you set it up, Steam Link will ask for a pin number that is displayed on your host machine. Now the Steam Link application has everything it needs: obviously saving some space (the Flatpak archive is however not that small either), and without the need of storing your previous Steam credentials. You don’t even need to have a Steam client installed on the client side to stream games from the remote Steam instance.
This is probably the biggest selling point. I don’t think this is possible in IHS – but on the Steam Link application, you can unilaterally decide to remap buttons on your controller before even connecting to the remote Steam instance. 2) You can remap your controller on the Steam Link client side On Steam Link, you can first update the game through the streamed Steam client, and once it’s up to date you can play it as expected. If a game requires an update, it was not possible to launch it through IHS. Yes, this was been something really annoying for a while. This has several implications: 1) Games that require an update can’t launch from IHS… Steam Link solves this issue. One of the main differences is that Steam Link connects to the whole Steam client over the network, not just the game that’s currently running.
Now, is there any reason at all to use Steam Link instead of Steam In-Home-Streaming? Actually, yes. The Steam Link started as a hardware device ages ago now, until it was discontinued and replaced by a software version originally for ARM devices (Raspberry Pi and Mobile phones).Īre you aware that Valve has recently packaged Steam Link for Linux as well, as a separate application? It’s virtually the same application that runs on mobile devices (iOS and Android), but this time for Windows and Linux. Nowadays, you can see the compression artifacts if you look long enough, but it’s mostly seamless and there’s barely any noticeable latency. I’d wage it has been getting better over the years, because 3-4 years ago it seemed like the stream was not remotely as stable or as well defined. It works surprisingly well, so that you can play your demanding games on a feeble laptop as long as your gaming PC is running somewhere in the house. If you have several PCs at home, you probably had the chance to try Steam In-Home-Streaming (IHS): the solution made by Valve to stream games from Steam from one PC to another.
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