… The fix is to go to Desktop Mode, close Steam entirely, and then open the Steam Link app on its own. With the local Steam client out of the way, the Steam Input configuration coming from your PC takes full control of the Deck. …
… Related How to install and use Moonlight on Steam Deck Moonlight is a great way to make more games playable on your Steam Deck, and it only takes a few minutes to set up.
… Valve has been very good about updates and not breaking things, because it wants your Steam Deck to work, so you buy more games. But for me, the Steam Deck is what I pick up when I want to game away from the PC that I use all day for work. …
… Related How to install Windows on your Steam Deck The Steam Deck is powered by SteamOS, but you can install Windows on it with the proper installation media Once SteamOS is better supported, it'll be hard to beat Couch gaming without ever needing to leave the Steam ecosystem Valve does plan to rele… …
… It's clean, does what its supposed to, and has the development might of a gaming giant behind it, which means you'll likely run into far less small, weird issues. For example, on my Bazzite-powered PC, when attempting to switch users on Steam, it would render the entire Steam client unusable. …
… However, the cool thing about Proton being open-source was that people could fix the issues they were encountering and improve gaming for everyone. The obvious benefit of Proton's advancement is that more Steam titles will run more smoothly on the Steam Deck. …
… Related I turned a Steam Deck into my living room home lab terminal It went so much better than you'd expect. …
… Take storing Steam games on my NAS, for example. …
… Valve's leverage is growing with the Steam Deck and the upcoming Steam Machine, but Linux hit a record 5.33% of Steam's user base in the March 2026 survey, though part of that spike appears to stem from a correction to February's data. …